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Comptroller Scott Stringer's mother, Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, 86, died on Friday after testing positive for coronavirus. During a Monday interview on CNN, Stringer blamed Trump for his mother's death. In New York City, this is playing out in so many families, and I’ve got to tell you, Donald Trump has blood on his hands, and he has my mom’s blood on his hands. And he sent us a hospital here in the Manhattan harbor, and no one can get on that hospital," Stringer said. "This is something that’s just outrageous, and so it’s very tough to mourn under these circumstances."

MIAMI - A weather system in the Atlantic Ocean morphed into Tropical Storm Arlene Thursday becoming the first named storm of the year, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, but last year two storms formed before the official start of the season. Forecasters say tropical storms are rare in April and Arlene is only the second one observed in the month since weather satellites went into use. The system is expected to dissipate Friday and no coastal watches or warnings are in effect. Arlene is moving at 25 mph with...

Sprawling, misshapen and messy, Tropical Storm Arlene slogged north Friday through the Gulf of Mexico for its expected arrival near Florida's Panhandle today. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that Arlene could have winds topping 70 mph this afternoon. Forecasters put landfall sometime this afternoon near the border of Florida and Alabama. Gov. Jeb Bush has declared a state of emergency. Forecasters say Arlene could become a minimal hurricane, which means winds of more than 74 mph. With most of the wind and rain to the east and north of Arlene's ill-defined center, forecasters said bad weather will...

...ARLENE SLOWS A LITTLE AS IT TURNS NORTHWESTWARD... AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA... GENERALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER EASTWARD TO WEST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI...AND ALSO FROM EAST OF DESTIN FLORIDA EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS....

000 WTNT31 KNHC 101453 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ARLENE ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...ARLENE STRENGTHENS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO... ...HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... AT 11 AM...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO ST MARKS FLORIDA...INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. ALSO AT 11 AM ...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS...

An unidentified resident in the town of Batabano reinforces the roof of his house... MIAMI - A tropical storm watch was issued Friday for central Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, where residents are still recovering from last year's hurricanes. Arlene, the Atlantic hurricane season's first named tropical storm, was centered about 10 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba at 5 a.m. EDT. It was moving north about 8 mph, and could cross near or over western Cuba as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, forecasters said. Wind and rain extended 140 miles to the north...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The Atlantic hurricane season's first named storm headed north Thursday toward the Gulf Coast as Florida residents, still recovering from last year's devastation, watched with a wary eye. Tropical Storm Arlene, which strengthened from a tropical depression that formed Wednesday, was centered 150 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba at 2 p.m. EDT. It was moving north at about 8 mph, meaning parts of the Florida Keys could start getting rain late Thursday, forecasters said. Arlene had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was, at least for now, mostly a rain threat, forecasters...

Arlene Expected to Enter Gulf by Friday June 09, 2005 12:56 PM EDT MIAMI - Tropical Storm Arlene developed Thursday in the northwest Caribbean Sea, edging closer to western Cuba as the Atlantic hurricane season's first named storm. Gulf Coast residents, including those in storm-battered Florida, were warned to beware. Arlene had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph after strengthening from a tropical depression that formed Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Tropical storms have top sustained winds of 39 mph to 74 mph. At 11 a.m. EDT, the storm's center was about 165 miles south-southeast of the...

Weather channel has just announced that Tropical Depression One will be classified as Arlene shortly - 40 knot winds reported by ship in the Caribbean. Early forecasts place it between the Florida panhandle and mouth of the Mississippi in about 3 days.

Tracking east instead of west, Hurricane Adrian is already a Pacific oddity, but it just might get even more unusual: It could undergo a sex change if it fizzles over Central America and later re-forms. That's right -- Adrian could morph into Arlene, the first tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

Except for the presidential election, the most important election this year will take place on April 27 in Pennsylvania. That's the day of the Republican primary pitting a great Republican, Pat Toomey, against the 74-year-old, Ira Einhorn-defending alleged "Republican," Arlen Specter. No, it's not the "American Idol" finals. It's even more important than that. Thanks to Arlen Specter: States can't prohibit partial-birth abortion; Voluntary prayer is banned at high-school football games; Flag-burning is a constitutional right; The government is allowed to engage in race discrimination in college admissions; The nation has been forced into a public debate about gay marriage;...