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Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls out stalled housing program aimed to help hurricane survivors
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Hurricane Ian making landfall in Florida on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., and Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., pressed the Biden administration for details about a much-delayed [Read More…]
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Biden, visiting FEMA in Ian’s aftermath, says search and rescue critical
OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday visited FEMA headquarters in Washington as search and rescue efforts were underway in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Upon his arrival, [Read More…]
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Ginni Thomas appears in person for interview with Jan. 6 committee
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared in person at the House Jan. 6 committee’s offices on Thursday morning for a closed-door interview. Cameras caught Thomas [Read More…]
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Biden admin: 300K barrels of diesel arriving to help power Puerto Rico after Fiona
DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration said Wednesday it had granted approval of a limited exemption in federal regulations on cabotage — or the transport of goods — in order to [Read More…]
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Biden coordinates with DeSantis and Fla. officials, warns oil companies as Hurricane Ian hits
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Hurricane Ian began barreling across Florida, President Joe Biden detailed his administration’s efforts to prepare for the storm and warned residents to heed warnings from officials. “It’s life-threatening,” Biden [Read More…]
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Hurricane Ian live updates: Ian might be deadliest in Florida history, Biden says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ian’s winds weakened to 65 mph on Thursday morning, downgrading the system to a tropical storm as it moved over central Florida. The storm made landfall on Florida’s west coast [Read More…]
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Hurricane Ian tracker: Latest projections and possible paths
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a strong Category 4 hurricane, bringing with it the threat of high winds, dangerous storm surge and even tornadoes. After traveling [Read More…]
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Sanibel Island, Lee County facing impacts from Hurricane Ian
JOSEPH AGCAOILI/AFP via Getty Images (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Areas within Lee County, including Sanibel Island and Fort Myers, are facing major damage in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Sanibel, a barrier island outside Fort [Read More…]
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Search underway after vessel carrying dozens of migrants sinks amid Hurricane Ian
USCG Southeast (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for over a dozen migrants after their vessel sank off the coast of Florida as Hurricane Ian was moving through the region, authorities said. [Read More…]
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Doctor, Army spouse accused of trying to provide service member medical records to Russia
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed a new indictment charging a Johns Hopkins doctor and her spouse, a U.S. Army Major stationed at Fort Bragg, with attempting to provide [Read More…]
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Queen Elizabeth II’s cause of death revealed on her death certificate
Eddie Mulholland – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — The cause of death for Queen Elizabeth II has been made public on her death certificate. The queen’s cause of death was old age, according to the [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: State Department tells Americans to leave Russia
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of [Read More…]
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Here’s how climate change intensifies hurricanes
NASA (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a powerful Category 4 storm, with near record-breaking winds of up to 155 mph. Officials said the storm has wrecked havoc and [Read More…]
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Cuba working to restore power after Hurricane Ian causes national blackout
John Elk III/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Work is underway to restore power to Cuba, after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island. Ian made landfall as a Category 3 storm on [Read More…]
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North Korea launches two ballistic missiles as Seoul says nuclear test is imminent
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, just one day before U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in South Korea and amid speculation [Read More…]
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black says he’s recovering from “serious head injury”
(L-R) Black, Daley — Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Without specifying how he was hurt, Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has revealed via Instagram he “sustained a serious head injury” that “put me out of commission.” “Showing little [Read More…]
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James Earl Jones reportedly putting Darth Vader’s voice into the hands of tech wizards
John Atashian/Getty Images — Lucasfilm Obi-Wan Kenobi’s description of Darth Vader being “more machine now than man” is coming true. According to an article in Vanity Fair, James Earl Jones has signed off on Lucasfilm [Read More…]
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“You keep her alive, and you set everything right”: HBO releases chilling teaser to ‘The Last of Us’
HBO On Monday, HBO released a teaser to its anticipated series adaptation of the hit video game The Last of Us. September 26 is known as Outbreak Day to fans of the PlayStation hit: According [Read More…]
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KiKi Layne not worrying about getting cut from ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
Kiki Layne and Florence Pugh – Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures KiKi Layne has posted to Instagram that she’s not sweating being mostly cut from Olivia Wilde‘s talked-about movie Don’t Worry Darling. Apparently, the If [Read More…]
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Kevin Feige explains why T’Challa was not recast in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Marvel Studios When it was announced that another Black Panther movie was to come after the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed the titular superhero aka T’Challa in the 2018 hit film, Marvel fans [Read More…]