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by John Donnelly, meteorologist Occluded frontal system continues a casual tour through southern New England, providing nearly an all-day rain for your Sunday. The main punch will remain well to the west, so chances for thunderstorms are low, but a soft rolling thunderclap here and there can’t be ruled out. Morning lows around 50 rise to the upper 50’s late with a still increasing easterly breeze gusting to 35 mph. A “D” day! ___ Follow John’s weather forecasts, here: WEATHER WITH JOHN DONNELLY John Donnelly was born in Hialeah, Florida and moved back to Rhode Island and settled in Johnston, where he grew up until graduating from Lyndon State College in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. As a child John always wanted to know how air moved, and he ran towards, not away from, thunder and lighting and various other ominous weather phenomena. He returned in 2001 to the old family neighborhood of Elmhurst. Source: https://thefoxposts.c...

The transit authority that runs subways, commuter trains and buses in New York City is giving up on a system that sent automated alerts about service disruptions through Twitter NEW YORK -- Shortly after midnight Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as emergency crews tended to a person discovered on the tracks in lower Manhattan. The delays were flagged for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s rail control center, where a customer service agent typed up a straightforward warning for early-morning riders to consider alternate routes. But while the message was quickly posted to the MTA’s website and app, the alert never made it to the subway system's Twitter account, with its 1 million followers. The agency’s access to the platform’s back-end, officials soon learned, had been suspended by Twitter without warning. It was the second such breakdown in two weeks and the reaction inside the MTA was swift. By Thursday afternoon, senior executives agreed t...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that Britain and Italy are “very aligned” in values as he welcomed far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni LONDON -- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared that Britain and Italy are “very aligned ” in values as he welcomed far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday for talks focused on migration, defense and the war in Ukraine. While Sunak meets leaders of all political stripes from around the world, he had notably warm words as he greeted Meloni at 10 Downing St., the British leader’s official residence. The Conservative prime minister praised Meloni’s “very careful handling of the Italian economy.” “I think the values between our two countries are very aligned , which is why we can work so well together on shared challenges, whether it’s responding to Putin’s illegal invasion in Ukraine, where again I pay tribute to your leadership, but also tackling illegal migration, which is something that is common to both of us,” Sunak said. The ...

Ron DeSantis is set to take a major step closer to running for president against Trump, with plans to launch an exploratory committee as early as May, sources said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to take a major step closer to announcing that he's running for president in 2024, with plans in the works to launch an exploratory committee as early as mid-May, sources familiar tell ABC News. DeSantis’ official announcement would come soon after, with the governor currently eyeing mid-June, the sources said. The news was first reported by NBC News. A spokesperson for DeSantis did not immediately respond to a request for comment. MORE: The external campaign grows for a DeSantis 2024 bid The governor has long been seen as former President Donald Trump’s main rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. ABC News previously reported that DeSantis has privately indicated to allies that he intends to launch a run for the White House. The governor has suggested that any politic...

The contradictions that make up Israel were on full display as the country mourned its fallen soldiers and began celebrating its 75th Independence Day JERUSALEM -- The contradictions that make up Israel — its economic and Military prowess and its deep divisions and rancorous Politics — were on full display Tuesday as the country mourned its fallen soldiers and began celebrating its 75th Independence Day. The jarring transition from Israel’s Memorial Day to its landmark anniversary ceremony, meant to be a stunning display of unity that transcends the usual noise of Israeli Politics , came as the country faces one of the gravest crises in its History . The events reflected the troubles of a nation preoccupied not only with its external enemies but with its internal conflicts. A plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government to overhaul the judiciary has stoked widespread discontent and spurred weeks of protests that have brought cities to a standstill. Critics fe...

A North Carolina man was released from the hospital after he and his 6-year-old daughter were shot by a neighbor in North Carolina in an incident involving a basketball. A North Carolina man was released from the hospital after he and his 6-year-old daughter were shot by a neighbor last week following an incident involving a basketball . William White, his daughter Kinsley White and a neighbor were allegedly shot by 24-year-old Robert Singletary on Tuesday after a ball rolled into his yard from a group of children playing basketball in the street, neighbor hood witnesses told ABC News' Charlotte affiliate WSOC. Family members said White tried to draw gunfire toward himself to protect his family as the suspect unloaded an entire magazine toward his neighbor. White was shot in the back in his front yard, according to his partner, Ashley Hilderbrand. MORE: Police arrest man who allegedly shot 6-year-old when basketball rolled into yard “I just went more left to block her and as ...

Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday NEW YORK -- Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal and one of the media industry's renowned executives, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday. In a brief statement, Shell said Sunday would be his last day after what he called “an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company." “I’m truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they are the most talented people in the business and the opportunity to work with them the last 19 years has been a privilege,” said Shell, who has been CEO of NBCUniversal since January 2020. He joins a number of media industry executives who have left their posts in recent years over inappropriate relations, including others at NBCUniversal. Three years ago, NBCUniversal Vice Ch...

