It is the first storm to hit Florida this hurricane season and a potentially big blow to the state, which is also dealing with lingering damage from Ian.
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Faculty member shot and killed at University of North Carolina; suspect arrested
About 3 hours after warning students to seek shelter indoors, the school posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, ‘All clear. All clear. Resume normal activities.’
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Jacksonville killings refocus attention on the city’s racist past and the struggle to move on
In recent years, there were signs Jacksonville was changing, and it might still be.
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Republican lawyer, former university instructor, stabbed to death in New Hampshire home
Authorities are trying to determine if the person who killed Alexander Talcott acted in self-defense.
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Biden says action needed against ‘hate-fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida
‘We can’t let hate prevail,’ President Biden said at the White House as he met with civil rights advocates and the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.
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Gov. DeSantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn the racist killings of 3 in Jacksonville
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – who has loosened gun laws in Florida and antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding ‘wokeness’ – was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil in Jacksonville.
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House impeachment inquiry of President Biden is ‘natural step forward,’ Speaker McCarthy says
Some House Republicans are eager to go after Biden over claims of financial misconduct involving his son Hunter, but the Democratic president has not been shown to have done anything wrong.
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‘Gran Turismo’ and ‘Barbie’ are neck-and-neck at the box office
Sony Pictures reported that ‘Gran Turismo’ opened with $17.3 million over the weekend, while Warner Bros. estimated that ‘Barbie,’ in its sixth week of release, took in $17.1 million.
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Tropical Storm Idalia forms in Gulf of Mexico on possible track toward U.S.
Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida.
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Ukraine investigates incident that killed 3 pilots while Russia attacks with cruise missiles
Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat told Ukrainian television on Sunday it wasn’t immediately clear how long the probe would take.