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A new storm is expected to hit the southern U.S.

Saturday.

It will arrive as tens of thousands of homes across the region are still without power following last weekend's major storm.

In Tennessee, officials with Nashville Electric Service say they're doing all they can to get the lights back on, but Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell says it's not enough.

The latest storm is expected to bring near-hurricane-force winds to the east coast and Arctic air into the southeast.

The U.S.

is pressing ahead with the military buildup for a new round of strikes against Iran.

Officials in Tehran, meanwhile, say if the country is attacked, it will hit hard at U.S.

interests in the Middle East.

NPR's Greg Myhre looks at the possible showdown.

President Trump Friday said he'll nominate Kevin Walsh to replace Jerome Powell as the chair of the Federal Reserve.

The news sent stocks dropping as investors try to understand what that may mean for interest rates.

The Nasdaq dropped more than nine-tenths of a percent.

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The head of the United Nations says the world body is facing a possible financial collapse.

Secretary General Antonio Guterres says cash for operations could run out by July and that could dramatically affect operations.

In a letter sent to member states that was obtained by the Associated Press, Guterres says financial rules must be overhauled or all member states must pay their dues to help with a potential crisis.

Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is suspending flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft.

The ship has been taking paying customers to the edge of space and back.

Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Byrne has more.