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In Louisiana, floodwaters from heavy rains have left much of New Orleans and parts of the Gulf Coast underwater, as Tropical Storm Barry churns offshore ahead of its predicted landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday. As the storm is moving west it is not expected to have any effect on Cuba.

For this week we can expect expect abundant cloudiness starting in the morning and with some light showers. In the afternoons the probability of rains will increase, and some isolated storms with electrical activity may occur. The high temperatures will be at 31 and 32° C (88 and 90 F), with the lows at 24 and 25° C (75 and 77 F).

In Washington, D.C., 18 Jewish activists with the group Never Again Action were arrested on Capitol Hill Tuesday as they protested against the jailing of migrants and called on lawmakers to shut down the detention camps and defund ICE and CBP.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein was charged in a Manhattan federal court Monday with sex trafficking and conspiracy. He is accused of sexually assaulting and trafficking dozens of underage girls between 2002 and 2005 at his homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.