TRACKING THE TROPICS Tropical Storm Melissa formed on Tuesday in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane by the weekend. Here's the latest track:

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to become a major hurricane within days. Although the exact track is uncertain, some models bring it close to Florida’s east coast.

TONIGHT: I'm tracking light, spotty showers continuing through the rest of the evening. Winds will blow out of the southeast at 8-12 mph with gusts up to 20 mph as temperatures drop into the low 50s by the end of the night.

The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration ”retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government — and found the most expensive half-year on record.

With privacy all but nonexistent now thanks to web advertising and monetized tracking, there’s a definite niche for browsers and other tools that specialize in keeping you safe and anonymous online. Brave,

The September motion requests that the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, which operates independently of the supervisors, conduct yearly privacy training for deputies with access to license plate cameras and that the data be barred from use for non-criminal immigration enforcement.

At least one US B-1B bomber flew over the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela Thursday, flight tracking data showed, the second such show of force by US military aircraft in a week.Data from tracking website Flightradar24 showed a B-1B flying toward the Venezuelan coast on Thursday afternoon before making a U-turn and heading north,

The Senate blocked a bill to pay federal workers during the shutdown. The vote: By a 54-45 vote, the Senate rejected a bill to pay federal workers who have been required to continue working without pay during the government shutdown. Trump said he canceled a “surge” of federal officials in San Francisco.