ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton walloped Port Canaveral on a path across Florida from Wednesday night into Thursday, but was able to open on Friday morning, although several cruise lines had to cancel or delay some sailings.

The port opened as of 11:30 a.m. with no ship restrictions, while Jetty Park and the beach will reopen on Saturday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — SpaceX's plans to launch more rockets from the California coast was rejected by a state commission this week, with some officials citing Elon Musk's political posts on X and raised concerns about the billionaire's labor record at his companies.

The plan to increase the number of rocket blasts into space up to 50 a year was ...Read more

DeKalb County prosecutors are dismissing criminal charges against two people arrested at Emory University in April during protests over the Israel-Hamas war, and are giving five others the chance to have their charges dropped.

Police arrested 23 people involved in demonstrations at Emory’s campus on April 25. The incident was part of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton walloped Port Canaveral on a path across Florida from Wednesday night into Thursday, but was able to open on Friday morning, although several cruise lines had to cancel or delay some sailings.

The port opened as of 11:30 a.m. with no ship restrictions, while Jetty Park and the beach will reopen on Saturday ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 200,000 Central Florida utility customers are still in the dark Friday, a day after Hurricane Milton ripped through the state, downing power lines and dumping rain on the region.

But local utilities offered reassurance on Friday afternoon: Help is on the way and many customers can expect their power to come back on ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke rom St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday giving an update of Hurricane Milton recovery, urging residents to avoid the hazards that have already led to post-storm fatalities.

Hurricane Milton hit the Gulf Coast near Sarasota late Wednesday and the state has been working on recovery operations since it left...Read more

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — As a younger man, Bret Bell lived two blocks from Tybee Island’s beach and grew to know the nuances of its gently curving shoreline through his almost daily walks.

He lost that familiarity, though, when he moved to Savannah two decades ago. He started a family and spent little time at the beach. Only in recent months, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Attorneys in the sweeping corruption case against ex-House speaker Michael Madigan resumed questioning potential jurors Friday morning, a process that has proceeded slower than expected and will now spill into next week.

Eight people have already been chosen to decide Madigan’s fate. Attorneys still must select four more jurors as...Read more

Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher latitudes, and that’s changing weather patterns around the world.

The shift is worsening droughts in some regions, intensifying flooding in others, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March launched national probes into reinforcing the country’s infrastructure, but one need not look far to find an essential span recently in need of pier protection improvements.

In multiple locations on the eastbound span of the iconic Chesapeake Bay Bridge — the original of the ...Read more

Most employers have little idea what the pharmacy benefit managers they hire do with the money they exchange for the medications used by their employees, according to a KFF survey released this week.

In KFF’s latest employer health benefits survey, company officials were asked how much of the rebates collected from drugmakers by pharmacy ...Read more

MIAMI — President Joe Biden will travel to Florida on Sunday to survey the damage from Hurricane Milton, which tore across the state this week, carving a path of destruction from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Ocean.

The White House did not say where exactly the president will visit, and is expected to release further details on the trip ...Read more

A large pack of dogs — among 24 living at a home — attacked and killed a man in a backyard, New York authorities said.

James Provost, a 59-year-old from Schenectady, died on the scene, Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins said in an Oct. 10 news conference.

Shortly before 6 p.m. Oct. 9, police responding to a call found “eight or nine” ...Read more

MIAMI — Anna Maria Island is still closed and cannot be accessed, Holmes Beach Police said Friday.

The island, popular with tourists for weekend getaways, is expected to open Saturday morning, police said.

Manatee County officials announced Friday morning that water service is being restored to Anna Maria Island and parts of Longboat Key ...Read more

Israel has yet to decide how to retaliate against Iran for last week’s missile attack, according to an Israeli official, and remains under pressure from the U.S. and others to limit the severity of its response.

A security cabinet meeting on Thursday ended without a decision on what the response should be, said the official, who asked not to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Backed by science and fury, Curtis Bay residents Thursday night demanded that the Maryland Department of the Environment reject a new permit for the CSX Transportation coal terminal in their neighborhood.

The agency is moving to impose stricter requirements on the railroad giant’s operations.

“There is no reasonable amount of...Read more