Airspace across several parts of the Middle East continues to be restricted after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, prompting retaliatory attacks and widespread aviation disruption. Gulf states, including the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, introduced temporary airspace restrictions, while Iran, Israel and Iraq imposed closures or operational limits.
Americans in Puerto Vallarta were urged to stay indoors as narco gangs went on a bloody rampage after leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes was killed in a military raid on Sunday. Carnage spread up the west coast of the country through Sunday, with reports of attacks getting closer to the States in Baja California while gunfire erupted at Guadalajara International Airport.
Four skiers were killed in avalanches in the Tyrol region. Three of them died in a massive avalanche near the St Anton ski resort, officials said. Two of the victims were recovered from the snow but could not be saved, and the third died in the hospital, a police spokesman said. A German skier died in an avalanche in Nauders. He had been skiing off-piste with his 16-year-old son, who survived with serious injuries, police said.
But unlike the verdict in Manhattan, the B's were able to get the full two points on the table in overtime. It took just 15 seconds into OT. Mark Kastelic won the opening faceoff and Charlie McAvoy skated with it into the offensive zone. Marat Khusnutdinov jumped on for Kastelic and after a couple of passes, McAvoy sent a backhand pass at the top of the crease for the redirection goal for the 3-2 win.
The National Weather Service forecasts the first snow to begin falling around 9 a.m. Sunday and continue through Monday, with scattered showers possibly lasting into Tuesday. The weather service expects a final total of 14 to 20 inches of snow across the state, with some coastal towns possibly seeing more than 20 inches: The high end of projections call for a potential of 24 inches in Gloucester and other North Shore communities, with Boston possibly seeing 21 inches:
The Venezuelan winter league suspended play following the United States taking military action in Caracas, casting uncertainty on a couple of Los Angeles Dodgers players. Edgardo Henriquez, a Venezuelan native, had been pitching for La Tiburones de la Guaira, and Dodgers prospect Eduardo Quintero also briefly spent time with the team. With roughly five weeks until Spring Training begins, the Dodgers could face some challenges trying to get their players back to the United States.
Peak rainfall in parts of the region is expected to reach as high as 1.5 inches per hour, according to the National Weather Service. The foothills and mountains south of Point Conception, which include parts of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, are projected to receive up to nine inches (25 centimeters) of rain by 10 p.m. local time on Christmas Eve. The rain will continue to fall on Thursday, Christmas Day, and a total of 14 inches could soak the region (35 centimeters) by Friday.
Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together make up the National Capital Region, has been at its worst levels in weeks. According to government data, the averageAir Quality Index (AQI) in the region on Monday was 471, which among the worst in the world, with any measurement above 300 considered "hazardous" to health. For comparison, any measurement under 50 is considered "good."
Meteorologists are predicting colder-than-normal temperatures to hit a large portion of the United States, which will bring the first snowstorms of the year to many areas. Towns and cities in northern Midwest have already been blanketed with snow this weekend and the same treatment is set to arrive in the central Plains, Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and New England starting early next week. There was a 45-car pileup along Interstate 70 about 10 miles from Terre Haute, Indiana, due to the snow.
Every family has a group chat. Most families shouldn't. And never is that group chat more chaotic than during the holidays. My family's group chat melts down every November. Every year I consider muting it, if not skipping Thanksgiving altogether. Every year, my mom guilts me about my grandma's age (old). So I stay. Here's how I expect it to unravel this time around.
Short-term rental firm Sonder Holdings said it will wind down its US operations after hotel chain Marriott abruptly ended their partnership. In a Monday press release, the San Francisco company said it plans to file "a Chapter 7 liquidation of its US business," and "initiate insolvency proceedings" in other countries where it operates. "We are devastated to reach a point where a liquidation is the only viable path forward," said Janice Sears, Sonder's interim CEO.
If your November consists of Thanksgiving travel, holiday shopping, festive social events, or end-of-year work projects, you'll want to take extra care to manage the ins and outs of your plans. That's because everyone's favorite logistical trickster, Mercury, will be retrograding from Nov. 9 all the way through Nov. 29, bringing high potential for all sorts of communication clashes, scheduling slip-ups, and mental misfires.
