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Gunman kills 7 at Texas football party, shot dead

Crystal McDowell's ex-husband charged with murder after body found

6 hurt when man drives car into crowd in Minnesota parking lot

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A gunman with multiple weapons barged into his ex-wife's home and shot nine people, killing eight of them, at a Texas football watch party Sunday night - before police responded and killed the shooter, investigators revealed Monday.

Two people were wounded when the gunman, identified by Fox 4 as Spencer Hight, opened fire inside the party at a single-family home off Spring Creek Parkway in Plano, less than 20 minutes from Dallas, around 8 p.m.. The two wounded victims were transported to the hospital where one of them later died. Of the nine shooting victims, only one survived.

Witnesses said the group was watching the Dallas Cowboys season opener against the New York Giants.

"It sounded like an argument between a woman and a man and it got really loud...next thing you know all you heard was multiple rounds just going off," Crystal Sugg, who works nearby, told Fox 4.

Sugg said she heard a loud argument for about 20 minutes - and then gunshots.

"I heard guns and a lot of screaming," she said. "All I heard was, 'Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.'"

Police said at a news conference Monday they have not identified all of the victims, but said they were all adult men and women.

Debbie Lane told WFAA the gunman was her former son-in-law who killed her daughter, Meredith Lane. The mother said the couple recently got divorced after six years of marriage and the man used to own the home where the shooting happened.

"She was a cook, and a quite fine one, and she loved hosting friends and families," Lane told WFAA. "This was her first opportunity to do it after the divorce and he didn't take it well."

"I really wish we knew who the other victims were. They were all close dear friends. We don't know," Lane said.

Other witnesses reported hearing about 30 or more gunshots.

"My neighbor had already heard the first couple of shots, and we came outside and next thing you know, all you heard was like, 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,'" Steven Featherland said.

Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots fired. When the first officer arrived and went inside the home, the officer confronted the suspected shooter.

"After he heard the gunshots, he made entry and that's when he observed several victims inside and then engaged the suspect," police spokesman David Tilley said The Dallas Morning News.

Police have not released a motive for the shooting, though officials said at a news conference Monday it was an isolated incident and the shooter had a prior relationship with a person or people inside that residence.

Plano police chief Gregory Rushin said a shooting of this magnitude was unusual for Plano, especially in such a quiet neighborhood. He could not say whether police had been called to the home before Sunday.

"Any time you have a homocide it's disturbing and certainly when you have this many victims," Rushin said at a press conference. "We've never had this in our city before."

"I've been here all my life," Tilley said. "I've never heard of anything like this."

Sugg added: "I'm in shock. It is always quiet around here."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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8 shot dead at Texas football watch party; gunman killed, police say

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A gunman with multiple weapons barged into his ex-wife's home and shot nine people, killing eight of them, at a Texas football watch party Sunday night - before police responded and killed the shooter, investigators revealed Monday.

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yesterday after the wraith of hurricane Irma went through Florida bay the water was sucked up by Irma there were 2 manatees that were left without water. So a couple of people saw them and were able to get both manatees closer to the water so that they can live.

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Florida rescue workers and a group of residents helped save two manatees who were left stranded on Sunday after Hurricane Irma caused water to drain from the Sarasota Bay.

Michael Sechler, who shared images of the beached animals on Facebook, said he noticed them suffering while he and a group of friends were driving near the bay in Manatee County.

"One wasn't moving, the other was breathing and had water in its eyes," Sechler said in a Facebook post. "My friends and I couldn't move these massive animals ourselves, and we called every service we could think of, but no one answered."

Another Facebook user, Marcelo Clavijo, later said that he and two Manatee County Sheriff's deputies helped move the manatees about 100 yards closer to the water.

Nadia Gordon, marine mammal biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said his office has received several reports of stranded manatees in the county, but it isn't intervening.

"We're not actually intervening at this point," Gordon told the local newspaper Bradenton Herald. "Unfortunately with manatees, they are accustomed to being tidally stranded at times."

However, he said the commission is worried that the manatees could end up in areas where they naturally wouldn't once the tide comes back, but he doesn't think they will get injured.

"We just let nature take its course," Gordon said.

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Florida rescue workers and a group of residents helped save two manatees who were left stranded on Sunday after Hurricane Irma caused water to drain from the Sarasota Bay. Michael Sechler, who shared images of the beached animals on Facebook, said he noticed them suffering while he and a group of...

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2 people were injured and taken to the hospital right after the incident. It happened at a Football Party while watching the Dallas Cowboys Game. They have not named any suspect but only 2 of 7 survived, but there condition is currently unknown.

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Millions of people from coast to coast are waking up to no power, As hurricane Irma rumbled the north and with rushing winds. Irma has left 5.7 million customers with out power.

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities.

A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina. The deaths occurred mostly when tree limbs fell on victims during the tropical storm that stretched 650 miles from east to west, affecting at least nine states.

As Jacksonville, Florida, grappled with record storm surge, the level of the destruction became more apparent in the hard-hit Florida Keys at the southern tip of the state. Areas without water, power or communications are likely to remain so for some time.

Irma flooded portions of River Street in the tourist magnet city of Savannah, Georgia and forced police to temporarily shut Highway 80 leading to the barrier island community of Tybee Island. Water also filled The Battery, the downtown Charleston neighborhood where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet. Charleston police asked residents to avoid downtown in anticipation of high tide.

Waters in Charleston Harbor peaked at nearly 10 feet high, the city's third-highest reading, topping Hurricane Matthew in 2016, said CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.

Parts of coastal Georgia and South Carolina remained under storm surge warning late Monday.

Irma will continue to weaken, but the rain and wind will spread further north. The storm was moving towards Alabama late Monday. It is forecast to move to Tennessee on Tuesday before fizzling out later this week, forecasters said.

The latest developments:

-- As of Monday night, Irma was centered about 95 miles south of Atlanta, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

-- A 57-year-old South Carolina man was fatally injured by a falling tree limb during the storm, Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley told CNN. The man was cutting downed limbs with a chainsaw outside of his home when he was struck.

-Three people died in Georgia: A 62-year-old man who was on his roof was killed in Worth County, which experienced wind gusts of 69 mph, according to Kannetha Clem, a spokeswoman for the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Another man was killed in Sandy Springs, an Atlanta suburb, when a tree fell and "literally cut the home in half,"said Sharon Kraun, the city's communications director. One woman was killed when a downed tree struck her vehicle in Cumming as the car at in a private driveway, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

-- About 6.2 million electric customers were without power in Florida late Monday, according to Floridadisaster.org. FEMA chief Brock Long has said some places won't have electricity for weeks.

-- More than 1.4 million customers in Georgia were without power, according to Georgia Power and Georgia EMC.

-- In South Carolina, nearly 200,000 customers were without power, according to utility companies.

-- Storm surge warnings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina mean "there is a danger of life-threatening inundation," the hurricane center said.

'We're definitely shaken up'.

Irma turned Jacksonville's Memorial Park into an unrecognizable lake.

"We have very serious, significant river flooding along the banks of the St. Johns River. It's bad now, it's going to continue to get worse," meteorologist Angie Enyedi said. "We've already surpassed historic levels, the levels will continue to rise."

In one Jacksonville yard, Irma snapped a tree near its roots, sending it crashing onto the car of an evacuee from South Florida on Sunday.

No one was hurt. The tree at the end of Kristine Garcia's driveway, luckily, didn't fall on her house.

"We're definitely shaken up. We were in shock when we went outside," Garcia, 34, told CNN Monday. "If it would have fallen toward our direction, it would have been a ... mess."

No electricity or safe water

Irma devastated much of Marco Island, off the southwest coast of Florida, leaving it with no electricity or clean water.

Roommates Zack Forrest and Krock Indigo rode out the storm on the island and likened Irma to a relentless tornado. "The storm was really intense, it was like a tornado that lasted for an hour and a half," Forrest said.

"No way!" Indigo interrupted. "It was like 5 hours."

By the time Irma finished with Marco Island, it left 15 homes that have either lost their roofs or suffered other severe damage, the fire department said.

The good news is that there were no major injuries, said Marco Island Fire Chief Mike Murphy

"We were the little engine that did it," he told CNN's Ed Lavandera.

Tara O'Neill arrived at her house in Goodland, Florida, on Monday for the first time since the eye of the storm hit the small fishing village at the southeast corner of Marco Island. A tree had crushed her home.

