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Helene damage prompts Georgia Tech, UGA to extend early action deadline
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia are extending the deadline for prospective students to apply for early action admissions for counties severely impacted by Hurricane Helene.
Georgia Tech has changed its Early Action 1 deadline from Oct. 15 to Oct. 31. The extension is designed to provide students, their families, their ...Read more
Hurricane Milton headed to Florida as major Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds
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
Georgia campgrounds open to Hurricane Milton evacuees
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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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warns be wary of Hurricane Milton 'wobble' on approach
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
Florida Gulf Coast remains in bullseye of 'extremely dangerous' Cat 4 Hurricane Milton
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
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Amendment G would extend Colorado's homestead property tax exemption to more veterans
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
Amendment J would repeal Colorado's defunct ban on same-sex marriage from constitution
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
State Election Board taking up voter eligibility and investigations into eight Georgia counties
ATLANTA — Initial findings of an investigation into how eight Georgia counties handled Republican challenges against voters’ eligibility will be discussed Tuesday by the State Election Board during its final scheduled meeting of 2024.
The board ordered the inquiry last month in response to complaints from Republican activists that county ...Read more
Amendment I would let Colorado judges deny bail to first-degree murder defendants
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
What can a Cat 3 hurricane do to Florida? Take a look as Milton targets the Gulf Coast
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 to hold talks in US as tension builds on Iran riposte
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
Will Hurricane Milton hit Orlando?
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
Romania's government teeters over pre-election court decision
Romania’s governing coalition was thrown into turmoil after a junior partner effectively ended a three-year alliance weeks before key elections are set to shake up the political landscape in Bucharest.
Liberal party leader Nicolae Ciuca lashed out at a top court decision to remove a far-right candidate from the Nov. 24 presidential race, ...Read more
Russia and Iran are ramping up threats to UK, spy chief warns
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
EPA opts for more stringent rule on lead pipes
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
Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain
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
Swing state voters along the Great Lakes love cleaner water and beaches − and candidates from both parties have long fished for support there
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
Kamala Harris has spoken of her racial backgrounds − but a shared identity isn’t enough to attract supporters
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
No antidote for bad polls: Recalling the New York Times’ 1956 election experiment in shoe-leather reporting
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
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