
Tropical Depression Nicholas could hamper recovery in Louisiana, which is still staggering after blow from Hurricane Ida
CNN
Tropical Depression Nicholas could hamper recovery efforts in Louisiana as it threatens to unleash heavy rainfall in a state still staggering after the devastation of Hurricane Ida.
Parts of central and southern Louisiana could be saturated by between 5 and 10 inches of rain through Friday, National Hurricane Center forecasters predicted late Tuesday.
Nicholas, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday in Texas, is expected to stall in Louisiana where it will dissipate as it soaks vulnerable areas. As of Tuesday night, the system carried winds up to 35 mph coupled with higher gusts, NHC forecasters said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an unclassified report released Thursday. It also details how Hegseth declined to cooperate with the probe.

Two top House lawmakers emerged divided along party lines after a private briefing with the military official who oversaw September’s attack on an alleged drug vessel that included a so-called double-tap strike that killed surviving crew members, with a top Democrat calling video of the incident that was shared as part of the briefing “one of the most troubling things” he has seen as a lawmaker.

Authorities in Colombia are dealing with increasingly sophisticated criminals, who use advanced tech to produce and conceal the drugs they hope to export around the world. But police and the military are fighting back, using AI to flag suspicious passengers, cargo and mail - alongside more conventional air and sea patrols. CNN’s Isa Soares gets an inside look at Bogotá’s war on drugs.










