Severe weatheris set to hit opposite ends of the country this week, with a powerful low pressure system followed by an atmospheric river set to bring damaging winds, up to 12 inches of rain and some heavy snow to the Pacific Northwest, while storms and possible flooding are headed for the Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service said in a 3 a.m. ET update that a "rapidly strengthening and extremely powerful" weather system could bring winds of 75 mph across northern California and parts of Washington and Oregon from Tuesday. The high winds are driven by a so-called bomb cyclone, or bombogenesis, where a storm system experiences a big drop in air pressure of more than 24 millibars in 24 hours this one is due to drop 60 millibars. "These winds are likely to produce numerous power outag...

Walmarts CFO John David Rainey said the retailer would likely have to raise prices on some items if President-elect Donald Trump s proposed tariffs take effect. We never want to raise prices, he said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. Our model is everyday low prices. But there probably will be cases where prices will go up for consumers. Rainey added that it s too soon to say which products could cost more due to the tariffs. Walmart s CFO weighed in on the potential policy changeas the companybeat Wall Street s earnings and sales expectationsand hiked its full-year forecast. Walmart s comments arethe latest warningfrom U.S. retail leaders about the potential blowback from from the duties. During Trump s presidential campaign, he said he would impose a 10% to 20% tariff on all import...

JACKSON, Miss. Seven years ago, Chokwe Antar Lumumba swept into the Jackson mayor s office with plans to shake up local politics. At 34, he was the city s youngest ever mayor, and he campaigned on a promise of self-determination for the predominantly Black city. Now Lumumba, 41, stands accused in asprawling corruption scandalthat has also ensnared Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and City Council members Aaron Banks and Angelique Lee. Lumumba, Owens and Banks have pleaded not guilty. Lee, who resigned in August,pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Some officials fear the indictments could overshadow the city s efforts to improve residents quality of life or undermine local leadership. I m just praying that the legislators and state leadership can see beyond these indictment...

Denzel Washingtonmay have said thathis same-sex kiss in Gladiator IIwas cut from the movie because the powers that be got chicken, but, according to directorRidley Scott, the kiss may not have happened at all. No, that s bulls---, Scott told me Monday night at the Gladiator II premiere in Hollywood. He later added, They never did. They acted the moment it didn t happen. Washington, meanwhile, claimed that it was simply a peck on the lips. It really is much ado about nothing, Washington said at the premiere. They re making more of it than it was. I kissed him on his hands, I gave him a peck and I killed him. During a recent interview withGayetey, Washington revealed that I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken. I kissed ...

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro s government, suspected of involvement in an alleged plan to kill then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president in 2022 days before they took office, police said. The arrests were the first time in the investigation that federal police have mentioned a plot to kill Lula and Geraldo Alckmin, his choice as vice-president, and stage a coup to stop him returning to power. Most of those investigated are military personnel with Special Forces training, the police said in a statement. Two sources close to the case told Reuters that one of those arrested was retired Brigadier General Mario Fernandes, who previously worked as former rightist president ...

Two underwater communication cables were cut in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, prompting U.S. allies to warn of "hybrid warfare" amid fears that these could be the most recent sabotage attempts against the West in its conflict with Russia. Following the discovery of a rupture in a 730-mile cable between Germany and Finland on Monday, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated on Tuesday that "no one believes that these cables were cut accidentally". "We have to state, without knowing specifically who it came from, that it is a hybrid action," he stated. Additionally, we must presume that it is sabotage even though we are not yet aware of this. Following the discovery of damage to a different cable that connects the Baltic country to Sweden's Gotland Island on Sunday, Lithuania's navy annou...

WASHINGTON The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, is set to face questions from House lawmakers Tuesday about the federal government's response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton that caused catastrophic damage in the Southeast. Criswell will testify before a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee first, at 10 a.m. ET, and then the House Oversight Committee at 2 p.m. ET. House Republicans are expected to grill the FEMA chief about revelations that an agency worker said she was told by higher-ups to skip over houses with Trump signs in Florida. Criswell fired the worker and said she found the employee's actions reprehensible." But the worker, Marn i Washington, has gone on Fox News and other news outlets to allege there was a directive f...

Instagram users will soon be able to manually reset the recommendation algorithm that determines what they see in their feeds. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook parent Meta Platforms, saidin a blog post Tuesdaythat the change was particularly designed to ensure teenagers see more appropriate content. We want to make sure everyone on Instagram especially teens has safe, positive, age-appropriate experiences and feels the time they re spending on Instagram is valuable, the company said. We want to give teens new ways to shape their Instagram experience, so it can continue to reflect their passions and interests as they evolve. In just a few steps, Instagram said, users will be able to clear the recommended content across their Explore, Reels and Feed tabs. Once in resetting mode, u...