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Trump says trade talks still planned for September after China… “We are talking to China, the meetings in September, that hasn’t changed,” Trump told reporters Sunday on the White House South Lawn after returning from Camp David. Traderead more

President Donald Trump appeared to be playing golf Saturday, just days before states on the southeast coast were set to be battered by Category 5 Hurricane Dorian, which the National Hurrican Center has called catastrophic. Official communications from the White House and statements from the president himself ahead of the weekend trip suggested that Trump would be spending his time at Camp David in Maryland monitoring and preparing for the…

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Hurricane Dorian, a slow-moving, devastating Category 5 storm, made landfall on Sunday in the northwest Bahamas, where “catastrophic effects” were expected, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was forecast to have a long life, remaining a hurricane for the next five days. Hurricane watches and warnings were issued Sunday afternoon for parts of the Florida coast, where Dorian was expected to move “dangerously close” beginning Monday night through Tuesday…

Authorities have released the name of the man responsible for Saturday’s shootings in the Permian Basin. Two law enforcement officials confirmed to the Associated Press that the shooter’s name is Seth Ator. A seventh victim has died Sunday morning in what police have called a random act of violence that started with a traffic stop in Midland Saturday. A statement from City of Odessa…

President Trump repeatedly said that Hurricane Dorian will hit Alabama, even as forecasters insist the powerful storm will not head in that direction. Dorian became a “major” Category 5 hurricane with 180 mph sustained maximum winds Sunday morning as it approached the northern Bahamas and the eastern Florida coast. Forecasters right now expect Dorian to turn north and swipe the coast of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, but Trump tweeted…

The month of August ended as it began: with a shooting rampage and a significant death toll. Seven people were killed near Odessa, Tex., on Saturday as a gunman started shooting indiscriminately at cars, bringing the number of victims of mass killings by firearms to 53 for the month. The authorities on Sunday revised the death toll from the shooting in Odessa to seven from five, excluding the gunman. The…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Images have emerged purportedly showing smoke rising above Lebanon’s Maroun al-Ras village after Israeli strikes The Lebanese Shia Muslim militant group Hezbollah has fired several anti-tank rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for a reported Israeli drone attack in Beirut last week. Israeli military sources confirmed rockets had been fired at an Israeli army base and military vehicles. The Israeli army responded by attacking targets…

Video Mandatory evacuations issued for the barrier islands of Florida for Hurricane Dorian The Red Cross is stepping to provide aid in the wake of Hurricane Dorian; Jillian Mele reports. In the center of Hurricane Dorian, the eye of the storm reveals just how powerful it is. The National Hurricane Center said in a 2 p.m. ET Sunday advisory that Dorian was a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph…

An Odessa police SUV and a U.S. Postal Service minivan that were both involved in Saturday’s shooting are pictured outside the Cinergy entertainment center on Sept. 1, in Odessa, Texas. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption toggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP An Odessa police SUV and a U.S. Postal Service minivan that were both involved in Saturday’s shooting are pictured outside the Cinergy entertainment center on Sept. 1, in Odessa, Texas. Sue Ogrocki/AP…

Trump says trade talks still planned for September after China… “We are talking to China, the meetings in September, that hasn’t changed,” Trump told reporters Sunday on the White House South Lawn after returning from Camp David. Traderead more

CLOSE Dorian is forecast to be a Category 4 as it continues to track toward Florida. ACCUWEATHER PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Hurricane Dorian roared to “catastrophic” Category 5 status Sunday with sustained winds of 175 mph on an unrelenting march toward the nation’s East Coast. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, with wind gusts exceeding 200 mph, had rolled to within 210 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida, as of…

Another mass shooting in America has left at least seven people dead, including an alleged gunman who was killed by police. Two dozen more people were left wounded in the rampage outside Odessa, Texas — the second mass shooting in the state in a month. The terrifying chain of events began with a traffic stop Saturday on an interstate in the heart of Texas’ oil country. State troopers say the…

A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters. Full Coverage: Hurricane Dorian Millions from Florida to the Carolinas kept a wary eye on Dorian, meanwhile, amid indications it would veer sharply northeastward after passing the Bahamas and track up the U.S….

China and the U.S. imposed their latest scheduled rounds of tariffs on one another’s imports on Sunday, according to The Associated Press. The slated 15 percent U.S. tariffs on approximately $112 billion in Chinese goods may affect consumer prices for products ranging from shoes to sporting goods, the AP noted, and may mark a turning point in how the ongoing trade war directly affects consumers. Nearly 90 percent of clothing and textiles the…

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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. — Days before Hurricane Dorian was expected along Florida’s east coast, residents of this sleepy beachside town screwed planks of plywood over windows, placed sandbags in front of their doors and trimmed the palm trees outside their homes. Despite recent weather forecasts that predicted the eye of the hurricane might never cross the Florida coastline, many here said they knew through experience — especially after brushes with…

CLOSE A traffic stop triggered a deadly shooting rampage. Warning: Some viewers may find this video disturbing. Wochit, Wochit At least five people are dead after a gunman hijacked a postal service van and shot at at least 21 people, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said Saturday. The gunman, who was shot and killed by police, was described as a white male in his 30s. Authorities have not yet released his name. This shooting…

The Trump administration continues to look for other ways to limit the ability of American companies to do business with China. The Commerce Department is moving forward with new export controls that would restrict American firms from selling sensitive technology, like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to Chinese firms. And it has blacklisted several Chinese technology companies, including the telecom giant Huawei, from buying sensitive American technology. “We’ve never seen…

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