THE TIPPING POINT: The Middle East and the world await Israel’s response to a two-wave barrage of 180 Iranian ballistic missiles last night that rained down on Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel.   “Iran made a big mistake tonight — …

 THE TOLL RISES: In just one example of the kind of thing that happened, a couple and a 6-year-old boy waiting to be rescued on a rooftop drowned when their home collapsed.   President Biden plans to visit the disaster area as soon …

THE BIG BLOW:  Authorities in several states are still assessing catastrophic damage following Hurricane Helene that left at least 102 people dead and a swath of flooding and rubble from Florida’s gulf coast to Tennessee and the Carolinas. Hundreds of people …

Category 4: As many as 45 people are dead in five states in the wake of hurricane Helene that hit the Florida Gulf Coast overnight Thursday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 140 mph. The worst was in Georgia …

Category 4: Hurricane Helene hit Florida’s less-populated “Big Bend” on the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm overnight with winds up to 140 mph and a powerful storm surge. Helene is now a tropical storm drenching Georgia and the Carolinas. …

MAYOR INDICTED: Federal prosecutors are expected today to release an indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams, accusing the Gotham’s politician of corruption. Federal early this morning raided the mayor’s residence, New York’s historic Gracie Mansion.   The indictment is expected to …

THE WAR ROOM: Israel today knocked down a ballistic missile fired out of Lebanon aimed at the Mossad intelligence headquarters in Tel Aviv. It’s a sign that Hezbollah is not backing down after taking a pounding in which hundreds of people …

THE WAR ROOM: Israel continued to hit targets in Lebanon today for a second day of intense bombing, levelling homes and buildings. Overnight the roads were clogged with carloads of people retreating to Beirut.   Israeli air and artillery strikes hit as …

THE SUNBELT STATES: Donald Trump has a strong lead in battleground states Arizona and Georgia and has a narrow edge in North Carolina, according to new polling by The NY Times/Siena College.   Their poll has Trump leading by five percent in …

THE WAR ROOM: Both the Israeli military and Hezbollah in Lebanon say an air strike in Beirut killed Ibrahim Aqeel, a top commander believed to have been behind the 1983 suicide bombings in Beirut that killed at least 360 people, the majority of …