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How Hurricane Humberto Is Pulling Tropical Storm Imelda Away from the U.S.
How Hurricane Humberto Is Pulling Tropical Storm Imelda Away from the U.S. In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S. By Andrea Thompson edited by Jeanna Bryner NOAA/NESDIS/STAR The U.S. Southeast will likely avoid the worst effects from Tropical Storm Imelda—all thanks to…
Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal ‘jawboning’
Bobby Allyn As First Amendment scholar Evelyn Douek watched the news unfold of ABC yanking Jimmy Kimmel from air, she was aghast: “The hypocrisy is enough to give one vertigo,” she said. It’s shocking to Douek, because she is a close-watcher of what’s known as “jawboning,” when regulators or government officials pressure private actors, like…