A complex weather system is blooming in the Gulf of Mexico, putting much of Florida in the path of a dayslong rainstorm starting late in the weekend and possibly spawning a tropical system that could impact the state by the middle of next week.

As of Friday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center increased the odds to 50% that a tropical ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Odds are back up that a system developing in the Gulf of Mexico could become a tropical depression or storm before it makes its way to Florida next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, forecasters are looking at the trough of low pressure currently with widespread showers...Read more

LINDALE, Ga. — Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance on Friday said the country under a Donald Trump presidency would “make our own stuff” by using “American working people” while speaking at a shuttered textile mill in Northwest Georgia.

Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, spoke before a crowd of a few hundred cheering ...Read more

The U.S. government will not renew the humanitarian paroles under a Biden program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans to come to the U.S. over the past two years.

That means people who have used the two-year program to come to the U.S. and who do not have another way to stay will have to leave...Read more

ATLANTA — An off-duty Atlanta police detective was fatally shot Friday morning after attempting to break into a home in Douglas County, officials told Channel 2 Action News.

The Douglas sheriff’s office said it was around 5 a.m. when deputies responded to a home on Orkney Way near the St. Andrews Golf Club about reports of an attempted ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden appeared in the White House briefing room for a victory lap celebrating a rosy jobs report and resolution to the strike that had temporarily paralyzed ports along the Eastern seaboard, underscoring the economic tailwinds that have coalesced behind Kamala Harris in her election against Donald Trump.

It was ...Read more

SEATTLE — There are only 73 southern resident orcas left in our region's waters, according to the most recent count released by the Center for Whale Research. It is one of the lowest tallies since the center counted 71 orcas when it began its survey in 1976.

The 2023 census identified 75 southern residents counted in the J, K and L pods. ...Read more

CHICAGO — All members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board plan to resign, the latest turmoil gripping his administration as it struggles for control of the Chicago Public Schools system led by embattled CEO Pedro Martinez.

Chicago Board of Education President Jianan Shi, along with members Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Mariela Estrada, Mary ...Read more

Three ex-Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced in their federal trial.

After about six hours of deliberating, the jury convicted Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith of witness tampering related to the cover-up of the beating. ...Read more

ATLANTA — For a fifth day Friday, cleanup efforts at the site of a now-extinguished fire at the BioLab plant in Rockdale County kicked up more smoke, and there is no timetable for when that work will be finished.

Officials across southeastern parts of metro Atlanta warned residents again Friday that they may continue to see hazy skies and ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City is withholding vital funds earmarked for the widows and children of cops, firefighters and other uniformed city employees who died in the line of duty as the agency in charge of the funds reprioritizes its debts, the Daily News has learned.

Since the beginning of the fiscal year, the city’s Office of Labor Relations...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The National Weather Service is changing its cold weather alerts and messaging this week, doing away with familiar terms like “wind chill watch” and “wind chill warning.”

The changes, which come just as cooler temps begin to roll in, is part of the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Hazard Simplification initiative. The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan to 12 years in prison for his role in a sprawling City Hall corruption case that also brought down a former council member.

U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter handed down the sentence in a courtroom packed with Chan's supporters, stating that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police officer Toni McBride, a gun rights influencer on social media and daughter of a high-ranking police union official, has been cleared of wrongdoing in a fatal shooting where she was previously faulted for continuing to fire bullets into a man who'd fallen to the ground.

McBride appealed an earlier finding by ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania has seen more cases of whooping cough than any other state this year, with 2,165 cases of the serious bacterial infection reported as of late September.

At this time in 2023, the state had reported 205 cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This year's cases represent a 956% increase from the year...Read more

A Cuban Reggaeton artist known as El Taiger is in critical condition after being found shot in the head in Miami, authorities say.

Miami Police say they responded to the area of Northwest Ninth Avenue and 17th Street Thursday morning and found an unconscious man inside a car. First responders rushed him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Friday it will decide disputes about the scope of Nuclear Regulatory Commission power, e-cigarette marketing approvals and a $10 billion fight between the Mexican government and gunmakers and more.

The justices announced more than a dozen additional cases to their work this term, which starts Monday...Read more

BALTIMORE — The man accused of killing Bel Air mother Rachel Morin won’t face trial until at least April, a Harford County judge ruled during a Friday hearing.

The decision came after the defense team representing Victor Martinez-Hernandez said there was a “voluminous” amount of evidence to review ahead of the trial, which had been ...Read more