"It's never good when you show up and see this in front of your house," she quipped.

The Goodland native bought the home in 1998 when it was a "dump," she said . She and her husband spent six years remodeling.

O'Neil climbed on the hood of her car to get a better look and found humor in her devastation.

Looters, she joked, could help themselves to anything they wanted.

Some Florida Keys residents could soon be home

Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday, but the full extent of the damage there is still unknown.

That's because some islands are extremely difficult to access. Southbound US Route 1 -- the only road connecting the Keys -- is closed, Florida Keys spokesman Andy Newman said.

Large debris is blocking access, and a 150-foot stretch "has some buckling," Newman said.

Crews continued to work to clear US 1. Transportation officials have inspected and cleared some bridges, officials said.

Some evacuees from the Keys will get a chance to lay eyes on the devastation early Tuesday when Monroe County allows residents and business owners in Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada to return home.

'It's the worst storm I've ever seen'

But officials urged some evacuated Floridians to be patient and not try to go home yet even though the storm was beyond parts of the Deep South.

"We're asking folks to be patient and remain sheltered in place," said St. Augustine Fire Chief Carlos Aviles.

"Stay off the roads, stay off the streets, let us complete our assessment, clear the roads of water, power lines, trees and then you can get out there and determine what happened to your individual property or your neighborhood," said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler.

The massive storm triggered evacuation orders for 5.6 million people before it made two landfalls in the state Sunday.

The first was over the Florida Keys, and the second, over Marco Island, left the island without water and power, authorities said.

"It's the worst storm I've ever seen," said Bill South of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Irma's deadly trail

Before slamming into to the United States, Irma hit Cuba late Friday as a Category 5 hurricane.

On Monday, Cuban state TV announced 10 hurricane related deaths -- meaning Irma killed a total of 36 people in the Caribbean before heading to the US.

This is the first year on record that the continental United States has had two Category 4 hurricane landfalls in the same year.

Last month, Hurricane Harvey devastated much of coastal Texas and killed more than 70 people.

Are you affected by Irma? Text, iMessage or WhatsApp your videos, photos and stories to CNN (but only if it's safe to do so): +1 347-322-0415.

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Irma floods Jacksonville, Charleston and Savannah

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities. A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina.

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In Marigot,St. Martin, people began gathering supplies to supplies for Hurricane Irma. On Thursday, search for food became more menacing.

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MARIGOT, St. Martin - At dawn, people began to gather, quietly planning for survival after Hurricane Irma.

They started with the grocery stores, scavenging what they needed for sustenance: water, crackers, fruit.

But by nightfall on Thursday, what had been a search for food took a more menacing turn, as groups of people, some of them armed, swooped in and took whatever of value was left: electronics, appliances and vehicles.

"All the food is gone now," Jacques Charbonnier, a 63-year-old resident of St. Martin, said in an interview on Sunday. "People are fighting in the streets for what is left."

In the few, long days since Irma pummeled the northeast Caribbean, killing more than two dozen people and leveling 90 percent of the buildings on some islands, the social fabric has begun to fray in some of the hardest-hit communities.

Residents of St. Martin, and elsewhere in the region, spoke about a general disintegration of law and order as survivors struggled in the face of severe food and water shortages, and the absence of electricity and phone service.

As reports of increasing desperation continued to emerge from the region over the weekend, governments in Britain, France and the Netherlands, which oversee territories in the region, stepped up their response. They defended themselves against criticism that their reaction had been too slow, and insufficient. Both the French and Dutch governments said they were sending in extra troops to restore order, along with the aid that was being airlifted into the region.

After an emergency meeting with his government on Sunday, President Emmanuel Macron of France said he would travel on Tuesday to St. Martin, an overseas French territory. Mr. Macron also announced late on Saturday that he would double France's troop deployment to the region, to 2,200 from 1,100; officials say the increase is in part a response to the mayhem on St. Martin.

The Dutch territorial side of the island has also experienced widespread security problems at shops, though the issue was reported to have subsided by Sunday, though not completely.

"There was some looting in the first few days, but the Dutch marines and police are on the street to prevent it," Paul De Windt, publisher of The Daily Herald, a newspaper on the Dutch side, said on Sunday. "Some people steal luxury things and booze, but a lot of people are stealing water and biscuits."

More than 265 Dutch military personnel have been deployed to the island, and an additional 250 are expected to be sent to the region in the next few days to help maintain order and assist with relief efforts, the Dutch government said. In addition, 90 police officers have been flown in from Curaçao, another Dutch territory.

The storm delivered a direct hit on the region starting Wednesday, destroying airports and ports, knocking out power and potable water systems, and leaving many tens of thousands of residents and tourists isolated and increasingly desperate, unable to go anywhere.

The crisis worsened on Saturday as Hurricane Jose rumbled through the region. Though the islands hit by Irma avoided a direct blow from the second hurricane, its arrival forced the suspension of relief and rescue operations, prolonging the agony for many.

On Sunday, officials announced that two more bodies had been discovered on the Dutch side of St. Martin, increasing the death toll in the Caribbean attributable to Hurricane Irma to at least 27. So far, about a dozen deaths on both sides of the island have been attributed to the storm, according to The Associated Press. People here, however, insist that the death toll is much higher.

While there is no way to verify such claims, they illustrate the fear and the rumors swirling through an island as people are cut off from the rest of the world, with roads blocked and most areas without cellular service. News, for the most part, is being relayed by word of mouth, leading to outsize claims. One rumor making the rounds on Sunday was that hundreds of people had died, some at the hands of escapees from a local prison.

The French government denied the rumors about the alleged prison break on Sunday. But some residents spoke of witnessing violence, with people fighting over food at grocery stores, and people armed with guns and other weapons.

Residents reported that armed men had entered the Hotel Flamboyant in Marigot, the capital of the French side, and robbed tourists by knocking on the doors to their rooms, flashing guns and demanding valuables.

The French National Gendarmerie, whose troops are in St. Martin and St. Barthélemy, another French overseas territory ravaged by the hurricane, announced on Twitter on Sunday that it had made 23 arrests. In a statement, the French Interior Ministry said: "Extraordinary resources have been sent to the Antilles. The government is totally mobilized."

American officials said Sunday that they had helped evacuate about 1,200 American citizens from St. Martin, many on C-130s, which flew evacuees to Puerto Rico.

On Sunday, Cuba was also reckoning with the damage from Hurricane Irma, which roared along the island nation's northern coast on Saturday.

Although there have been no reported fatalities or casualties, Havana awoke Sunday morning to substantial damage. The capital's inhabitants, who spent the night in darkness after authorities cut power as a precaution, found fallen trees, mangled lampposts, and smashed water tanks. Floodwaters reached more than 600 yards into the city.

But damage in the capital was light compared with elsewhere on the island. In the coastal city of Matanzas, 60 miles east, one-story houses were completely underwater, and damage to Cayo Romano and Cayo Coco, popular tourist islands, was severe. A video posted on Facebook showed hotel roofs caved in, and mounds of concrete and coils of steel in lobbies. The northern keys are home to more than 50 all-inclusive hotels, which provide essential hard currency for Cuba.

The Cuban government immediately began relief efforts, deploying security forces in large numbers to the hardest-hit areas, along with convoys of trucks carrying food and heavy equipment to help remove debris.

"Cuba is very organized," said Orlando Eorlsando, 53, as he replaced his front door with bloated plywood in Havana. "The priority of the government is to keep people safe and preserve life."

While the Cuban response seemed to be a well-oiled machine, elsewhere in the Caribbean the government reaction has been halting, critics say.

In France the criticism of the government's response to the storm came first from Mr. Macron's opponents, who were eager to use the hurricane to find fault with his administration.

A more measured critique came from a former minister of France's overseas territories, Victorin Lurel, who said that the situation needed more "resources, more logistical planning, more transport and a hospital boat."

"People could have been evacuated ahead of time," he said in an interview Sunday on the news channel Europe1. The government response on the Dutch side, he insisted, was better than on the French side.

In Marigot, a French Gendarmerie helicopter hovered over the city on Sunday afternoon, flying low and scanning the storm-blistered streets. Boats in the marina had been upturned, half submerged or tossed onto the beach by the storm.

Families with relatives on the island organized convoys of boats from as far away as Guadeloupe, bringing water, canned goods, fuel and the chance to escape. But even that has become dangerous. Several boats turned back from St. Martin's main port, fearful of the crowds gathered seeking aid.

