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Idalia live updates: Storm strengthens into hurricane as it heads for Florida
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall Wednesday morning in Florida’s Big Bend area, north of Tampa. The storm is expected to strengthen further as it nears the Sunshine State, [Read More…]
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Georgia election hearing updates: Court adjourns with no decision yet in Meadows case
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 [Read More…]
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Three Marines killed in V-22 Osprey crash in Australia identified
abzee/Getty Images (DARWIN, Australia) — The Marine Corps on Monday identified the three Marines killed on Sunday when their Osprey aircraft crashed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia. The MV-22B Osprey [Read More…]
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Security guard details encounter with alleged Jacksonville gunman prior to racially motivated shooting
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The president of a historically Black college in Jacksonville said Monday that he is convinced a group of students and a security officer thwarted a potential campus massacre by the same gunman [Read More…]
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Maui Electric responds to lawsuit, claims power lines were de-energized after Aug. 8 fire
ABC News (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Maui Electric confirmed Monday that downed power lines were the cause behind a morning fire near Lahaina on Aug. 8, however the company maintains they had shut off the power [Read More…]
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March on Washington organizer remembers historic moment as country pushes for change
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sixty years ago, thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to advocate for the civil and economic rights of Black people. “250,000 people came to Washington, DC. They came [Read More…]
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Tropical Storm Idalia updates: Florida braces for hurricane’s landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane on Monday as it bears down on Florida. Idalia could become a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night. Landfall [Read More…]
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UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member killed, suspect in custody after campus lockdown
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — A University of North Carolina faculty member was killed Monday afternoon after a suspect opened fire on the Chapel Hill campus, prompting a lockdown for three hours, the [Read More…]
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New Trump trial date is the day before Super Tuesday. Will it matter?
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal trial over former President Donald Trump’s alleged illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election is slated to start on March 4, 2024 — one day before “Super Tuesday” [Read More…]
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Adam Sandler’s family-filled ‘Bat Mitzvah’ gifts him best Rotten Tomatoes score of his career
Netflix While he has veered from dumb comedies like Big Daddy to celebrated dramatic performances in Uncut Gems and Hustle, Adam Sandler‘s latest film has given him his highest marks yet. At least when it [Read More…]
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Cynthia Erivo gets animated in musical performance in ‘Strange Planet’
Apple TV+ Tony, Grammy and Oscar winner Cynthia Erivo is the latest celebrity to pop up — in animated form — in Apple TV+’s new series Strange Planet. However, don’t expect to recognize her by [Read More…]
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The women of ‘The Golden Bachelor’ to be revealed Wednesday
ABC/Brian Bowen Smith On Wednesday, August 30, ABC will reveal the women vying for Gerry Turner‘s heart on The Golden Bachelor. That information was revealed in a teaser, set to Tina Turner‘s “The Best,” of some [Read More…]
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David Ayer calls ‘Suicide Squad’ his “biggest heartbreak” in Hollywood
Ayer and Bernthal in 2014 – Mireya Acierto/Getty Images Jon Bernthal recently welcomed his Fury director, David Ayer, onto his Real Ones podcast for a wide-ranging interview, including the lingering controversy over his 2016 superhero [Read More…]
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UNC-Chapel Hill ends lockdown over reports of ‘armed and dangerous’ person
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — The University of North Carolina was under lockdown after police received reports of an “armed and dangerous” person on or near the Chapel Hill campus Monday afternoon. Several [Read More…]
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Tropical Storm Idalia updates: Florida braces for hurricane’s landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane on Monday as it bears down on Florida. Idalia could become a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night. Landfall [Read More…]
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‘Crazy Rich Asians” Constance Wu, ‘High School Musical’ star Corbin Bleu take on ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Photo credits: Mark Seigler, Allan Amato Crazy Rich Asians and The Terminal List star Constance Wu will play Audrey, and High School Musical veteran Corbin Bleu, Seymour, in an upcoming stage production of Little Shop [Read More…]
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Florida fire rescue helicopter crashes into apartment complex, two dead
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (POMPANO BEACH, Fla.) — Two people were killed when a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into a small apartment complex in Pompano Beach, Florida, on Monday morning, officials said. Three [Read More…]
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New York to London in 90 minutes? NASA exploring passenger jet that could do it
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — From New York City to London in just 90 minutes? NASA is exploring the potential of a supersonic jet that one day could do just that. Transatlantic jetliners currently [Read More…]
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Tourists snorkeling, taking photos in Lahaina a ‘slap in the face,’ resident says
danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of the wildfires that decimated Lahaina, Maui police set up a roadblock on Highway 30 that barred everyone but first responders to the historic beachside town. Then, [Read More…]
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Tropical Storm Idalia updates: Florida braces for hurricane’s landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane on Monday as it bears down on Florida. Idalia could become a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night. Landfall [Read More…]