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Known widely as the Central Park Five, the defendants spent between five and 13 years in prison before they were cleared in 2002 based on new DNA evidence and the confession of another person. Read more
Coast Guard ships were searching Saturday night for missing people. Read more
A handful of swing states, where candidates from both parties have strong support, are likely to decide the election. Read more
Researchers now have taken a fresh look at that brown dwarf and learned that it actually is not a single brown dwarf but rather two of them orbiting astonishingly close to each other while circling a small star. This was documented in two new studies using telescopes in Chile and Hawaii. Read more
Democrats have long waited to deploy the former first couple as surrogates for Harris. Read more
The hundreds of pages, many of which were blanked out and marked “sealed,” include material referenced in a sweeping court filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith made public earlier this month that argued that Trump, the Republican presidential candidate in this year’s election, is not immune from the remaining allegations in the case. Read more
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes,” wrote the forecaster in Michigan, Katie Nickolaou, in a social media post. “I can’t believe I just had to type that.” Read more
The former 2022 Republican Assembly candidate was booked at the John J. Benoit Detention Center for possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine, both misdemeanors, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Read more
The U.S. space agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket under sunny skies. Read more
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While some coastal cities such as Tampa were spared the catastrophic surge of seawater that many forecasters feared, Milton brought widespread flooding and touched off a spate of deadly tornadoes on Florida’s east coast, killing at least 16 people and leaving millions without power. Read more
Two contract workers were killed and up to 35 others were treated for exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas during work on a unit at the 312,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery located near Houston. Read more
Kathryn Tapper was worried about the havoc Hurricane Milton could bring to her home in Naples, so she drove to a friend’s house in Wellington to try to find safe shelter. Read more
Nationwide, 18 people this year have tested positive for the virus, which has been confirmed in dairy herds in 14 states. All but one of the people were known to be exposed to sick cattle or poultry. Read more
The cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, is tied to inflation moves. The rate for 2024 was 3.2%, reflecting higher inflation at the time. Read more
More than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power this morning, according to PowerOutage.us. Read more
“It’s harmful to those that need help,” Biden said of misinformation on the storm and the government’s response. Read more
The storm made landfall around 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT) as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kph) near Siesta Key, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Read more
“Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,” the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Read more
From Washington state to West Virginia, psychiatrists treat rising numbers of people whose use of the drug has brought on delusions, paranoia and other symptoms of psychosis. Read more
The law bans almost all abortions after a “human heartbeat” is detected, typically around six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. Read more
With maximum sustained winds of 180 miles per hour (285 kph), Milton was categorized as the strongest level storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. Read more