As one boat pulled into the Marigot harbor on Sunday, a family raced to the docks to offload goods - and load several children on board. Goodbyes were said quickly, and the new passengers who climbed aboard heaved a sigh of relief as the boat pulled off.

Maeva Canappele, 20, wept as the boat began to distance itself from the island of St. Martin, destined for Guadeloupe, a six-hour ride on choppy seas. She was grateful.

"It was getting bad on the island," she said. "Someone broke into our home and tried to rob us, but my parents managed to scare them away."

In a statement on Sunday, the French interior ministry said that after emergency needs are dealt with, reconstruction will begin. Among its priorities, the statement said, it intends to distribute one million liters of drinking water, secure private property; and get the telecommunications systems running again.

On Tuesday, a French navy ship equipped with a hospital and carrying helicopters, troops and reconstruction material will depart from France.

In Britain, lawmakers from both the governing Conservative party, as well as the Labour opposition, have accused the government of failing to take adequate precautions to protect the residents of three British territories lying in the path of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose.

About 75,000 people, most of them British nationals, live on the Caribbean territories of Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands - each of which suffered substantial damage from Hurricane Irma.

In preparation for the hurricane season, the British government had sent a naval supply ship to the region in July. Following the storm, the ship brought 40 relief specialists to Anguilla, who helped to restore power at the island's main hospital and carry out repairs at its airport, according to the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.

Since Friday, Britain has also sent two transport planes carrying almost 20 tons of emergency supplies to its Caribbean territories, as well as 250 marines and two extra military helicopters. Britain's largest warship will arrive in the Caribbean in around 10 days, carrying eight more helicopters.

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Violence Erupts on Desperate Caribbean Islands: 'All the Food Is Gone'

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(Slideshow by Photo Services) MARIGOT, St. Martin - At dawn, people began to gather, quietly planning for survival after Hurricane Irma. They started with the grocery stores, scavenging what they needed for sustenance: water, crackers, fruit.

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Many emergency services are suspended because of the strong winds from hurricane Irma. They can see all of the calls on their computer, but most of the time they can't answer them. David Owens during the interview with CNN News he stated, "If we go out, we potentially create another emergency, and people have to come help us."

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They weren't allowed to respond. Winds were so high that emergency services in many areas were suspended to protect the rescuers.

"It just stinks. You're sitting here not be able to do your job," said Billy Johnston, a firefighter paramedic with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. "And we got into this job to help people."

"It's a helpless feeling, but we have to look out for our safety. If we go out, we potentially create another emergency, and people have to come and help us," added his colleague David Owens, a firefighter EMT.

Pinellas County, which includes St. Petersburg, suspended its response to 911 calls at around 8:30 Sunday night, when sustained winds exceeded 40 miles per hour, according to Kevin Baxter, a spokesman for the county.

Conditions varied, and some fire departments in the northern part of the county did respond to some emergency calls Sunday night, he added.

In St. Petersburg, rescue workers stopped responding to calls at around 6:30 Sunday night, according to firefighter EMT Tim Kocer.

At that time, there were about 80 first responders gathered in the St. Petersburg Fire Rescue master station.

While the workers were prohibited from responding to calls, they were able to see a list of the incoming calls on their computer screen.

Several stand out in their minds. For example, Owens said there were four cardiac arrests all at one time, and there was also a 12-year-old who was having trouble breathing.

"I had to walk away from the computer because of the nature of the calls and not being able to do anything about them," said Jonathan Martino, a firefighter paramedic. "It definitely feels pretty bad. People are hurt right now,"

As the storm raged Sunday night, the St. Petersburg first responders slept in shifts. The ones who were awake watched the Seahawks-Packers football game and played cards and dominoes. Occasionally they ventured out onto a balcony with a roof to experience the wind and rain firsthand.

Many nervously called and texted their spouses, anxious to make sure they were safe during the storm.

"I was calling and texting my wife and she didn't answer and I was freaking out," said Martino, whose wife was at home with their two month old and four year old children. It turned out they'd lost power and needed to charge her phone.

After the storm, emergency workers will respond to the 911 calls that came in overnight based on who needs help first.

"We're chomping at the bit," said Thomas Enright, a firefighter paramedic.

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Irma first responders have to ignore 911 calls

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They weren't allowed to respond. Winds were so high that emergency services in many areas were suspended to protect the rescuers. "It just stinks. You're sitting here not be able to do your job," said Billy Johnston, a firefighter paramedic with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. "And we got into this job to help people."

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china wants to ban all gas or diesel cars and want to use electric cars

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China is preparing to put the brakes on gasoline and diesel cars.

The country, home to the world's largest auto market, is working on a plan to ban the production and sale of vehicles powered solely by fossil fuels, officials say.

The Chinese government is following in the footsteps of countries like India, France, Britain and Norway, which have already announced plans to ditch gas and diesel cars in favor of cleaner vehicles in the coming years.

Related: Ford will create new brand to make electric cars in China

Regulators haven't decided yet when the Chinese ban would take effect, but work has begun on a timetable, according to China's vice minister of industry, Xin Guobin.

He warned carmakers they need to adjust their strategies to the changing situation, according to state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Authorities will offer subsidies of as much as half the retail price of electric and some hybrid vehicles to help buoy production, Xinhua reported, citing an official from the Chinese Finance Ministry.

Related: These countries want to ditch gas and diesel cars

The subsidies are good news for electric car manufacturers.

Dozens of models are already on sale in the world's second-largest economy. International auto giants like Ford , and Volkswagen are aiming to develop fully electric cars in China. GM already sells the fully electric Bolt in the U.S. and the tiny Baojun 100 in China.

Tesla stock climbed 5% on news in U.S. trading Monday. Tesla sells only all-electric cars and is rolling out its first mass-market car, the Model 3.

The Chinese market is already dominated by domestic manufacturers like BAIC and BYD , which have aggressively pursued the electric vehicle business. BYD shares gained 4.6% in Hong Kong on Monday following the Chinese officials' comments about the potential ban over the weekend.

Chinese-owned Volvo announced in July that every car it makes from 2019 onward will have an electric motor.

Related: GM is selling a $5,000 electric car in China

Plagued by air pollution, China has been swift to adopt the technology.

Last year, China accounted for more than 40% of the 753,000 electric vehicles sold worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency. That's more than twice as many as the number sold in the U.S.

But while electric sales are increasing fast in China, it remains an overwhelmingly gas and diesel dominated market.

Of the roughly 28 million vehicles sold in China last year, just over 1% were electric, according to the International Energy Agency. The agency defines electric cars as ones powered by batteries or hybrid cars that plug into the power source.

The Chinese government wants 5 million electric cars on the country's roads by 2020.

CNNMoney (Hong Kong) First published September 11, 2017: 12:59 AM ET

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Eight people were found shot to death during a football watching party on Sunday night at a home in Plano, Texas, police revealed

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A gunman with multiple weapons barged into his ex-wife's home and shot nine people, killing eight of them, at a Texas football watch party Sunday night - before police responded and killed the shooter, investigators revealed Monday.

Two people were wounded when the gunman, identified by Fox 4 as Spencer Hight, opened fire inside the party at a single-family home off Spring Creek Parkway in Plano, less than 20 minutes from Dallas, around 8 p.m.. The two wounded victims were transported to the hospital where one of them later died. Of the nine shooting victims, only one survived.

Witnesses said the group was watching the Dallas Cowboys season opener against the New York Giants.

"It sounded like an argument between a woman and a man and it got really loud...next thing you know all you heard was multiple rounds just going off," Crystal Sugg, who works nearby, told Fox 4.

Sugg said she heard a loud argument for about 20 minutes - and then gunshots.

"I heard guns and a lot of screaming," she said. "All I heard was, 'Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.'"

Police said at a news conference Monday they have not identified all of the victims, but said they were all adult men and women.

Debbie Lane told WFAA the gunman was her former son-in-law who killed her daughter, Meredith Lane. The mother said the couple recently got divorced after six years of marriage and the man used to own the home where the shooting happened.

"She was a cook, and a quite fine one, and she loved hosting friends and families," Lane told WFAA. "This was her first opportunity to do it after the divorce and he didn't take it well."

"I really wish we knew who the other victims were. They were all close dear friends. We don't know," Lane said.

Other witnesses reported hearing about 30 or more gunshots.

"My neighbor had already heard the first couple of shots, and we came outside and next thing you know, all you heard was like, 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,'" Steven Featherland said.

