Isaias surged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government shutdowns in parts of Florida.
Isaias was forecast to intensify rapidly and bring strong winds and a life-threatening storm surge to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall on the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday.
Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, competing for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, are set for their first campaign debate Thursday after weeks of sparring both online and in advertisements that are flooding the state in one of the nation’s most closely watched races.
“We are running to win the race. He’s running not to lose the race,” El-Sayed said of Rogers during a Tuesday interview with The Associated Press.
Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial on Nov. 30.
Duterte, 81, denies the charges. The ex-leader is accused of murder and attempted murder for his alleged involvement in dozens of killings as part of the war on drugs.
Matt Moga can be reached at moga9897@stthomas.edu.
