3 Things To Know Today

1 Tennessee Supermarket Shooting Leaves At Least One Dead

There are few answers in Collierville, Tennessee after a still-unidentified man entered a Kroger grocery store and opened fire. At least a dozen people were shot, including one who was killed. The shooter is also dead of what’s believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said officers and a SWAT team entered the grocery store and went aisle to aisle to rescue employees, some of whom were hiding in the freezer. A man spotted on the roof of the store was later identified as an employee of the grocery store. The Kroger company said it’s started counseling services for its employees, and the store will remain closed during the police investigation. Chief Lane said, “It’s going to take a little bit before we know what happened.”

2 White House Tells Agencies To Prep For Government Shutdown

The White House is telling government agencies to get ready for a potential government shutdown next week if a stopgap bill isn’t signed into law by September 30. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a briefing yesterday “We are taking every step we can to mitigate the impacts of a potential shutdown.” Congress is racing to beat multiple deadlines for several legislative priorities, including disaster aid for storms and wildfires, extra money for Afghan evacuees, and an extension of the debt limit to avoid default. Democrats are also trying to pass the infrastructure bill and a sweeping multitrillion-dollar social spending and tax priority package. Yesterday, congressional Democrats and the White House reached a deal on a framework for the revenue portion of the social safety net bill. Psaki said the framework was “a sign of progress” and the next step will be more discussions on how to move forward with the bill.

3 Tropical Storm Sam Forecast To Be A Major Hurricane

The National Hurricane Center said yesterday that Tropical Storm Sam had become the eighteenth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, the second earliest ‘S’ named storm in Atlantic Basin history, behind only last year’s Sally. Sam could become a major hurricane, Category Three or higher, this weekend, and its forward motion is expected to slow. Because of that, Sam isn’t expected to reach the Leeward Islands until the middle of next week. Long-term computer models forecast Sam to eventually turn northward and avoid the U.S. East Coast, but meteorologists say it’s too early to completely rule out Sam as a threat to the U.S. mainland.


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