Just hours after lawmakers gaveled out of session, Gov. Lee said he'll be calling them back to "pursue thoughtful, practical solutions to keep Tennesseans safe." Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will call a special legislative session to address gun reform nearly a month after a mass shooting at a Nashville school -- an unusual step for a Republican. Just hours after lawmakers gaveled out of session, Lee said he'll be calling them back to "pursue thoughtful, practical solutions to keep Tennesseans safe." "There is broad agreement that dangerous, unstable individuals who intend to harm themselves or others should not have access to weapons," Lee wrote in a statement. Gov. Bill Lee responds to questions during a news conference on April 11, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP Even while calling for reforms, Lee noted his "strong commitment to preserving Second Amendment rights, ensuring due process and addressing the heart of the problem with ...

Mauricio Pochettino is firmly in the frame to become the new manager of Chelsea after holding further talks over the vacancy, 90min understands. The Blues are on the hunt for a new boss after parting ways with Graham Potter at the start of April. Frank Lampard has returned to Stamford Bridge on a caretaker basis until the end of the season. Chelsea are doing their due diligence on a number of candidates and want to make sure the next appointment is not a misstep as it turned out to be with Potter. Sources have confirmed to 90min former Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain boss Pochettino has held talks with Chelsea in recent days. The Argentine, who was a candidate to succeed Thomas Tuchel back in September, is open to joining the Blues, though equally would be willing to discuss a return to Spurs - fans of the north London side have loudly chanted his name at their last two home Game s. READ MORE FROM THE 90MIN TALKING TRANSFERS TEAM feed One man no longer in consideration for the Ch...

The most wonderful time of the year isn't Christmas, it's when UEFA Champions League knockout games kick off when it's still light outside. The quarter-finals are in the books and the fixtures for the last four are now set in stone. But before we dive into the next round , let's give the top performers from the last couple of weeks their flowers. Champions League team of the round: Quarter-finals GK: Mike Maignan - The best goalkeeper in the world? The Frenchman has certainly muscled his way into the debate. Maignan denied Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from the penalty spot in the second leg of Milan's 1-1 draw at the Stadio Diego Maradona on Thursday. RB: Davide Calabria - Also pivotal in keeping Kvaratskhelia quiet was Calabria, who was happy to go toe-to-toe with the fleet-footed Georgian winger. CB: Ruben Dias - Earlier this season, Dias was scarcely used in Manchester City's backline. But his side-before-self performances across two legs against Baye...

Pramac Ducati’s Martin ran wide at Turn 2 on the opening lap and tried to recover ground into Turn 3 when he lost the front-end and wiped out Marquez. Marquez was taken to the medical centre for checks on his knee after he got stuck between both stricken Ducatis and hit the wall, but was cleared of any serious injury. Though conceding he is “angry” at the missed opportunity brought about by the crash, he accept ed Martin’s apology and feels the tangle was no thing more than a racing incident. “[I hurt my] knee, because my leg was between both bikes and it was difficult,” said Marquez, who also crashed out of the sprint race in America because he vomited in his helmet. “I stayed until the wall, and I touched the wall also. It was not an easy crash, but I’m angry because we lost many points. “It was a good opportunity, but it’s a little bit strange to have the best performance of the season here and get zero points, and in Portimao and Argentina we were not really good and go...

Adobe Inc on Monday said it plans to introduce new artificial intelligence (AI) features into its video editing software used by the film and television industries. The tools will let video editors do things like change the lighting in a shot from midday to sunset or generate background music just by typing in a few words of text to tell the system what to do. The tools build on a new system called Adobe Firefly that the company introduced last month for generating still images and text. Adobe is riding a wave of interest in generative AI spurred by applications from Microsoft Corp-backed OpenAI and Stability AI that allow users to create novel images with just a few words of description. But after Getty Images sued Stability AI alleging that the startup misused Getty's copyrighted images in training its AI system, legal questions clouded whether the output of such AI systems can be used in commercial work. Adobe, one of the biggest suppliers of software ...

Norwegian battery startup Freyr is planning its next factory in an Atlanta suburb because a new U.S. clean energy law offers generous tax credits for local production LONDON -- Norwegian startup Freyr will first build batteries to power electric vehicles and store clean energy in a remote town near the Arctic Circle. Up next? An Atlanta suburb. That's because a new U.S. clean energy law offers generous tax credits — up to 40% of costs — in what is a “massive, massive incentive” for producing in America, CEO Tom Einar Jensen said. Across Europe, companies seeking to invest in the green energy boom — churning out everything from solar panels to windmills and EV batteries — are making similar calculations, weighing up the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act's $375 billion in benefits for renewable industries against a fragmented response that European Union leaders have been scrambling to patch together for months. The law aims to kick-start the U.S. transition away from climate-chang...