Sunday 9.9.18 L'Shana Tova to the Jewish members of our 5 Things family. We wish you a joyful Rosh Hashanah and a happy and sweet new year, 5779. Also today, we salute all grandparents. May you get all the hugs and ice cream that you deserve! Here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. By Michelle Krupa | |  | Voters go to the polls today in Sweden in another European election that's expected to see a far-right, anti-European Union party make big gains. As elsewhere across the world, immigration has become a top issue among candidates vying for parliament. Crime and unemployment are big debate topics, too. And while far-right pols probably won't break into the mainstream, the Sweden Democrats could be a kingmaker in forming a coalition government. | | Monday marks the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, with the eight weeks around this date often prime time for conditions that fuel powerful storms. Right on schedule is Florence, which by late this week may well be aiming for parts of the East Coast. In the Pacific, Hurricane Olivia could affect Hawaii midweek as a tropical storm. Starting Monday 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. Tuesday is 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. Voters in New Hampshire go to the polls Tuesday to choose primary candidates for the state's two US House seats, which have flipped between the major parties over the past decade. On Wednesday, US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, faces a primary challenge from a peace activist, while on the GOP side, a former state Supreme Court justice faces an opponent whose name appears on US Senate ballots in nine states. And the focus Thursday is 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. | | Starting Tuesday, Russia is expected to launch five days of war games, with 300,000 military personnel and more than 1,000 aircraft. It would be the largest show of force of its kind since major Soviet maneuvers in 1981. Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted this year of weapons that would render NATO "completely useless," though the United States has expressed doubts. The exercises come as Russian neighbor China beefs up its military. On Wednesday, Apple is expected to roll out new iPhone models and, possibly, revamped versions of the Apple Watch and Air Pods. The release date for the next iOS operating system also could drop. With the midterm elections less than two months away, some big-name pols hit the stump Thursday. President Trump rallies in Missouri, where GOP Attorney General Josh Hawley is trying to unseat Democratic US Sen. Claire McCaskill. Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama campaigns in Cleveland for Richard Cordray, who served in his administration and now is running for governor against Republican Mike DeWine, who ousted Cordray as Ohio's attorney general in 2010. Trump heads Friday to Mississippi, where two US Senate seats are in play. | |  | 'Here she is ...' The revamped Miss America pageant (remember: no swimsuits) airs at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. | |  | Whooooo do you love? For us, it's Peek and Boo, 4-week-old barn owls at the Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland. Check out more great shots from our colleagues at CNN Photos in the week's top images gallery.
| |  | The interns of the US House of Representatives, some of whom walk miles to the office, take second jobs and skip meals so they can work -- without pay -- in democracy's hallowed halls. Nearly all House interns are unpaid, and now there's a push to change that. And we can toast our own CNN intern, Maya Eliahou, for helping it happen. | | "They're more than just a pair of shoes, the slippers.
They're an enduring symbol of the power of belief." Police Chief Scott Johnson of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, describing a pair of red sequined shoes worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz." Stolen 13 years ago, the slippers were recovered and unveiled last week. | |  | Where's the remote? From cable to networks to streaming, we've got 21 reasons to embrace the end of summer in CNN's fall TV preview, including Jim Carrey in a Mr. Rogers-like role on Showtime's " Kidding." Past as prologue HBO may have quietly kicked erotic programming to the curb, but it's still got "The Deuce," which pulls timely cards from porn's "golden age." James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal star. (HBO, like CNN, is a part of WarnerMedia.) 'The Last Movie Star' To honor Burt Reynolds, who died last week at 82, check out these picks that our friends at CNN Entertainment consider his essential movies. Off-Broadway spoof If you're in the Big Apple, drop by the Triad Theater on Thursday for opening night of "The 1st Annual Trump Family Special." The musical comedy runs weekly through December 6. | |  | Juan Martin del Potro vs. Novak Djokovic A new US Open champion will be crowned today. The men's final gets underway at 4 p.m. ET. Marquee matchup Bears at Packers is the big prime-time ticket tonight for Week 1 of the NFL regular season. Kickoff is at 8:20 ET on NBC. | | | | |
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