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Milton increases to a Category 2 hurricane as Florida prepares for massive evacuations
Read full article: Milton increases to a Category 2 hurricane as Florida prepares for massive evacuationsMilton has increased to a Category 2 hurricane as Florida gears up for what could be a massive evacuation not seen since 2017.
Turning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skeptical
Read full article: Turning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skepticalThe conservative group Turning Point has long been known for hosting glitzy events, cultivating far-right influencers and raising prodigious amounts of money.
US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7
Read full article: US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East.
New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump
Read full article: New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under TrumpNo one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s economic plans.
For US adversaries, Election Day won't mean the end to efforts to influence Americans
Read full article: For US adversaries, Election Day won't mean the end to efforts to influence AmericansThe hours and days immediately after Election Day are likely to pose the greatest opportunity for anyone looking to mislead and deceive U.S. voters.
US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a 'truly dangerous narrative'
Read full article: US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a 'truly dangerous narrative'The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official says false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, which are being spread most prominently by Donald Trump, are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance.
Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region
Read full article: Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay regionThe National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday.
Voters in North Carolina and Georgia have bigger problems than politics. Helene changed everything
Read full article: Voters in North Carolina and Georgia have bigger problems than politics. Helene changed everythingResidents in North Carolina’s Watauga County are focused on survival rather than politics after Hurricane Helene ravaged much of the western part of the state.
Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues
Read full article: Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continuesThe death toll from Hurricane Helene has inched up to 227 as the grim task of recovering bodies continues more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the U.S. Southeast.
For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary tale
Read full article: For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary taleMany small Alabama cities have been beset by the same polarizing debate that thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight after former president Donald Trump promoted debunked misinformation about Haitian migrants.
After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
Read full article: After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recoveryFalse and misleading claims about Hurricane Helene are spreading about the storm and recovery efforts.
Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the map
Read full article: Inside the North Carolina mountain town that Hurricane Helene nearly wiped off the mapNearly 400 miles from where Hurricane Helene made landfall, the North Carolina mountain hamlet of Chimney Rock Village has been all but wiped off the map.
The Supreme Court opens its new term with election disputes in the air but not yet on the docket
Read full article: The Supreme Court opens its new term with election disputes in the air but not yet on the docketTransgender rights, the regulation of “ghost guns” and the death penalty highlight the Supreme Court’s election-season term that begins Monday.
Russian prosecutors seek 7-year sentence for US man accused of fighting for Ukraine
Read full article: Russian prosecutors seek 7-year sentence for US man accused of fighting for UkraineRussian prosecutors have asked for a seven-year sentence in the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine against Russia, Russian news agencies reported Saturday.
A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted
Read full article: A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely grantedTexas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that's not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing their support for a man scheduled to be executed in October.
Idaho state senator tells Native American candidate 'go back where you came from' in forum
Read full article: Idaho state senator tells Native American candidate 'go back where you came from' in forumAn Idaho state senator is reported to have told a Native American candidate to “go back where you came from” during a candidate forum this week.
Well-known Asheville music tradition returns in a sign of hopefulness after Helene
Read full article: Well-known Asheville music tradition returns in a sign of hopefulness after HeleneA well-known Asheville musical tradition has returned in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city.
Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge
Read full article: Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm chargeA jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year outside a busy shopping mall.
Man charged with helping Idaho inmate escape during a hospital ambush sentenced to life in prison
Read full article: Man charged with helping Idaho inmate escape during a hospital ambush sentenced to life in prisonAn Idaho man who prosecutors said ambushed and shot correctional officers at a Boise hospital in a plot to help a fellow white supremacist gang member escape from prison was sentenced to life behind bars.
Some perplexed at jury's mixed verdict in trial for 3 former officers in Tyre Nichols' death
Read full article: Some perplexed at jury's mixed verdict in trial for 3 former officers in Tyre Nichols' deathThe trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols ended with a mixed verdict, surprising and perplexing some observers who questioned why the jury would acquit two of the officers on the most serious charges.
North Carolina is distributing Benadryl and EpiPens as yellow jackets swarm from Helene flooding
Read full article: North Carolina is distributing Benadryl and EpiPens as yellow jackets swarm from Helene floodingNorth Carolina health workers are distributing Benadryl and epinephrine injections to communities after hurricane flooding has caused bees and yellow jackets to swarm from their underground nests.
Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motive
Read full article: Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motiveJurors who will be picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act.
Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in alleged violations of federal law
Read full article: Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in alleged violations of federal lawTwo voter advocacy organizations have put Ohio’s Republican elections chief on notice that voters are being removed from the rolls, allegedly in violation of federal law.