Tilley said police initially responded to a report of shots fired. When the first officer arrived and went inside the home, the officer confronted the suspected shooter.

"After he heard the gunshots, he made entry and that's when he observed several victims inside and then engaged the suspect," police spokesman David Tilley said The Dallas Morning News.

Police have not released a motive for the shooting, though officials said at a news conference Monday it was an isolated incident and the shooter had a prior relationship with a person or people inside that residence.

Plano police chief Gregory Rushin said a shooting of this magnitude was unusual for Plano, especially in such a quiet neighborhood. He could not say whether police had been called to the home before Sunday.

"Any time you have a homocide it's disturbing and certainly when you have this many victims," Rushin said at a press conference. "We've never had this in our city before."

"I've been here all my life," Tilley said. "I've never heard of anything like this."

Sugg added: "I'm in shock. It is always quiet around here."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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In Portland apposing groups broke out into violence in an anti-white nationalist rally. At least one police officer was reported injured, and the police force tweeted to clear the area as people where attacking camera men with posters, and throwing projectiles at police officers. Several arrests where made.

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On Friday night Eric Bolling's son Eric Chase died. The cause is not detected but they will conduct an apostasy later this week. Eric Bolling has worked for Fox News since 2007 and recently gotten fired.

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Eric Bolling's son Eric Chase died on Friday night, just hours after his father lost a high-profile job at the Fox News Channel.

The cause of death has not been announced. According to a family friend, an autopsy will not take place until Monday.

Eric Chase Bolling was starting his second year at the University of Colorado in Boulder. It is unclear if he died on or off campus. Local authorities did not immediately respond to requests for comment from CNN.

His parents learned of the death late Friday night and flew to Colorado on Saturday morning.

Eric Bolling confirmed the heart-wrenching news in a tweet.

"Adrienne and I are devastated by the loss of our beloved son Eric Chase last night. Details still unclear," Bolling wrote. "Thoughts, prayers appreciated."

In a second tweet, Bolling said that an autopsy would be conducted next week. "Authorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. ... Please respect our grieving period," he wrote.

The family friend said the Bollings are in a profound state of shock. Eric was their only child.

Eric Bolling sometimes talked lovingly about his son on Fox News. Bolling, a former trader, joined Fox Business Network in 2007 and later jumped to Fox News, where he became one of the channel's best-known conservative hosts. In his appearances on the 5 p.m. talk show "The Five," he cheered on Donald Trump's campaign for president. He also wrote a pro-Trump book called "The Swamp."

Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump expressed their condolences in separate messages on Twitter. "I am so sorry for your loss. I know how devoted you were to your son. I cannot fathom how difficult this must be," Donald Trump Jr. tweeted.

When "The Five" was moved to 9 p.m. last spring, Bolling stayed on at 5 p.m. as the leader of a new show called "The Specialists."

He signed a multi-year contract in June. He parted ways with Fox News in August after an investigation into allegations, first reported by HuffPost, that Bolling had sent female colleagues an "unsolicited" lewd photo.

Bolling moved to sue the HuffPost reporter and vowed to fight the claims, which he called "false smear attacks."

"I look forward to clearing my name" as soon as possible, he said.

Fox announced his departure around 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Fox said it happened "amicably." "The Specialists" was canceled.

Sources at Fox said staffers were shaken up about the sudden death.

"We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Eric Bolling's son," the network said in a statement. "Eric Chase was a wonderful young man and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bolling family."

Bolling's former colleagues and other journalists also expressed condolences.

"So awful. My heart goes out to Eric and his family," CNN's Don Lemon tweeted.

"Overwhelmed by the news of Eric Bolling's son," Fox contributor Katie Pavlich tweeted. "How absolutely horrific and devastating."

-- Updated: This article has been updated to clarify Bolling's status at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 9, 2017: 7:02 PM ET

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archealogists found a 3500 year old egypchen tomb. The tomb has stachus of a goldsmith and his wife. It also has mummeis and pottery from the 21st and 22nd dynesty

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LUXOR, Egypt - Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery in the southern city of Luxor of a pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the 18th dynasty.

The tomb, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, is a relatively modest discovery, but one that authorities has announced with a great deal of fanfare in a bid to boost the country's slowly recovering tourism industry.

"We want tomorrow's newspapers to speak about Egypt and make people want to come to Egypt," Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anani told reporters.

El-Anani said the tomb was not in good condition, but it contains a statue of the goldsmith and his wife as well as a funerary mask. He said a shaft inside the tomb contained pottery as well as mummies and coffins belonging to ancient Egyptian people who lived during the 21st and 22nd dynasties.

The minister identified the goldsmith as Amunhat.

The tomb was discovered by Egyptian archeologists, something that a senior official at the Antiquities Ministry hailed as evidence of their growing professionalism and expertise.

"We used to escort foreign archeologists as observers, but that's now in the past. We are the leaders now," said Mustafa Waziri, Luxor's chief archaeologist.
This story originally appeared in the Associated Press.

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A team in the MLB called the Indians is on a hot streak right now and many people think they will break the league's win streak record of 21 wins.

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Eighteen in a row for the Cleveland Indians! They beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 as Trevor Bauer won his ninth straight decision, Francisco Lindor powered his 29th home run and Cody Allen closed it out. The Indians have hit 37 home runs in their winning streak and they've been so dominant that this was only their third one-run game of the streak.

As long as the fellas keep winning, we'll keep making these. #WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWindians pic.twitter.com/f4ZiZHmhc2

- WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWin (@Indians) September 11, 2017

The last team with a longer streak was the 2002 A's of "Moneyball" fame, with a 20-game streak -- the 20th win was the Scott Hatteberg Home Run Game (the A's blew an 11-0 lead before winning on Hatteberg's walk-off home run). The Indians can pass those A's if they sweep the Detroit Tigers in a series at home that starts on Monday. If that happens, they would tie the 1935 Cubs for the longest winning streak ever. The longest unbeaten streak belongs to the 1916 Giants, who won 26 in a row but had a tie game in there.

Anyway, this is simply awesome to watch. Against the Tigers, the Indians will start Carlos Carrasco, Corey Kluber and Mike Clevinger. The Tigers will start Matt Boyd, Myles Jaye and Buck Farmer. I know all it takes is one bad outing by a starter or one gem from an opposing pitcher, but given the way Carrasco, Kluber and Clevinger have been pitching, I'm calling: the Indians will reach 21 in a row.

Lindor, by the way, has had a huge second half, hitting .307/.368/.561, with eight home runs during the 18-game win streak. His 29 home runs are the third-most ever for a shortstop before his 24th birthday. The other two are both named Alex Rodriguez. In a telling note about how good things are going for the Indians, Lindor borrowed Abraham Almonte's bat for the home run after breaking his. He smiled all the way around the bases, not to show up the pitcher but because he couldn't believe he hit one out with Almonte's bat, which he said after the game has the same handle but is heavier than his own.

He also made a few friends before the game:

Looks like @lindor12bc is as good at making friends as he is at baseball. pic.twitter.com/i0TFMeZcWk

- MLB (@MLB) September 11, 2017

Down go the Los Angeles Dodgers. Again. After losing 8-1 to the Colorado Rockies, that's 10 in a row and 15 losses in 16 games, making them the first team in MLB history to win 15 of 16 and lose 15 of 16 in the same season. One thing we've learned is the answer to this question:

Hey, at least we included the question mark. pic.twitter.com/hG8EWb0jso

- Emma Span (@emmaspan) September 11, 2017

One thing worth pointing out is that during this 16-game skid, 12 of the 16 games have come against "good" teams -- above .500. When they went 56-11 from June 7 to Aug. 25, just 20 of those 67 games came against winning teams (and the Twins were under .500 when the Dodgers played them). They did go 16-4 against the good teams, but it's also true they benefited some from a soft schedule over an extended period.

With that in mind, I thought I'd check the records of the National League playoff contenders against winning teams:

Nationals clinch NL East. This is the Nationals' fourth NL East title in six seasons, but the first back-to-back division title in franchise history. In fact, manager Dusty Baker has won seven division titles in his career, but it's also the first time he's won in back-to-back years.

