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Maps show where late-summer heat wave will affect millions in U.S.

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A heat wave was expected to bring record-high temperatures to the midwestern United States this week before spreading to the East Coast, forecasters said. At the same time, a bout of severe thunderstorms was forecast to follow a similar path from the Great Lakes region toward the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England over the next couple of days.

High, and in some instances excessively high, temperatures settled in Tuesday over much of the Midwest, including major metropolitan areas like Chicago and Milwaukee, the National Weather Service said in an advisory that noted portions of the Mid-Atlantic region, including Philadelphia, were also affected. Millions were under various types of heat alerts in response to the weather.

Humidity combined with soaring temperatures to create maximum heat indexes between 105 and 115 degrees across the regions, according to the weather service, which warned of major, and, in a number of places, extreme, heat risks Tuesday across the Midwest and into the lower Great Lakes. The heat index is what the actual temperature feels like when it’s combined with relative humidity.

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Meteorologists said the heat wave’s expansion eastward, and, eventually, southward, through Thursday “will send a quick spell of potentially record high temperatures” from midwestern states to the Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley, parts of the Appalachians and into the Mid-Atlantic region.

“Today, excessively hot temperatures are expected for much of the Midwest including the Chicago and Milwaukee Metros,” the weather service said Tuesday in a social media post. “If you’re working outside today in these areas, ensure you take plenty of breaks in the shade, and drink plenty of water – even if you don’t feel thirsty.”

An accompanying map illustrated the spread of the heat wave over a large cluster of midwestern states, with Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri feeling the brunt of it on Tuesday. Huge swaths of land across that region were at risk of heat-related impacts on human health, infrastructure and some sensitive industries.

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Risks in some sections of the area were deemed “moderate” by the National Weather Service, referring to a level of heat that “affects most individuals sensitive to heat, especially those without effective cooling and/or adequate hydration” and at the time of the latest weather update extended far into the Mid-Atlantic as well as the Northeast.  But the situation posed blanket threats to people living almost anywhere in states like Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, where forecasters deemed the risks in most places to be either “major” or “extreme.” 

The former designation warns of heat levels that would affect “anyone without effective cooling and/or adequate hydration” and would likely also impact “some health systems, heat-sensitive industries and infrastructure.” The latter describes a “level of rare and/or long-duration extreme heat with little to no overnight relief,” which would similarly affect anyone under certain circumstances.

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CBS News senior weather producer David Parkinson reported early Tuesday that heat in the Chicago metro area would likely feel like 108 degrees, with temperatures in Louisville approaching triple digits, albeit with slightly less humidity. Nashville will experience the worst of the heat wave on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees, while Washington, D.C., could see a record high of 99 degrees — potentially clocking its 47th day above 90 degrees this year. That would be well above the capital’s average in 2023 but below the all-time record of 67 days with above-90 temperatures, Parkinson said. 

Severe storms will sweep through N.Y., Philly and D.C. on Wednesday, ushering in much cooler temperatures. It’s important to note none of the major northeast cities will have a heat wave, as there won’t be three consecutive 90 degree days. That goes for DC as well. As the week ends, only the Tennessee River Valley holds on to record heat, as areas to the north return to and stay close to normal. 

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Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories were active for 61 million people across the Mississippi Valley, the Midwest and southern New England on Tuesday, the weather service said. Forecasters added that those warnings and advisories were expected to spread into parts of the Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday as the heat wave moves in that direction.

A heat advisory was in effect through Tuesday night for southeastern Michigan, where forecasters expected actual temperatures to exceed 90 degrees and push the heat index in some areas up to 100.

A heat advisory was also in effect for a large part of northwestern Indiana on Tuesday, with an excessive heat warning in place for most of northern Illinois, according the weather service in Chicago.

“The hottest day of the heat wave is expected today with heat indices climbing to 105 to 110 degrees,” the Chicago forecasters said in a social media post. They noted that some of those same areas could be hit with thunderstorms starting late Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night.

“An Air Quality Alerts continue through midnight tonight for northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana,” that post continued. “Air quality is expected to be at unhealthy levels for sensitive groups. Limit prolonged outdoor activity, especially those with chronic respiratory illnesses.”





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LaMonica McIver wins special House election in New Jersey for late Donald Payne Jr.’s seat

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LaMonica McIver wins special House Democratic primary in N.J.


LaMonica McIver wins special House Democratic primary in N.J.

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TRENTON, N.J. Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in a contest in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District that opened up because of the death of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in April.

McIver will serve out the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends in January. She and Bucco will face a rematch on the November ballot for the full term.

