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Hurricane Milton brought flooding rains and damaging winds to central and northern Florida on Thursday, destroying homes and leaving at least four people dead and 3 million without power before moving into the Atlantic Ocean. The storm made landfall late Wednesday near Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained […]

Florida is preparing for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton, now a powerful Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico, heads for the southeastern U.S. state. The storm’s pending arrival follows the recent devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene. At last report, Milton was about 1,130 kilometers (702 miles) southwest of Tampa, […]

President Joe Biden warned against a full-scale war in Lebanon and said it is time to end the conflict in Gaza, as he delivered his final address Tuesday to hundreds of leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. “A full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” Biden said, referring to the escalating conflict between Israel […]

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — A mass shooting killed four people and wounded 18 others in a popular nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, with many of the victims caught in the crossfire, police said early Sunday. No one was immediately arrested, and police asked the public for information. The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in the […]

Kamala Harris has praised Taylor Swift’s “courage”. Earlier this month, the pop star took to Instagram to throw her support behind Harris ahead of November’s presidential election. Harris has now responded to Swift’s endorsement while taking part in Wired’s autocomplete interview series. “I am very proud to have the support of Taylor Swift. She’s an […]

A docuseries about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been announced days after his arrest. It was announced on Wednesday that Investigation Discovery and Maxine Productions are making a documentary about the rise and fall of the rapper and record producer. The news comes shortly after Combs was arrested in Manhattan, New York, on Monday and charged […]

LONDON — Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine. The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld a lower court’s decision, rejecting the company’s appeal against […]

BATON ROUGE, LA. — Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and was expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana. A storm surge warning was in effect for an area stretching from just east of Houston to the mouth of the Mississippi River south of New […]

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump are set to face off in a debate Tuesday night in what could be a pivotal moment in the campaign leading up to the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. The candidates have never met each other or even talked on the phone, but on […]

The first of eight Stop & Shop locations that will shut its doors across Massachusetts is closing on Thursday. Earlier in the year, Stop & Shop announced that it plans to close nearly three dozen “underperforming” grocery stores including 8 in Massachusetts. A company spokesperson confirmed the Newton store located at 165 Needham St. has closed as of Thursday, […]