Stephen Strasburg fanned 10 in eight scoreless innings in the 3-2 win over the Phillies, and he's now spun four straight scoreless starts to improve to 13-4 with a 2.64 ERA. Even though he missed nearly a month with that nerve impingement, this will be the best season of his career. He had already reached a career-best 5.0 WAR before Sunday's start and he's allowed a career-low .264 wOBA. The thing I like is he also went nine innings a couple starts ago -- so that's two eight-plus inning starts in three outings, after having not pitched eight innings all season (and he did it only twice all of 2016). This is peak Strasburg and that's a good thing for the Nationals.

They didn't officially clinch until the Braves beat the Nationals, so it was a clubhouse celebration (and then they went out and thanked the fans who had hung out and watched the end of the Braves-Marlins game on the scoreboard Jumbotron):

First. pic.twitter.com/VO8VXjbopp

- Washington Nationals (@Nationals) September 11, 2017

How hot is J.D. Martinez? Almost as hot as Giancarlo Stanton. After losing two in a row following their 13-game winning streak, the Diamondbacks beat the Padres 3-2 as Martinez slugged two home runs (and Paul Goldschmidt homered on his birthday).

Just Dingers?

Just Dingers. https://t.co/Xb4eiD9j33 pic.twitter.com/kfovORWImL

- MLB (@MLB) September 10, 2017

Since his debut with Arizona on July 19, Martinez has now hit 21 home runs. Comparison!

Martinez since July 19: .269/.342/.701, 21 HR, 45 RBI

Stanton since July 19: .293/.405/.755, 25 HR, 50 RBI

Josh Donaldson, Joey Gallo and Gary Sanchez are next with 16 each. Oh, Robbie Ray had another big game with 12 K's in six innings and Archie Bradley closed it out for his first career save, leading to former teammate Dan Haren's tweet of the day:

@ArchieBradley7 Welcome to the exclusive "one career save club". 🍻

- dan haren (@ithrow88) September 10, 2017

Wild card winner of the day. It has to be the Rockies, right? With the Brewers and now the Cardinals hanging close, going into Dodger Stadium and sweeping the slumping Dodgers in four games was absolutely huge, especially since the Brewers swept the Cubs and the Cardinals swept the Pirates in three-game series.

In fact, that Brewers-Cubs series means we're now looking at four teams fighting for two spots:

The Rockies have another big series ahead, with four games at Arizona, and they'll finish the series hosting the Dodgers. In between, however, are 12 games against the Padres, Giants and Marlins. The Cubs, meanwhile, are suddenly no lock for the postseason. They'll host St. Louis next weekend and then have a 10-game road trip to Tampa Bay (two games), Milwaukee (four games) and St. Louis (four games). As crazy as the American League wild-card race has been, we could end up with this fun scenario in the NL: A three-way tie for the NL Central, with the Rockies having the same record. Here's the tiebreaker scenario for that possibility, from MLB.com:
After Clubs have been assigned their A, B, C and D designations (In this case, Club D would be the Club outside the Division), Club A would host Club B and Club C would host Club D.
1. If Club D wins, it would be declared the Wild Card Club and the winner of the game between Club A and Club B would be declared the Division Champion.

2. If Club C wins, then the winner of the game between Club A and Club B would host Club C. The winner of the game would be declared the Division Champion and the loser would be declared the Wild Card Club.

Wild card loser of the day. I'll go with the Orioles. They had a chance to gain ground on the Twins, who lost Saturday and Sunday to the Royals, but the O's ran into the Cleveland buzzsaw and fell a game under .500 and still 3 back of the Twins.

One final note. The standings for best record in the AL:

What kind of weekend did the Astros have? Even worse than the Dodgers. The A's swept them, winning 9-8 on Friday when the A's scored twice in the bottom of the ninth; sweeping a doubleheader on Saturday by scores of 11-1 and 11-4; and then winning 10-2 on Sunday with four home runs.

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Real or not? Indians are hot enough to tie record for longest win streak

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12:33 AM ET David SchoenfieldESPN Senior Writer Close Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Eighteen in a row for the Cleveland Indians! They beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 as Trevor Bauer won his ninth straight decision, Francisco Lindor powered his 29th home run and Cody Allen closed it out.

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They said this year of the game may be the best of them all. It's projected to break selling records last year

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NBA 2K18 by 2K sports hasn't had any problems making headlines ahead of the game's September 15 release.

Not only does 2K Sports have another mountain of hype on its hands because of the new features offered atop a strong base game, the Cleveland Cavaliers possibly trading Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics has the game's cover star in a state of flux.

Irving is one of three covers this year, with DeMar DeRozan gracing the Canadian edition and Shaquille O'Neal on the special editions. The marketing side of things going with three different cover boys is smooth and meshes well with all the new items the developers continue to throw atop the best basketball simulation on the market.

Actually, let's stick with the marketing side of things for a little while longer here, because the soundtrack-one of the game's most important new elements on an annual basis-looks great. Not only does it feature a wide range of genres, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers has two tracks on it.

As for actual new gameplay features, it is all about MyGM: The Next Chapter this year, and nothing else even comes close.

EA Sports just threw down the gauntlet in Madden 18 with Longshot mode, a story-based affair with real mo-capped actors. 2K Sports, arguably the original innovator in the story-driven arena for sports games, is at it once again.

This time users will control a former player six years removed from a career-ending injury who takes over a franchise. NBA 2K18 senior producer Erick Boenisch broke down the mode in depth on a Facebook post.

"With NBA 2K18, we are introducing an experience you won't find in any other game; a narrative-driven story-based franchise experience that maintains all of the user control and team building aspects that you have grown to love from MyGM over the years," Boenisch wrote.

NBA 2K 2K18 @NBA2K
#NBA2K18's MyGM: The Next Chapter is a completely NEW take on franchise modes with its story-driven narrative! https://t.co/q93R7bhUbX https://t.co/savT37cx2V
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The distinctions here are both important and thrilling. MyGM: The Next Chapter is literally a story mode about a user acting as general manager negotiating deals behind the scenes. MyLEAGUE is still the usual franchise mode fans know and love with additional improvements. MyCAREER is back and once again strictly focused on a user's career on the court.

Other general new features mentioned by Boenisch include the new CBA and the "super max" contracts signed by guys like Chris Paul this offseason. Roster minimums, stashing players overseas, trading rights, stretch provisions, exceptions and so much more are now making their way into all modes.

MyLEAGUE deserves to be singled out on its own for improvements to online play in up to 30 players per league. Notable new oft-requested features there include team relocations, an actual player creator and more.

Speaking of mode-spanning improvements, the new Analytics Tool is something users will want to take a deep dive into given the sport's growing emphasis on advanced metrics:

NBA 2K 2K18 @NBA2K
#NBA2K18 features an Analytics Tool allowing you to plot any two statistics/metrics or vitals against each other. https://t.co/q93R7bhUbX https://t.co/RI0WrFB0w8
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On the court itself, the biggest change fans will notice right when they pick up the sticks is how players move.

In this regard, 2K Sports has decided to roll the dice on a new movement system, explained by the NBA 2K18 Gameplay Blog:

" Some of our top engineers spent the entire dev cycle working on a new motion engine and it turned out to be a huge game changer. To put it simply, movement is no longer driven by animations in NBA 2K18. Now, the stick input and a player's attributes are the sole components driving how your character moves around the court."

A year-long process after years of the same animation-driven system means a more responsive product where the styles of different stars can stand out.

Elsewhere on the court, fans might notice a familiar voice during games:

Kobe Bryant @kobebryant
Legends live on... in commentary. Had a great time recording lines for #NBA2K18. Watch &amp; pre-order @NBA2K https://t.co/atQGu9Vozc
2017-8-28 22:59:08

So far, it seems 2K Sports walks a tightrope between risk taking and reaching for more accessibility in the same way Madden did.

The deepest simulation in sports game seems set to get even deeper this September, with new ways to go behind the scenes and better gameplay offering another total package seemingly set to trump the last.

Fans of the series can get their hands on it on September 15.

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NBA 2K18: Breaking Down Best New Features for This Year's Game

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Hurricane Irma is so strong that it's pulling water away from coastlines, an unusual phenomenon taking place in certain areas of Florida's west coast. As the hurricane starts to move north while the wind directions change, the water will start to rush back in and storm surge flooding will occur. In the receding shoreline just didn't apply to salt water. the water on the islands salt pond appears to be missing as well.

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Hurricane Irma is so strong that it is pulling water away from coastlines, an unusual phenomenon taking place in certain areas of Florida's west coast.

Irma's powerful winds first blow offshore, essentially sucking the water away from the coast.