McIver said in a statement Wednesday that she stands on the “shoulders of giants,” naming Payne as chief among them.

She cast ahead to the November election, saying the right to make reproductive health choices was on the ballot as well as whether the economy should benefit the wealthy or “hard working Americans.”

“I will fight because the purpose of politics and the purpose of our vote is to give the people of our communities and our nation a bold voice,” she said.

Bucco congratulated McIver on the victory in a statement but said he’s looking forward to the rematch in November.

“I am not going anywhere,” he said in an email. “We still have a second chance to make district 10 great again!”

Who are LaMonica McIver and Carmen Bucco?

McIver emerged as the Democratic candidate in a crowded field in the July special election. A member of the city council of New Jersey’s biggest city since 2018, she also worked for Montclair Public Schools as a personnel director and plans to focus on affordability, infrastructure, abortion rights and “protecting our democracy,” she told The Associated Press earlier this summer.

Bucco describes himself on his campaign website as a small-business owner influenced by his upbringing in the foster system. He lists support for law enforcement and ending corruption as top issues.

The 10th District lies in a heavily Democratic and majority-Black region of northern New Jersey. Republicans are outnumbered by more than 6 to 1.

It’s been a volatile year for Democrats in New Jersey, where the party dominates state government and the congressional delegation.

Among the developments were the conviction on federal bribery charges of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who has denied the charges, and the demise of the so-called county party line — a system in which local political leaders give their preferred candidates favorable position on the primary ballot.

Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who’s running for Menendez’s seat, and other Democrats brought a federal lawsuit challenging the practice as part of his campaign to oust Menendez, who has resigned since his conviction.



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Body found near Kentucky shooting site believed to be suspect, officials say

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In a news conference Thursday night, Kentucky police said they believe a body found near the site of the Interstate 75 shooting on Sept. 7, 2024, is that of suspect Joseph Couch. Officials said articles on the body indicated it was likely Couch, but that crews were still processing the scene and wouldn’t have final identification until later. CBS News’ Carissa Lawson anchors a special report.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs at same Brooklyn detention center that held R. Kelly, Sam Bankman-Fried, other high-profile inmates

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A second judge refused to grant bail to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday and he could remain in federal custody at a Brooklyn detention center until his trial for sex trafficking charges. Combs joins other high-profile inmates, such as singer R. Kelly, fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, rapper Ja Rule —even Al Sharpton served a brief stint— who were held at the same federal detention center.

Notorious for its horrible conditions —inmates won a $10 million class action settlement after enduring frigid conditions during an 8-day blackout in 2019— the waterfront industrial complex, MDC Brooklyn, houses 1,200 inmates. 

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The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn is a federal administrative detention facility. 

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Violence and corruption have long plagued the facility; U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown of the Eastern District of New York wrote the detention center had  “dangerous, barbaric conditions” in a recent sentencing opinion. Two inmates were stabbed to death in recent months and several correction officers have been convicted for smuggling contraband and accepting bribes.

Combs joins a list of high-profile personalities that have landed at the MDC Brooklyn, partly because the city’s other federal detention center, MDC New York, closed in 2021, also due to horrible conditions. The disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his cell there in 2019. “Numerous and serious” instances of misconduct among corrections staff gave Epstein the opportunity to kill himself, a subsequent federal watchdog investigation found.

Kelly sued the federal detention center in 2022 for wrongly putting him on suicide watch after his sentencing. Kelly sought $100 million because he said the detention center knew he wasn’t suicidal after he was convicted in 2021 for racketeering and violating the Mann Act, which bars transporting people across state lines for prostitution.

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Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, leaving court in New York on July 26, 2023. 

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Former crypto billionaire Bankman-Fried survived on bread, water and sometimes peanut butter when he was in the MDC Brooklyn, his attorney said, because the detention center continued to serve him a “flesh diet” despite requests for vegan dishes.

Ja Rule stayed at the MDC Brooklyn for a brief time before being released after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession. Most of his prison time was spent in a state prison in New York. 

Sharpton served a 90-day sentence in 2001 and went on a hunger strike for protesting the U.S. Navy bombing of the island of Vieques, in Puerto Rico.

Combs was taken into custody on Monday and according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday he was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. 

His attorney Marc Agnifilo told CBS News, “It’s impossible to prepare for a trial from where he is,” after a first federal judge denied Combs bail on Tuesday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky agreed with prosecutors who argued the hip-hop mogul, who is accused of using his business empire as a criminal enterprise to conceal his alleged abuse of women, is a flight risk and poses an ongoing threat to the safety of the community. 

Agnifilo said the part of the detention center where Combs is being held is “a very difficult place to be.” 

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