Hurricane Ian has the potential to be the most costly hurricane in Florida history, wreaking havoc on towns from the state’s western coast to interior cities like Orlando. The most severe wind and rain occurred in southern coastal communities such as Fort Myers and Naples, where several neighborhoods were completely destroyed. […]
Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, with the storm expected to strengthen further and become a major hurricane in the coming days as it tracks toward the state. […]
We’re still having issues with Covid. We’re still working hard on it, but the pandemic has ended,” Biden said. Covid-19 is still classified as a Public Health Emergency by the US government, and the World Health Organization considers it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. […]
Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, authorities received a call from a man who said he and a hiking party saw the woman hiking alone on Capital Peak, which is about 14 miles west of Aspen. The woman fell when a rock she was attempting to grab onto gave way. The sheriff’s office contacted Mountain Rescue Aspen after being notified. The witness of the accident was able to provide the rescue group with the exact location of the woman’s body. The woman’s body was found and transferred to the Pitkin County coroner. […]
Governor Ron DeSantis removed Broward School Board Members Patricia Good, Donna Korn, Ann Murray, and Laurie Rich Levinson from office after the Twentieth Statewide Grand Jury recommended that they be removed due to incompetence, neglect of duty, and abuse of authority. […]
A woman in South Korea is thought to be the mother of the two kids, whose remains were discovered in luggage in New Zealand earlier this month. Before obtaining New Zealand citizenship, the woman was a citizen of Korea. Earlier in August, New Zealand police opened a homicide investigation after a South Auckland family reported discovering human body parts in a number of goods they purchased from a storage facility via an online auction. […]
Leondra Taylor, a Black plaintiff, admitted to posting a cartoon image of then-President Trump and then-former Vice President Joe Biden during one of their 2020 presidential debates on her personal Facebook page. Trump is depicted in the cartoon wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and standing across from Biden at the podium. The image includes a quote that reads, “Thank you, Mr. President, for wearing your mask.” […]
The Senate worked through the night, taking a series of back-to-back amendment votes that are among the last steps toward final passage of Democrats’ sweeping health-care and climate-change legislation on track to be approved. A vote on final passage of the bill will take place when amendment votes are completed. The Inflation Reduction Act would be the largest climate investment in US history, and it would make significant changes to health policy by granting Medicare the ability to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs for the first time, as well as extending expiring health care subsidies for three years. To pay for it, the legislation would levy new taxes. Senate Democrats are using a special procedure to pass the bill without the support of Republicans. After passing the Senate, the legislation would need to be approved by the House of Representatives before President Joe Biden could sign it into law. […]
According to Orlando Police Chief Eric D. Smith, a sizable brawl that started earlier that morning at 2 A.M. led to the outbreak of violence. Seven persons were hurt when an unidentified assailant fired shots into the crowd while brandishing a weapon. The seven patients were all brought to a neighboring hospital, where Smith said their conditions were reported as stable. The shooter’s description is not available to authorities. Three hundred eighty-one (381) or more mass shootings have occurred in the US so far this year. At least 1.7 mass shootings occur, on average per day, according to statistics. […]
With over 14,000 donors, the story went viral and made national headlines. After fees, the scammer made around $367,000 total. The money was spent on a BMW, a New Year’s Eve trip to Las Vegas, casino gambling, Louis Vuitton handbags, and other items. She is now sentenced to one year and one day in prison for her role in stealing almost $400,000 from GoFundMe donors. […]
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