The winds pulled water out of the Tampa Bay and into the Gulf of Mexico. Portions of the bay that had been filled with water Sunday morning were empty by the afternoon.

Tampa's Office of Emergency Management tweeted a photo of people walking on Tampa Bay, which it said "is very low due to the storm."

"It is dangerous to be walking out there," according to a Tampa city official.

Tampa resident Tim Scheu posted a video of his dogs playing on the bay's shallow water. "Now an effective dog park," he wrote.

"With @CityofTampa parks closed ahead of storm, this is the best we've got," Scheu wrote.

The shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico also play a factor, allowing the water to move more easily.

In Naples, Florida, the water on Vanderbilt Beach recessed significantly into the Gulf of Mexico.

Luke Franke/Naples Daily News via USA TODAY NETWORK

As the hurricane moves north and the wind directions change, the water will start to rush back in and storm surge flooding will occur.

The phenomenon occurred on the Bahamas' Long Island, where residents took to social media to express shock that the ocean water appeared to be "missing."

The receding shoreline didn't apply to just ocean water. Water on the island's Salt Pond appeared to be missing as well.

The water had returned to Long Island by Saturday, The Washington Post reported.

ABC News' Daniel Peck contributed to this report.

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Associated Press 17 hrs ago

HARTFORD, Conn. - An East Coast drifter who authorities say killed seven people in Connecticut during a 2003 series of slayings and sexual assaults while driving a van he called the Murder Mobile pleaded guilty on Friday in connection with six of the slayings.

New Britain State's Attorney Brian Preleski praised a task force of local, state and federal authorities that investigated the killings and expressed "our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of these innocent victims."

All seven victims disappeared in 2003, when Howell was mowing lawns and working other odd jobs. They were identified as Joyvaline Martinez, 24, of East Hartford; Diane Cusack, 53, of New Britain; Mary Jane Menard, 40, of New Britain; Melanie Ruth Camilini, 29, of Seymour; Marilyn Gonzalez, 26, of Waterbury; Danny Lee Whistnant, 44, of New Britain; and Nilsa Arizmendi, 33, of Wethersfield.

Howell was arrested in May 2005 in Hampton, Virginia, in connection with Arizmendi's death and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

He sexually assaulted three of the women and kept one of the bodies in his van for two weeks, sleeping next to the body and calling the victim his "baby," according to an arrest warrant affidavit. He also told a cellmate there was a monster inside him, described himself as a "sick ripper" and called his van the Murder Mobile, according to the warrant.

Howell told the cellmate the first person he killed was a woman he raped in his van, the warrant said. The cellmate, who described his conversations with Howell to authorities, said Howell told him he strangled the woman and hit her in the head with a hammer, the warrant said.

Howell also told the fellow inmate he kept the woman's body wrapped up in his van because it was too cold outside to bury her, the warrant said. He said he cut off the tips of her fingers, dismantled her bottom jaw and disposed of the body parts in Virginia, the document said.

Authorities said they found in the van blood that matched the blood of one of the victims, along with videotapes of Howell having sex with women.

Police said drug use was a main connection among most of the victims.

Howell called the burial site his "garden" and said the victims should have known they were going to die because of the lifestyles they led, the warrant said.

The seven killings topped the Connecticut body count of serial killer Michael Ross, who killed six women in eastern Connecticut and two in New York and was executed in Connecticut in 2005. Connecticut no longer has the death penalty.

William Devin Howell pleaded guilty to six counts of murder during a hearing in New Britain Superior Court. Howell, who's 47 years old, is expected to be sentenced in November to 360 years in prison.

The Hampton, Virginia, native previously was convicted of manslaughter in one victim's death and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The guilty pleas Friday confirmed that he is the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history - not including the killers in mass shootings such as the Newtown school massacre.

The bodies of all seven victims were found buried in a wooded area behind a strip mall in New Britain. Three bodies were found in 2007, and the other remains were discovered in 2015 when authorities went back to the site.

Howell's lawyers said his guilty plea avoids a trial and saves taxpayers nearly $1 million.

" By pleading guilty today, William Howell wanted to spare the victims' families further emotional pain through a lengthy and drawn out trial that would have taken several weeks, if not months," the lawyers, Jeffrey Kestenband and William Paetzold, said in a statement.

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north korea is still gonna continue to launch more and more nuclear missiles, people are saying its giving the "wrong message"  of countries who want to emulate it. This should be seen as the last wake up call to stop this so that no other country can pretend to do explosive testing towards the build up of nuclear war

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CNN 3 hrs ago By Jamie Tarabay, CNN

Among the many strides North Korea has made in its development of nuclear weapons it can add another disquieting distinction: the precedent it's set for other rogue states who covet nuclear weapons.

"If North Korea continues to progress in developing nuclear weapons we are giving hope to countries that might have this ambition," Lassina Zerbo, the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization said in a recent interview with CNN.

He said by failing to respond to North Korea's military boasts with a show of strength, the international community is sending the "wrong message" to countries who want to emulate it.

"This should be seen as the last wake up call to stop this endeavor by North Korea, so that no other country can pretend, or try to do explosive testing towards the build up of a nuclear weapon," Zerbo said.

Nevertheless, as the isolated state and its adversaries tread ever closer to a military denouement, there is now a reality -- whether it is recognized officially or not -- that North Korea has attained nuclear status and whatever deterrence the US, South Korea and the rest of the international community might concoct to prevent those weapons from finding flight, the message to nuclear aspirants is clear.

"If you make a lot of steady, quiet progress, and you have very strong incentives to get nuclear weapons and you just keep your head down and barrel ahead and withstand whatever sanctions come your way, eventually you can get to the other side," said Devin Hagerty, professor of political science and the founding director of the global studies program at the University of Maryland.

"But I also think that for every nuclear aspirant there is a unique set of incentives and disincentives to work from," he told CNN.

The lessons of Libya and Iraq

The uniqueness of North Korea's predicament is a significant reason why other states might not be able to follow suit, said David Maxwell, associate director of the Center for Security Studies at the Walsh School for Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

"What other country is in North Korea's position, and what other country would have the conditions that would allow it to have weapons and not end up like Libya or Iraq or somebody else?" Maxwell asked. "There's very few countries that have that, that can make conventional military threats that allowed North Korea to develop nuclear weapons without a significant response."

Conventional military threats, he said, included the regular risk of a border dispute with Seoul, something Maxwell contends "caused strategic paralysis on the part of South Korea, the US and the international community -- no one wanted to risk going to war, so we weren't willing to take action to prevent the development of nuclear weapons."

The unique circumstances surrounding North Korea's stubborn pursuit of nuclear weapons stands in stark contrast to the fate of other would-be developers like Syria and Iraq, countries that found their embryonic facilities quickly obliterated in Israeli air strikes.

Saudi Arabia, vying for dominance in the Middle East against nuclear-obsessed Iran, has also long had an eye for adding a nuclear element to its burgeoning weapons stores.

"Saudi Arabia's case," said Hagerty, "won't be driven by what happens with North Korea. They're going to base their decisions on national interests and their position in the Middle East, and that Israel has a policy to take out nascent nuclear weapons programs of nearby countries."

At the White House at least, the temptation for any country to make such an attempt is dangled before them every time North Korea conducts a military test, something national security adviser H.R. McMaster recognizes.

"Their provocations seem likely to increase -- not decrease -- over time. The North Koreans have also proliferated just about every capability they've ever produced, including chemical weapons and a nuclear reactor," McMaster said in a recent interview with the New Yorker. "Then there's the matter of what other countries do -- in the region and beyond -- when they see that a rogue regime developed nukes and got away with it."

North Korea's new standing as a nuclear power is one the White House can no longer deny, says Maxwell.

"I think that's part of the problem," he told CNN. "The international community has painted itself into a corner since 1994 (when a deal between the Clinton administration and Pyongyang was signed, but which later fell apart). We've said the North can't have nuclear weapons, we've used this rhetoric and we've had no means to prevent it, and this goes back to the assumption that North Korea wasn't going to last so we wouldn't have anything to worry about."

Indeed, when Kim Jong Il died from a heart attack in December 2011, the confusion over who would succeed him threw into question efforts to engage North Korea in negotiations.

There was concern that Kim Jong Un, the inexperienced successor, would face challenges to his leadership upon assuming the reins. In the years that followed, he led a purge of senior officials that included most notably, Jang Song Thaek, an uncle by marriage. Analysts at the time oscillated between declaring that Kim was struggling to maintain control of the party, to insisting he had consolidated power and had become a force to be reckoned with.

