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MONDAY
• All this week, we’ll stay locked on Florence as the deadly storm’s remnants move north and people who live in the disaster zone return home to survey the damage.
• Starting this evening, we wish our Muslim readers a happy new year, 1440, as they commemorate the Prophet Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina to escape religious persecution. The coming month, Muharram, is the second holiest for the faithful, after Ramadan.
• “Game of Thrones” and “This Is Us” could have a huge night at the Emmys. The awards show airs at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, with Michael Che and Colin Jost of “Saturday Night Live” hosting. You can study up on the nominations here. And check out CNN’s predictions.
Emmy predictions: Who will win the night's major awards?
TUESDAY
• It’s September 11, a day when Americans, especially New Yorkers, pause to remember the 2,977 people killed during coordinated terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The day now also is dedicated to community service; you can find opportunities here to pitch in. The President and first lady are due to participate in a ceremony at the Shanksville memorial.
• A third Korean summit is due to start in Pyongyang, North Korea. The three-day meeting will see South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet for the third time to discuss strengthening ties between the nations and, perhaps, denuclearization. It will be the first trip by a sitting South Korean President to the North Korean capital since 2007.
• The UN General Assembly convenes in New York. Word is Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won’t attend as criticism of her mounts over the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. The Iran nuclear deal may be a topic for sideline conversations as pressure also reportedly is growing for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to skip, just weeks after Trump said he’d meet with Iran’s leaders “without preconditions.”
• Starting this evening, we wish our Jewish readers an easy fast and a meaningful holiday as they observe Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement is the most important and sacred of Jewish religious holidays.
THURSDAY
• The focus in primaries shifts to New York and the heated battle for the Democratic nomination for governor: It’s incumbent Andrew Cuomo vs. actress Cynthia Nixon of “Sex and the City” fame.
• It’s been one year since Hurricane Maria thrashed Puerto Rico. Protesters plan to gather in New York for an interfaith prayer service, then march to Trump Tower to decry the administration’s response to the disaster. A vigil also is planned at the White House.
• Most cell phone users will get a phone message with the header, “Presidential Alert.” But don’t panic – it’s just FEMA, testing its Wireless Emergency Alert system on the presidential level for the first time.
• Country star Carrie Underwood gets her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’ll be the walk’s 2,646th star. But, of course, she’s No. 1 in our hearts.
• In golf news, the Tour Championship tees off in Atlanta. The event concludes the FedExCup Playoffs and determines the seasonlong champion on the PGA Tour. For non-golf fans, this is all you need to know: Tiger Woods is in it.
FRIDAY
• Consumers eager to protect their personal financial information can freeze their credit file for free, thanks to a new federal law. Rating agencies typically have charged $10 or less for the service.
• Trump continues his barnstorming in Mississippi, where two US Senate seats are in play.
SATURDAY
• Pope Francis heads to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for a four-day visit that mirrors a trip Pope John Paul II took a quarter century ago. Abortion and the waning importance of the nuclear family reportedly have been big challenges for the church in the former Soviet states. And of course, wherever Francis goes, the clergy sex abuse scandal casts its shadow.
• Pope Francis visits Sicily to honor a priest killed by the Mafia. We’ll be watching to see whether he also addresses the sex abuse crisis during his trip.
• Demonstrators angry over the Trump administration’s Hurricane Maria response plan to converge on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
• Earthquakes and collapse-explosion events that began in May have gone quiet around the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, so Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will reopen some sections on National Public Lands Day. Visitors should expect limited hours and services.
• Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich, Germany. The two-week festival celebrates all things German – but most especially beer. It attracts more than 5 million visitors, and if you’re among them, the US consulate general in the past has advised Americans not to turn into a “beer corpse.” Prost!