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The Northeast looks to another wet weekend ahead as the remnants of Tropical Storm Philippe and an incoming cold front will soak New England and potentially flood New York for a second time in a fortnight. Tropical Storm Philippe lashed Bermuda with heavy rains and winds but lost steam and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone Friday as it churned northward on a path toward Atlantic Canada and New England. But the East Coast won't be spared by the storm as its remnants combined with a eastward-moving cold front will make for another rainy weekend. Maine is set to be...

French pharmaceutical group Sanofi promised Thursday that it would make its COVID-19 vaccine, when ready, available in all countries, hours after the company’s CEO said the United States will get first access. Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson’s comments that a vaccine would go first to the U.S. prompted an angry reaction from the French government. “Equal access for all to the vaccine is not negotiable,” French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a tweet. French President Emmanuel Macron was described by his office as also being “upset” by Hudson’s comments. Macron is pushing for vaccines to be considered a “common good”...

Before any of them takes the debate stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic candidates will already have put in dozens of hours each preparing. But here’s what they need to understand: Nothing they do to prepare for the primary debates will feel remotely similar to when the nominee faces Donald Trump in a debate. My perspective on this is unique: I was assigned the role of playing Trump during Hillary Clinton’s general election debate prep in 2016. His stand-in. Her sparring partner. The ball machine. Over 17 years of working for her, I’ve argued with and annoyed Hillary...

France’s prime minister has called for quick tax cuts to respond to the anger expressed through the yellow vests protests across the country. Prime Minister Édouard Philippe on Monday unveiled the results of a three-month “grand debate” launched by President Emmanuel Macron in response to the protests so ordinary people could express their views on France’s economy and democracy. Philippe says “the debate clearly indicates the direction: we must cut taxes and cut them more quickly.” At the same time, however, he said the government must cut public spending. …

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe defended on Wednesday his decision to charter a private aircraft at a cost of €350,000 ($415,000) to bring him and a delegation back from Tokyo earlier this month. AFP disclosed late Tuesday that Philippe’s office had hired an Airbus A340 with first-class seats to fly from Japan to Paris on December 6 instead of using an A340 army transport plane flying the same route at roughly the same time. The prime minister’s office has argued that Philippe needed to be back in Paris urgently because President Emmanuel Macron was leaving the country and that the...

Video at link. Full title: Hurricane force winds coming to Upper NE/New Brunswick- 90 to 100 mph gusts! He uses Ventusky.com and it shows/projects high winds upper northeast area and calls out specific areas. Hurricane force winds projected for early hours (2 am) of Monday, October 30 but I note that he also specifies Monday 10 am wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour in New Brunswick area. Winds projected to be 90 miles per hour in some areas (New Hampshire) and strong winds, gusts in some surrounding areas (Maine?).

Tropical Sytem Philippe Track Forecast Discussion #5 5:00 PM 28-Oct-2017 000 WTNT43 KNHC 282052 TCDAT3 Tropical Storm Philippe Discussion Number 5 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL182017 500 PM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017 Satellite images, radar data from Cuba and Key West, and surface observations indicate the depression has turned northward over the past few hours, and has also strengthened into a tropical storm. The initial intensity of 35 kt is based on a surface observation of 35 kt in a brief squall from Grand Cayman at 1444Z, a recent AMSU estimate of 37 kt, and average Key...

Video at link is 3:06 minutes in length. Vlogger relies upon National Hurricane Center simulations - diagram of new projected path at the start of the video. Storm is moving very fast at 29 miles per hour. This isn't the only vlogger who says this storm resembles Hurricane Sandy. Quick summary of the first minute of the video below in case you don't want to watch a video. Currently the storm is sitting over the left edge of Cuba with winds of 40 miles per hour. If it maintains it's current speed of 29 miles per hour. By 2 am...

AP Interview: Rebel Leader Says He Doesn't Want Another Dictatorship but Wants to Re-Establish Army Feb. 24, 2004 By Paisley Dodds / Associated Press Writer CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's rebel leader told The Associated Press on Tuesday he did not want to install a military dictatorship but seeks to re-establish the army that was disbanded after ousting President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991. With the rebels threatening to attack the capital of Port-au-Prince, the United States tried to broker a last-ditch peace plan that did not require Aristide to resign. Opposition politicians were weighing the plan, after being persuaded by...