In March 2012 at a nuclear security summit in Seoul then-US President Barack Obama pressed China and Russia to do more to curb Pyongyang, which was launching a satellite that purportedly breached international regulations. North Korea announced the move even as food aid was slated to arrive to feed desperately hungry North Koreans. "We need to have a serious conversation with the North Koreans where they understand that we're going to do things differently in the future," said deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes at the time.

Obama 'essentially unwilling to engage'

In a speech in Seoul to university students during that visit, Obama warned Pyongyang that if the regime didn't shift from its quest for nuclear weapons there would be "more broken dreams, more isolation, ever more distance between the people of North Korea and the dignity and the opportunity that they deserve."

"Your provocations and pursuit of nuclear weapons have not achieved the security you seek," he said. "They have undermined it."

North Korea's calculation of what the regime could expect from the international community changed when it realized Obama was "essentially unwilling to engage with them in a big way," said Mike Chinoy, a former CNN correspondent and current senior fellow at the US-China Institute at the University of Southern California. Pyongyang's nuclear weapons were its guarantee that the regime would survive any existential threats.

"The fact that they have succeeded raises the question about whether you can have an effective non proliferation regime, and I do think there's a message to other countries that if you acquire a nuclear capability the Americans will be hard-pressed to stop it," said Chinoy.

"If the Americans now sabotage the Iran agreement for example, the message is going to be again to countries or elsewhere, that even if you do try to do a deal, and even if the deal is win-win, even that they throw away," Chinoy remarked.

US President Donald Trump must tell Congress next month if he believes Iran is meeting its obligations under the nuclear accord. Under the deal Tehran has committed to scaling back its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said she wouldn't be surprised if Trump declared that Iran wasn't complying because the deal was "very flawed, very limited."

North Korea will be watching to see how the administration treats the Iran nuclear deal, an agreement Trump has called "the worst deal ever." To Pyongyang it would be a sign of American intentions towards nuclear states that don't enjoy positive relations with Washington. Rescinding a deal with one hostile country could even more adversely impact the White House's negotiations with another that is even more antagonistic towards the West.

"The lesson," says Chinoy, "for any future negotiation with North Korea is you can't count on the Americans to live up to anything, so screw it, get as many nukes as you can, and say: 'We dare you to attack us because we can nuke Los Angeles,' and that's where we're going."

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Irma has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, with winds of 70 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to further weaken as it continues to move inland.The storm left more than 5.7 million customers without power and littered the state with downed trees, downed power lines and standing water. Emergency crews made rescues throughout the night.

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities.

A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina. The deaths occurred mostly when tree limbs fell on victims during the tropical storm that stretched 650 miles from east to west, affecting at least nine states.

As Jacksonville, Florida, grappled with record storm surge, the level of the destruction became more apparent in the hard-hit Florida Keys at the southern tip of the state. Areas without water, power or communications are likely to remain so for some time.

Irma flooded portions of River Street in the tourist magnet city of Savannah, Georgia and forced police to temporarily shut Highway 80 leading to the barrier island community of Tybee Island. Water also filled The Battery, the downtown Charleston neighborhood where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet. Charleston police asked residents to avoid downtown in anticipation of high tide.

Waters in Charleston Harbor peaked at nearly 10 feet high, the city's third-highest reading, topping Hurricane Matthew in 2016, said CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward.

Parts of coastal Georgia and South Carolina remained under storm surge warning late Monday.

Irma will continue to weaken, but the rain and wind will spread further north. The storm was moving towards Alabama late Monday. It is forecast to move to Tennessee on Tuesday before fizzling out later this week, forecasters said.

The latest developments:

-- As of Monday night, Irma was centered about 95 miles south of Atlanta, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

-- A 57-year-old South Carolina man was fatally injured by a falling tree limb during the storm, Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley told CNN. The man was cutting downed limbs with a chainsaw outside of his home when he was struck.

-Three people died in Georgia: A 62-year-old man who was on his roof was killed in Worth County, which experienced wind gusts of 69 mph, according to Kannetha Clem, a spokeswoman for the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Another man was killed in Sandy Springs, an Atlanta suburb, when a tree fell and "literally cut the home in half,"said Sharon Kraun, the city's communications director. One woman was killed when a downed tree struck her vehicle in Cumming as the car at in a private driveway, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

-- About 6.2 million electric customers were without power in Florida late Monday, according to Floridadisaster.org. FEMA chief Brock Long has said some places won't have electricity for weeks.

-- More than 1.4 million customers in Georgia were without power, according to Georgia Power and Georgia EMC.

-- In South Carolina, nearly 200,000 customers were without power, according to utility companies.

-- Storm surge warnings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina mean "there is a danger of life-threatening inundation," the hurricane center said.

'We're definitely shaken up'.

Irma turned Jacksonville's Memorial Park into an unrecognizable lake.

"We have very serious, significant river flooding along the banks of the St. Johns River. It's bad now, it's going to continue to get worse," meteorologist Angie Enyedi said. "We've already surpassed historic levels, the levels will continue to rise."

In one Jacksonville yard, Irma snapped a tree near its roots, sending it crashing onto the car of an evacuee from South Florida on Sunday.

No one was hurt. The tree at the end of Kristine Garcia's driveway, luckily, didn't fall on her house.

"We're definitely shaken up. We were in shock when we went outside," Garcia, 34, told CNN Monday. "If it would have fallen toward our direction, it would have been a ... mess."

No electricity or safe water

Irma devastated much of Marco Island, off the southwest coast of Florida, leaving it with no electricity or clean water.

Roommates Zack Forrest and Krock Indigo rode out the storm on the island and likened Irma to a relentless tornado. "The storm was really intense, it was like a tornado that lasted for an hour and a half," Forrest said.

"No way!" Indigo interrupted. "It was like 5 hours."

By the time Irma finished with Marco Island, it left 15 homes that have either lost their roofs or suffered other severe damage, the fire department said.

The good news is that there were no major injuries, said Marco Island Fire Chief Mike Murphy

"We were the little engine that did it," he told CNN's Ed Lavandera.

Tara O'Neill arrived at her house in Goodland, Florida, on Monday for the first time since the eye of the storm hit the small fishing village at the southeast corner of Marco Island. A tree had crushed her home.

"It's never good when you show up and see this in front of your house," she quipped.

The Goodland native bought the home in 1998 when it was a "dump," she said . She and her husband spent six years remodeling.

O'Neil climbed on the hood of her car to get a better look and found humor in her devastation.

Looters, she joked, could help themselves to anything they wanted.

Some Florida Keys residents could soon be home

Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday, but the full extent of the damage there is still unknown.

That's because some islands are extremely difficult to access. Southbound US Route 1 -- the only road connecting the Keys -- is closed, Florida Keys spokesman Andy Newman said.

Large debris is blocking access, and a 150-foot stretch "has some buckling," Newman said.

Crews continued to work to clear US 1. Transportation officials have inspected and cleared some bridges, officials said.

Some evacuees from the Keys will get a chance to lay eyes on the devastation early Tuesday when Monroe County allows residents and business owners in Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada to return home.

'It's the worst storm I've ever seen'

But officials urged some evacuated Floridians to be patient and not try to go home yet even though the storm was beyond parts of the Deep South.

"We're asking folks to be patient and remain sheltered in place," said St. Augustine Fire Chief Carlos Aviles.

"Stay off the roads, stay off the streets, let us complete our assessment, clear the roads of water, power lines, trees and then you can get out there and determine what happened to your individual property or your neighborhood," said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler.

The massive storm triggered evacuation orders for 5.6 million people before it made two landfalls in the state Sunday.

The first was over the Florida Keys, and the second, over Marco Island, left the island without water and power, authorities said.

"It's the worst storm I've ever seen," said Bill South of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Irma's deadly trail

Before slamming into to the United States, Irma hit Cuba late Friday as a Category 5 hurricane.

On Monday, Cuban state TV announced 10 hurricane related deaths -- meaning Irma killed a total of 36 people in the Caribbean before heading to the US.

This is the first year on record that the continental United States has had two Category 4 hurricane landfalls in the same year.

Last month, Hurricane Harvey devastated much of coastal Texas and killed more than 70 people.

