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Tropical Storm Jose Forms in the Atlantic but Is Not Expected to Strengthen Much

As the remnants of Hurricane Idalia battered the Carolina coast, and as Hurricane Franklin churned far off in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Jose formed early Thursday, becoming the latest named storm of the...

How to Help Hurricane Idalia Victims in Florida

Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, causing devastating flooding. It then moved on to bring surging water into Charleston, S.C., before heading toward North Carolina on Thursday.Volunteers and aid groups are...

Louisiana woman stabbed grandfather in the face after grandparents ‘asked her to shower’: Police

A Louisiana woman was arrested after allegedly attacking her grandfather and stabbing him in the face after her grandparents confronted her about her lack of showering and hygiene schedule.The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office...

Former Cardinal McCarrick Found Unfit for Trial Over Sexual Abuse

Theodore McCarrick, the highest-ranking Catholic cleric in the United States to face charges in the church’s ongoing sexual abuse crisis, is not competent to stand trial, a judge in Massachusetts ruled.The disgraced former...

Republican Women, Fearing Backlash on Abortion, Pivot to Birth Control

She had barely opened her town hall to questions when Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican from a competitive district in Iowa, was pressed to defend her opposition to abortion rights.“One of the main...

Anti-Abortion Activist With Fetuses At Home Convicted in Clinic Blockade

Five anti-abortion activists, including one who was found to have kept five fetuses in her home last year, were found guilty of federal civil rights offenses on Tuesday after blocking access to an...

Texas Judge Rejects State Law Aimed at Controlling Progressive Cities

Why It Matters: The law was part of the struggle for control of Texas.The law, known as House Bill 2127, was set to go into effect on Friday. Its passage this year was...

Cedar Key Residents Survived Idalia’s Wrath

Hours after the waters of the Gulf of Mexico swept through her house, Donna Knight emerged in a windbreaker and boots to try to get her Chevy SUV to higher ground.“It came through...

New Mexico Supreme Court to hear arguments in challenge to abortion-ban ordinances

Local governments across eastern New Mexico, a state with some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country, have approved their own ordinances to ban the reproductive practice.Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez...

The Object of Ukraine’s Desire: F-16s From the West. But It’s Tricky.

The F-16 fighter jets would not be delivered to Ukraine until next year, but that did not dissuade President Volodymyr Zelensky from hopping into one last week in the Netherlands — one stop...

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Survivor of 1972 plane crash who resorted to cannibalism to survive in Andes Mountains speaks out

A passenger of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed into the Andes Mountains in...

Charles Barkley makes Titanic reference in jab of ex-Warriors GM Bob Myers amid team’s struggles

Charles Barkley is not in the habit of holding back his opinions, especially when the...

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Lahaina’s Historic Banyan Tree Is Scarred, but Standing

Amid the charred ruins of Lahaina, one of the historic town’s cherished landmarks is still standing:...

Maui Wildfires: What We Know About Cause, Search Efforts and Damages

A summer of ferocious weather across much of the United States reached the country’s most remote...