ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night on Siesta Key west of Sarasota with a projected path that will bring it across Central Florida south of Orlando and out through Brevard County.

As of the special 8:30 p.m. Eastern time advisory, the center of Milton was located about 5 miles west of...Read more

OCALA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton, the monster storm that was forecast to bring life-threatening storm surges, destructive winds and flooding to Florida, made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, an island off Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said.

A little before 9 p.m. EDT, the eye of the hurricane appeared...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state has endured an assault of nearly 120 tornado warnings throughout the day.

The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the hurricane passed over the barrier island just west...Read more

The United States assesses that Ukraine will be able to hold on to the territory its forces have claimed in Russia’s Kursk region for at least several months if not longer, according to senior American officials.

Ukraine so far hasn’t faced any significant problems getting supplies to the Kursk area, as Russian forces have only launched ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Five people were dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a ...Read more

DETROIT — The Michigan chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations filed a complaint and asked the federal government for an investigation Wednesday after a leaked audio showed University of Michigan President Santa Ono saying the U.S. House Republicans' inquiry into how the UM has handled antisemitism is one-sided.

"The government could...Read more

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Navy is embarking on a large-scale investigation to determine the scope of the problems with welding performed at Newport News Shipbuilding, according to a letter to federal lawmakers last week.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told the House and Senate Armed Services Committees that after welding deficiencies were ...Read more

Former President Donald Trump chose not to sit down with “60 Minutes,” but he’s nevertheless quite upset with the network’s treatment of Vice President Kamala Harris after she filled the vacuum left by his absence.

Despite his choice not to answer an invitation to appear for an extended interview with the long-running newsmagazine, it ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key just before 8:30 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday as the Category 3 storm continued lashing the Gulf Coast with heavy rains, whipping winds while spinning off a string of tornadoes across much of the peninsula.

Milton’s eye had been pushing ashore for hours before the National Hurricane Center...Read more

A new study has found that baby boomers, people born from 1946 to 1964, are experiencing worse health outcomes than their predecessors, despite living longer on average than these previous generations.

In what the study calls a “generational health drift,” baby boomers across the United States and Europe have higher levels of diabetes, high...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a crash ...Read more

North Carolina’s lawmakers moved quickly to rush the first round of Hurricane Helene relief to the western part of the state devastated by flooding caused by the storm.

The General Assembly convened Wednesday to take up a $273 million bill that leaders describe as a “first step.”

Back in Raleigh for a one-day session, Republicans, who ...Read more

Gov. Roy Cooper vowed Wednesday that the state government will continue to provide the resources Western North Carolina communities need to recover from Tropical Storm Helene.

“This is a true all-hands-on deck moment,” Cooper said.

In a wide-ranging briefing, officials touched on a number of topics related to the Helene response.

Notably,...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton is nearing landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state has endured an assault of more than 120 tornado warnings throughout the day.

“The northern eyewall of Hurricane Milton is beginning to move onshore of the Florida gulf coast near ...Read more

The scam before the storm comes in the form of price gouging, illegally jacking up the cost of goods and services at the time they’re needed most. Once the storm has passed, the scammers move on to a new tactic: Pretending they’ve come to help.

Federal, state and local officials wants consumers to know it’s against the law. But price ...Read more

Hurricane Milton moved into Florida on Wednesday evening, as forecasters warned that the once-in-a-generation storm was expected to bring life-threatening storm surge, destructive winds and flooding.

“This could be the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday. “God willing, it won’t be, but that�...Read more

NEW YORK — The Randalls Island migrant shelter is closing this winter as the number of asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system has decreased, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.

The shelter will close at the end of February and the land returned to use as athletic fields and parkland. Already, one of the biggest tents, which held more...Read more

Hospitals throughout the nation are taking steps to conserve intravenous fluids that have been in short supply since Hurricane Helene flooded a key North Carolina production plant.

After the storm shut down a facility near Asheville, North Carolina, operated by Baxter International — producer of more than 60% of IV solutions used in the U.S. ...Read more