Dorian's path, Gauff-Osaka at US Open: 5 things to know this weekend
Hurricane Dorian heads toward Bahamas, on its way to Florida
Slow-moving "monster" Hurricane Dorian is expected to continue on its path toward Florida's east coast, slamming the Bahamas over the weekend. The National Hurricane Center said it was expected to move near or over portions of the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday, and the Category 4 storm was headed for landfall late Monday into Tuesday on Florida's Atlantic side. All of Florida's 67 counties are under state of emergency declarations, and residents will prepare throughout the weekend. Some scattered fuel shortages were reported Friday. National Guard troops were expected to be deployed in the comings days, too. Follow our hurricane tracker here.
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Gauff meets Osaka in highly anticipated US Open match
In the most anticipated showdown of the first week of America's Grand Slam, 15-year-old Coco Gauff meets No. 1 Naomi Osaka on Saturday night. Gauff, perhaps the most talked-about player at this year's US Open, is a breakout star, who made it to the round of 16 at her first Wimbledon and the round of 32 in her first senior US Open. It will be the Ashe Stadium debut for Gauff, who won her first two matches amid raucous support in Louis Armstrong Stadium. The round of 16 on Labor Day awaits the winner.
Pence heads to Poland in Trump's place
Vice President Mike Pence will take President Donald Trump's place in Poland this weekend, after Trump canceled his trip to stay home and monitor Hurricane Dorian. Trump's planned trip was to commemorate the start of World War II and to hold meetings with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Trump, who returned from the G-7 meeting in France on Monday, was widely applauded for his administration's handling of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana in 2017. But he has faced lingering criticism for the administration's response to Hurricane Maria, which decimated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands the same year.
Dale Jr. back on the track after plane crash
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be back in a race car this weekend, 15 days after he and his family were in a plane crash. Earnhardt hasn’t been on a plane since his Cessna 680 skidded off the runway of the Elizabethton, Tenn., airport and caught fire. The 44-year-old Earnhardt, his wife, his 16-month-old daughter and the two pilots got out of the plane before it was fully engulfed in flames. Earnhardt, who will compete in the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, would not talk about the specifics of the crash, the escape nor any emotions he felt in watching the crash video.
Demonstrations expected after Queen Elizabeth's controversial decision
Protesters are expected to hit the streets across Britain Saturday after Queen Elizabeth II approved a controversial request earlier this week by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend Parliament. The move restricts the time lawmakers have to try to block the nation from leaving the European Union without an exit deal. British parliamentarians who are determined to stop the nation from leaving the EU without a formal deal will have little time to do so just weeks ahead of a Brexit deadline on Oct. 31. Johnson asked the Queen to "prorogue" Parliament — shut it down, essentially — on Sept. 10, a week after lawmakers return from summer recess.
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