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Milton, packing 155 mph winds, soon to hit Cat 5. Much of Florida Gulf Coast on alert
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane Monday morning, days ahead of its expected landfall on Florida’s west coast as a Category 3, where it could bring up to 12 feet of storm surge despite the lower category.
Most of Florida’s Gulf Coast is under a hurricane or tropical storm watch, although the ...Read more
Hurricane Milton surges to Category 5 strength before forecast shift toward Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton strengthened Monday into a Category 5 storm hitting 160 mph sustained winds and forecast to intensify further on its way to an expected landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
The National Hurricane Center in a special 11:55 a.m. update said Milton hit the highest level of hurricane in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane...Read more
Hamas fires rockets at Israel amid clashes after year of war
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv after Israel bombed a number of targets connected to the militant group in Gaza, as fighting escalated after a year of war.
The Israel Defense Forces said it intercepted most of the projectiles fired from the Palestinian territory on Monday, with sirens sounding across central Israel. Two people...Read more
$100 million lawsuit filed against Michigan's Warren, police officers for crash that killed 2
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Attorneys for the relatives of two men killed in a car crash last week with Warren police are suing the city of Warren and the two police officers involved, alleging the officers were driving more than 100 miles per hour when the accident happened.
Surrounded by large photos of the two victims during a press conference ...Read more
DeSantis warns path uncertain, so prepare now for major Hurricane Milton
ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis gave an update Monday on Hurricane Milton, which has already grown into a major Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
“This has gone slower than the projections were in terms of the how it’s moving toward Florida, and if that continues, it�...Read more
Vigils planned around Sacramento to recognize one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks, war
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s been one year since the events of Oct. 7 sparked what’s evolved into a broader conflict in the Middle East.
Amid the wider conflict and tension, local organizations throughout the Sacramento area have planned peaceful remembrance events for Monday to commemorate the one-year anniversary.
Roughly 1,200 people ...Read more
Ex-Kansas police chief who led raid on Marion newspaper to make first appearance in court
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The former Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper last summer will make his first court appearance on Monday afternoon in Marion.
Gideon Cody — hired as chief of police in Marion after leaving the Kansas City Police Department under a cloud of possible discipline and demotion — faces one count of interference...Read more
Hillary Clinton warns 'we lose total control' without social media content moderation
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday warned social media platforms must take responsibility for moderating their content or risk losing “total control.”
The comment came during an appearance on CNN, during which Clinton discussed her new book “Something Lost, Something Gained.” She acknowledged part of the book focuses ...Read more
Armed carjackings by juveniles up in Baltimore, new data shows
BALTIMORE — As a Baltimore native, Becky Hamm has lived in the Wyman Park neighborhood for over five decades and has heard of only two instances of a carjacking or robbery on her block. One of those occurred Wednesday, when police say a group of people attacked two bystanders just down the street.
“It’s crazy that it happened here ...Read more
Israel strikes across Gaza to thwart renewed Hamas attacks
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv after Israel bombed a number of targets connected to the militant group in Gaza, as fighting escalated after a year of war.
The Israel Defense Forces said five projectiles were launched from the Palestinian territory on Monday and sirens sounded across central Israel, with Haaretz reporting two ...Read more
Ukraine claims cyberattack that blocked Russian state TV online on Putin's birthday
Ukrainian hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down online broadcasts of Russian state television and radio channels on Monday, according to an official in Kyiv with knowledge of the operation.
At least 20 Russian broadcasters were affected by the hack including the Rossiya 24 news service, the official said, asking not to be identified ...Read more
Hurricane Milton intensifies to major Category 3 storm, prompts Florida storm surge warnings, hurricane watches
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton continued to strengthen early Monday hitting 125 mph sustained winds making it a major Category 3 storm on its way to an expected landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
“Further strengthening is expected, and Milton is forecast to become an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane later today and maintain that ...Read more
Milton strengthens to Category 3 overnight as hurricane watches hit Florida coast
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane overnight, days ahead of its expected landfall on Florida’s west coast, where it could bring up to 12 feet of storm surge.
Most of Florida’s Gulf Coast is under a hurricane or tropical storm watch, although the latest forecast still keeps the eye of the storm ...Read more
American scientists get medicine Nobel for finding microRNA
Two American scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun will share the 11 million-krona ($1.1 million) award, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm said in a statement Monday.
By ...Read more
Measure A homeless sales tax edges closer to the 50% majority needed for passage
LOS ANGELES — A measure on the November ballot that would double the county's quarter-percent homeless sales tax is edging closer to the majority it would need to pass in a new poll of likely Los Angeles County voters.
Those saying they would vote for the measure outnumbered those opposing by 49% to 33% in a survey taken in late September, ...Read more
Why would people vote for Kamala Harris? 5 things to understand about why her supporters back her
Kamala Harris has the support of nearly 49% of voters, according to recent polling. Why do those people support her?
For many on the right, the support for the candidate some critics call “Comrade Kamala” can be baffling or even suggest they are brainwashed.
People have called her a “Marxist ideologue,” a “communist�...Read more
How a newspaper revolution sparked protesters and influencers, disinformation and the Civil War
There’s one question I get every time I give a talk. I’m a curator of political history at the Smithsonian Institution, and when I discuss the deep history of political division in our country, someone in the audience always asserts that we can’t possibly compare past divisions to the present, because our media landscape is doing ...Read more
A year ago, the hostages were a rallying point for solidarity in Israel – now, their families are symbols of the country’s sharp divides
In the run-up to the first anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel, there has been no shortage of dramatic events making headlines in Israel. On Oct. 1, Israelis took shelter during Iran’s missile attack. In the days leading up to the attack, Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s longtime leader, in Beirut; invaded Lebanon; ...Read more
Air pollution inside Philly’s subway is much worse than on the streets
The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key finding of our new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
We are an environmental scientist and a biochemist who assessed the air quality ...Read more
How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states
Some hurricanes are remembered for their wind damage or rainfall. Others for their coastal flooding. Hurricane Helene was a stew of all of that and more. Its near-record-breaking size, storm surge, winds and rainfall together turned Helene into an almost unimaginable disaster that stretched more than 500 miles inland from the Florida coast....Read more
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