'Double-whammy' weather
The West and East coasts of the U.S. are dealing with severe weather. A Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. Air Force drone over the Black Sea. And tech giant Meta will lay off another 10,000 employees.
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East Coast braces for nor'easter, West Coast faces flooding
Both coasts are facing severe weather Tuesday, with residents on the East Coast preparing for a nor'easter and California facing "life-threatening" flooding. "Double-Whammy! Storm-weary Californians are facing another strong Atmospheric River Event and the Northeast is bracing for a powerful Nor'easter," the National Weather Service tweeted. Heavy, wet snow up to 2 feet is expected in much of the northeast. Meanwhile, heavy rain continuing into Tuesday evening in Southern California will likely be worse than the atmospheric river storm that hit last week. See the latest updates on severe weather across the country.
National power outage map: Thousands in the dark as storms slam New York, Massachusetts.
Airlines offering waivers as thousands of flights are affected by Tuesday's late-winter weather.
Russian fighter jet collides with US drone
A Russian jet collided with a U.S. Air Force drone over the Black Sea Tuesday, causing drone to crash after an "unsafe and unprofessional intercept," the U.S. military reported. The incident occurred when two Russian SU-27 fighters conducted an intercept of the MQ-9 Reaper drone that demonstrated the pilots' "lack of competence," according to a statement from U.S. European Command. John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said Russian pilots have intercepted U.S. warplanes in recent weeks but not in such a "reckless" manner. Read more about the collision.
Ukraine updates: Poland ready to provide MiG-29s to Ukraine in 4 to 6 weeks.
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Consumer price inflation rate eased in February
Inflation eased for an eighth straight month in February as a slowing rise in food costs offset a bump in gasoline prices and another spike in rent. But price increases rose sharply again on a monthly basis, fueling concerns that a steady pullback in inflation at the end of last year has stalled. Consumer prices increased 6% from a year earlier, down from 6.4% in January, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index. That marked the smallest annual gain since September 2021. Read more about the latest consumer price index.
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Meta to lay off 10K more employees
Another 10,000 employees of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will be laid off after the tech giant announced further cuts on Tuesday. The news comes after Meta last year announced that it would lay off more than 11,000 employees, or about 13% of its workforce. The company will also close an additional 5,000 open roles, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. See the latest updates on the layoffs.
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