The USS Nimitz is returning to its home port in Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state after having been deployed to the Middle East for most of the summer as part of the U.S. response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on commercial shipping. The carrier is on its final deployment before decommissioning.

A powerful hurricane is barreling toward Jamaica with anticipation that it will be the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in modern history.

"This extreme rainfall potential, owing to the slow motion, is going to create a catastrophic event here for Jamaica," Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the US-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), sa...