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Leaving a trail of devastation in Florida, Irma trudged north on Monday, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina, uprooting trees in Atlanta and cutting off coastal communities. A weakened Irma -- downgraded to a tropical depression Monday night -- still packed power. At least three storm-related deaths were reported in Georgia and one in South Carolina.

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Students in an Indiana high school wore their confederate gear and decorated their cars in confederate flags for two consecutive days and the school district went on to ban the anything with the flag on it.

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Students at a central Indiana high school were banned from wearing or displaying the Confederate flag after administrators said it led to verbal altercations and caused a "substantial disruption."

The flag ban went into effect Friday after about two dozen students at Lapel High School, in Madison County, broke out their Confederate flag gear and wore it two consecutive days near the start of the new school year, which began on Aug. 15, The Indianapolis Star reported. The students also drove together to school in multiple vehicles decorated with the Confederate flag. In response, another group of students reportedly planned to wear Black Lives Matter shirts, but were stopped from doing so, as well.

Bobby Fields, superintendent of the school district, said in a statement that the emblem was banned to prevent disruptions to "the integrity and sanctity of the teaching and learning process." No students have been disciplined in the matter.
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Students who took part in the display said it's part of an annual historical commemoration of the Second Battle of Bull Run, RTV6 reported. Each of the students met one-on-one with Chad Kemerly, the school principal, to discuss their intentions behind wearing the flag.

"We talked about the Southern heritage, and that for many people, that flag stands for racism," Kemerly said. "We emphasized they need to know what the message [is] they're sending."

High school senior Peyton Bannon, who wore the flag, said their intent was not racism.

"I'm for what they believe in. I'm for the South," Bannon said. "They seceded from the North for tax reasons and they just didn't want to be pushed around anymore, so they left."

"I do feel bad for them for letting myself portray it like that," he said. "I was very disappointed in my community because it wasn't an act of racism -- it was an act of honor."

Administrators said they received complaints from more than 75 students -- including some who said they felt bullied.
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"They've had these flags every year," said Elliotte Burton, one of the students who planned to wear Black Lives Matter shirts. "They would just take them down, but now that the situation has been brought up that kids were going to do the Black Lives Matter shirts, they'll literally ride around the school with them flying, then they'll leave the parking lot and drive around this whole town with them."

In his statement, Fields said while the school recognizes its students' First Amendment rights like freedom of speech and freedom of expression, they "should not be used to disrupt the learning process of other students or to inflame, insult, bully or intimidate other students." He said those rights were outweighed by the likelihood that displaying the flag would undermine the learning atmosphere.

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Torrential rain in Italy triggered flooding that killed at least five people Sunday in the Tuscan port town of Leghorn, including four family members trapped by rising water in their basement.

The Italian news agency ANSA said the bodies of a 4-year-old boy, his parents and grandfather were found in the flooded basement of their two-family home.

Some Italian media reports put the death toll at six in Leghorn, also known in Italy as Livorno. But the Tuscany Region civil protection chief, Cristiano Lucchi, said the sixth death was caused by a car accident unrelated to the flooding.

Lucchi said two persons were missing.

Leghorn Mayor Filippo Nogarin said a "a crazy amount of rain" pummeled Leghorn in the space of a few hours and "the city is literally devastated."
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Strong winds toppled trees and many parked cars were nearly submerged by flood waters that also left streets clogged with mud.

Nogarin appealed for volunteers to help the town, which has a population of about 170,000 and is a popular transit point for travelers catching ferries to the islands of Elba and Sardinia.

Train service was interrupted in parts of the Tuscan coastal area along the Tyrrhenian Sea.

In Rome, which until recently had suffered through 3½ months of drought, the downpour quickly made streets resemble fast-moving streams and several subway stations were closed.

City Hall urged residents and visitors to go outside only for urgent reasons and to avoid parks after midmorning thunderstorms lashed Rome. It warned that weather forecasts including the possibility of hailstorms and strong winds throughout the rest of Sunday and Monday.

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The F-150 Raptor is getting a sidekick.

Ford has announced the launch of a high-flying Ranger Raptor in 2018.

Not in the U.S., where the Ranger won't be making its return until 2019, but in the Asia-Pacific region where the midsize pickup ours will be based on is currently on sale.

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Technical details for the Ranger Raptor have not been revealed, but images and video of a prototype being tested indicate that it will have a beefed-up suspension, serious underbody protection and aggressive styling, just like the full-size version.

Given the sales success of the F-150 Raptor, and this year's introduction of the high performance Chevrolet Colorado ZR2, a U.S. version of the Ranger Raptor is almost guaranteed.
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The Michigan-made Ranger is expected to make its debut at the North American International Auto Show in January, and will spawn a new Bronco SUV the following year.

If Ford is working on a Raptor version of the Bronco, it hasn't been seen busting one yet.
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The F-150 Raptor is getting a sidekick. Ford has announced the launch of a high-flying Ranger Raptor in 2018. Not in the U.S., where the Ranger won't be making its return until 2019, but in the Asia-Pacific region where the midsize pickup ours will be based on is currently on sale.

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With the arrival of what is one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Florida, officials have set aside nearly 1 million gallons of water, filled 67 trailers with meals, and amassed 24,000 tarps.

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Now, the long road to recovery begins.

With the arrival of what is one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Florida, officials have set aside nearly 1 million gallons of water, filled 67 trailers with meals, and amassed 24,000 tarps.

They also have asked the federal government to kick in 11 million meals and millions of more gallons of water, plus nearly 700 cases of baby supplies.

But emergency officials won't know if they have enough supplies until it is finally safe to start recovery efforts.

Some of the challenges the state in the immediate aftermath of the storm will be: Restoring power across the state, removing debris from roads, dealing with possible fuel shortages, and making sure nursing home and hospital patients who were evacuated can safely return.

State officials are also fearful the massive rain that was soaking the state could also lead to flash floods.

Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys on Sunday morning with top sustained winds of 130 mph. While the projected track showed Irma raking the state's Gulf Coast, forecasters warned that the entire Florida peninsula - including the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people - was in extreme danger from the monstrous storm, almost 400 miles (640 kilometers) wide. Nearly 7 million people in the Southeast were warned to get out of the storm's path, including 6.4 million in Florida alone.

More than 4.2 million residents have lost power, and it could be days before officials can provide food and water to those struggling in the aftermath of the powerful storm.

Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long said Hurricane Irma is going to pose challenges for first responders.

Speaking on "Fox News Sunday" as Irma began its assault on Florida on Sunday morning, Long called the storm a "complex event" in particular because of its movement from the southern part of the state to the north.

"The power's going to be out for a long time. It's going to be tough for us to get in to perform search and rescue in South Florida. We have to wait till all the elements pass through," he said. "Once this system passes through it's going to be a race to save lives and sustain lives."

Florida has already spent $77 million ahead of Irma's arrival. Scott has called up and sent out 7,000 National Guardsmen across the state, some of whom have been dispatched to the more than 400 shelters that have been set up.

Meanwhile, search-and-rescue teams located in Orlando and other staging areas were waiting out the storm until it was safe enough to go out and assess the extent of the damage and injuries. One of the teams was preparing to fly into Key West, directly in the path of the storm.

About 11,000 utility workers from across the country will be heading to Florida to assist in recovery efforts as well.

ComEd, a utility company based out of Chicago has already sent a crew of 700 volunteers to assist with power restoration. They are expected to spend at least two weeks assisting with efforts.

"I'm looking forward to the opportunity to go and help individuals that are going through a hard time right now, and hopefully turn their lights on and bring back, at least, small conveniences," ComEd worker Larry White said to CBS Chicago.

Frist responders from Philadelphia will be heading down to Florida in a show of their trademark brotherly love to help with recovery efforts.

The state of Michigan will be sending over 1,000 soldiers and first responders, including a task force that is capable of surface water rescue, wide-area searches, structural collapse, canine and technical search, according to The Detroit News. They will be joining other task forces from Florida, Wisconsin, and Tennessee before receiving their assignment from a staging area in Jacksonville.
The Associated Press contributed to this story
Perry Chiaramonte is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @perrych

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Hurricane Irma weakens but still a threat as it spins north with wind. Hurricane Irma weakened to a Category 1 storm early Monday after it roared through southwest Florida and left nearly 4 million customers without power. The hurricane hit southwest Florida on Sunday, downing power lines, uprooting trees and turning streets into rivers. It battered Florida's lower half, leaving a trail of tornadoes and storm-surge flooding as its core slowly moved inland.