ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton began its turn toward Florida on Tuesday still a powerful Category 4 hurricane with a forecast landfall near Tampa Bay and projected path that will cut through Central Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.

“Stronger vertical shear is expected to set in about 24 hours, but even if this causes ...Read more

ATLANTA — Several Georgia campgrounds are opening their grounds to evacuees of Hurricane Milton.

Interstate traffic is ramping up Tuesday morning as people rush out of Florida to escape the storm. I-75 near Tampa is experiencing congestion.

The National Indoor RV Centers said it is opening its Atlanta and Nashville locations to evacuees.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a Hurricane Milton update on Tuesday morning, warning Floridians to be wary of shifts in path before landfall.

“Now is the time where you have the ability to make the decisions necessary to keep yourself and your family safe,” he said. “We urge you to execute your plan. Now. Let’s prepare for the...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Milton weakened slightly overnight but remained a formidable and growing Category 4 hurricane early Tuesday morning on a path toward a devastating landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Though the storm’s sustained winds had eased somewhat from a near-record 180 mph, it was still packing extremely powerful 145 mph winds, ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s Amendment G asks voters in the November election whether to extend a homestead property tax exemption to more military veterans with disabilities.

Veterans of the U.S. armed services who have a disability that makes them unemployable would qualify to claim the exemption on their property taxes if voters approve the ...Read more

DENVER — Amendment J would protect same-sex marriages in Colorado by repealing the state constitution’s now-defunct definition — which recognizes only unions between a man and a woman.

Same-sex marriages were legalized nationwide in 2015 by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. Colorado was already issuing ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado voters will have the chance through Amendment I in the November election to overrule a state Supreme Court decision that found first-degree murder defendants must be offered bail.

Everyone who is charged with a crime in Colorado is entitled to bail — that is, the chance to be free while their criminal cases are pending. ...Read more

MIAMI — Less than two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene pummeled Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm, making landfall near Perry.

The images from Helene’s aftermath show the damage a powerful hurricane can cause.

This week, the latest path forecast has Hurricane Milton, currently a Category 4, on a collision course with Florida’s...Read more

Israel’s defense minister is set to travel to Washington as the country weighs how to respond to an Iranian missile attack a week ago and steps up its military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Yoav Gallant will discuss “ongoing Middle East security developments” with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday, the Pentagon ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton remained a major Category 4 hurricane Tuesday with a projected path that could bring it into Tampa Bay, across Central Florida south of Orlando and out through Brevard County.

As of the National Hurricane Center 5 a.m. advisory, Hurricane Milton was located about 560 miles southwest of Tampa already turning ...Read more

Threats to the U.K. from Russia and Iran and the danger posed by the Islamic State group have increased in recent months, according to the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency.

Ken McCallum, the director-general of MI5, said the security service face “stretched” resources as it grapples with the domestic fallout from Russia’s war in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized revisions to a lead-in-drinking-water rule that requires water systems to replace service lines containing the toxic metal within 10 years.

Senior White House officials said on a call with reporters that the revisions are “significantly” more stringent than previous proposals and ...Read more

Wildfires are becoming increasingly destructive across the U.S., as the country is seeing in 2024. Firefighters were battling large blazes in several states from California to North Dakota in early October 2024, including fires burning near homes and communities.

Research shows wildfires are up to four times larger and three times ...Read more

If history holds true to form, I expect the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to begin touting their support for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative as Election Day approaches.

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, or GLRI, is a federal program that funds water and habitat protection and restoration for the...Read more

In one of the most memorable moments of the current presidential campaign, Donald Trump in July 2024 contended that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris recently stopped identifying as Indian and “happened to turn Black.”

With these false remarks, Trump implied that Harris emphasized one part of her background to appeal to voters and ...Read more

In response to national pollsters’ failure in forecasting election outcomes in 1948 and 1952, The New York Times pursued in 1956 a weekslong, multistate exercise in on-the-ground reporting to assess public opinion about the presidential race.

The Times’ experiment, which these days would be recognized as “shoe-leather reporting,...Read more