Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key just before 8:30 pm Wednesday evening 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 made the ...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 at least 19 tornadoes that resulted in multiple deaths.

St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said the county had more than a dozen confirmed ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A 19-year-old accused of killing a retired police chief in a hit-and-run last year has been found incompetent to face the charges.

Jesus Ayala and his co-defendant, 17-year-old Jzamir Keys, have been in custody since August 2023 in connection with the fatal crash, in which they were accused of intentionally hitting 66-year-old ...Read more

A White House meeting to celebrate a century of relations between the United States and Ireland turned to concerns about the conflict in the Middle East, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said of his conversation with President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

Harris described the meeting as “very good” and that Biden had briefed him on his call ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Threats against Pennsylvania schools — some of which have prompted closures — have risen sharply this school year, a spike that state officials said was caused by social media.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry said that she wasn't looking to criminally charge students, but that intentional false reports have ...Read more

DENVER — Attorneys representing anonymous animal rights activists on Wednesday released edited video footage filmed by their clients that they allege shows criminal mistreatment of lambs inside Denver’s only existing slaughterhouse.

The same facility — the Superior Farms lamb processing plant in north Denver’s Globeville neighborhood �...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A physician accused of falsely claiming that a stroke patient died at the former Fountain Valley Regional Hospital from the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination faces disciplinary action from the Medical Board of California.

Dr. Tam Ky Nguyen, a Garden Grove internal medicine specialist, was charged by the board in September with gross ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key just before 8:30 pm Wednesday evening 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 made ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial in Boise has been rescheduled to later in summer 2025.

Ada County Judge Steven Hippler, now handling the closely watched case, delayed the trial by about two months to a start of July 30, 2025, in a scheduling order issued Wednesday. Kohberger’s trial in the killing of four University of Idaho...Read more

Donald Trump said he would end U.S. income taxes on Americans living in other countries, the latest in a string of tax proposals in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign.

His pledge could simplify the tax obligations for U.S. citizens who live overseas. Americans, regardless of where they live in the world, have to file tax information with ...Read more

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