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
Read full article: Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate changeIn her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted.
A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemic
Read full article: A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemicThe destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia.
Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
Read full article: Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting executionThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago.
Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to die
Read full article: Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to dieHurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg.
South Carolina sets Nov. 1 execution as state ramps up use of death chamber
Read full article: South Carolina sets Nov. 1 execution as state ramps up use of death chamberSouth Carolina has set a date of Nov. 1 date for its next execution as the state ramps up use of the death penalty after a 13-year pause.
Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the game
Read full article: Civilization 7 makers work with Shawnee to bring sincere representation of the tribe to the gameThe chief of the Shawnee Tribe grew up playing video games, including hundreds of hours colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
Texas Blue Alert issued for suspect linked to Memphis officer shooting
Read full article: Texas Blue Alert issued for suspect linked to Memphis officer shootingA Blue Alert has been issued in Texas for Seth Altman, 33, who is wanted in connection with the shooting of a law enforcement officer in Memphis, Texas.
When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's fury
Read full article: When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's furyNearly 700,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast are still without power more than a week after Hurricane Helene blew through the region.
For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: No
Read full article: For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: NoAs record numbers of South Americans come to the U.S. seeking better economic opportunities, many are landing in communities that are unprepared for them — and sometimes outright hostile.
Subway rider shot in the head by police files claim accusing officers of recklessly opening fire
Read full article: Subway rider shot in the head by police files claim accusing officers of recklessly opening fireA lawyer for a New York City subway rider who was inadvertently shot in the head by police at a station has filed a legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of showing “carelessness and reckless” disregard for bystanders’ lives when they opened fire on a man holding a knife in front of a train.
Source: Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
Read full article: Source: Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contractThe union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.
Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist
Read full article: Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artistA woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup artist for Garth Brooks alleges in a lawsuit that the country music star raped and sexually assaulted her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019.
Ex-NYPD boss rejected discipline for cops who raided bar where owner says he was 'extorted'
Read full article: Ex-NYPD boss rejected discipline for cops who raided bar where owner says he was 'extorted'In late August, shortly before resigning under a cloud of scandal, New York City’s former police commissioner blocked the discipline of three officers involved in a melee outside a Brooklyn juice bar.
Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction
Read full article: Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder convictionProsecutors in Los Angeles say they are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago.
Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in US
Read full article: Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in USTwo dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year.
Photo shows U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface at college Halloween party in 2006
Read full article: Photo shows U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface at college Halloween party in 2006U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where he dressed as Michael Jackson.
Biden's student loan cancellation is put on hold again after day of legal whiplash
Read full article: Biden's student loan cancellation is put on hold again after day of legal whiplashA federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire.
Taxpayers in 24 states will be able to file their returns directly with the IRS in 2025
Read full article: Taxpayers in 24 states will be able to file their returns directly with the IRS in 2025The IRS is expanding its program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free.
NYC accelerates school leadership change as investigations swirl around mayor’s indictment
Read full article: NYC accelerates school leadership change as investigations swirl around mayor’s indictmentNew York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief after Mayor Eric Adams' indictment.
Port of Houston faces shutdown amid dockworkers strike threat. How it could affect your shopping
Read full article: Port of Houston faces shutdown amid dockworkers strike threat. How it could affect your shoppingU.S. ports from Maine to Texas are closed due to a strike by the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers.
3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating but 2 are acquitted of civil rights charges
Read full article: 3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating but 2 are acquitted of civil rights chargesThree former Memphis police officers have been convicted in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced.
The Latest: Harris campaigns in Wisconsin and Trump in Michigan in battle for 'blue wall' states
Read full article: The Latest: Harris campaigns in Wisconsin and Trump in Michigan in battle for 'blue wall' statesDemocratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is opening a two-day stay in Wisconsin and Michigan, and Republican candidate Donald Trump will be in Michigan on Thursday as the two candidates grapple for wins in the “blue wall” battleground states, which also include Pennsylvania.
Influential prophesizing pastors believe reelecting Trump is a win in the war of angels and demons
Read full article: Influential prophesizing pastors believe reelecting Trump is a win in the war of angels and demonsAmong the nation’s charismatic Christians, there’s one highly politicized faction in particular that believes the reelection of former President Donald Trump would be a win in a literal spiritual war of angels in demons.
Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic
Read full article: Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the AtlanticForecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves from the system could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend.
Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP's birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan
Read full article: Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP's birthplace while Trump rallies in MichiganVice President Kamala Harris has rallied side-by-side with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party.
Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme
Read full article: Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data schemeA former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for leading a scheme to breach voting system data in her county.