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Hurricane Ian strengthens to Category 4 as it nears Florida

Hurrican Ian leaves Cuba without power as it approaches Florida on Sept. 28, 2022.
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The powerful storm has already knocked out power to all of Cuba and brought flooding to the Florida Keys

Live Updates / Florida braces for major storm to make landfall

Heavy traffic moves slowly on I-4 East as residents evacuate the Gulf Coast of Florida in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Ian on Sept. 27, 2022, in Four Corners, Fla.
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Floridians head for shelters as Ian barrels toward the Gulf Coast

Image: Storefronts are boarded up along Beach Drive in preparation for Hurricane Ian, on Sept. 27, 2022, in Gulfport, Fla.
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Hurricane Ian reignites panic for Florida's strapped insurance market

A volunteer loads sand bags into pick up truck for a customer in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2022.
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As Ian approaches, a project to save Tampa from flooding is far from complete

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In 2019, Doug Mastriano said women who violated proposed abortion ban should be charged with murder

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Congress

Senate advances deal to fund government ahead of Friday deadline to avert shutdown

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Secret Service took phones of 24 agents involved in Jan. 6 response and gave them to investigators

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Immigration

Biden keeps U.S. target for refugee admissions at 125,000

Congress

Jan. 6 committee postpones public hearing because of hurricane

Justice Department

Justice Department files revised inventory of items seized from Mar-a-Lago

Abortion Rights

Texas AG Paxton fled home in a truck driven by his wife to avoid subpoena, process server alleges

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Aging

Experimental Alzheimer's drug slowed cognitive decline for people in early stages of the disease

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Coronavirus

Mounting evidence shows autoimmune responses play a significant role in long Covid

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Kids' Health

Study tries to see whether child vaccines and asthma are linked

White House

Biden admin to propose nutrition labels on front of food packaging in push to improve health

U.S. news

Woman who took raccoon to North Dakota bar and prompted rabies alert is charged

White House

Biden admin to propose nutrition labels on front of food packaging in push to improve health

U.S. news

Woman who took raccoon to North Dakota bar and prompted rabies alert is charged

Business, Tech & Media

Nightly News

Meta cracking down on foreign accounts trying to influence elections

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Consumer

Disney World to close Wednesday and Thursday due to Hurricane Ian

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Crypto

Bitcoin mining struggles to go green, research shows

Crypto

Crypto founder behind $60 billion collapse says he is not hiding after Interpol issues arrest notice

Tech News

Facebook says it took down China-based accounts that tried to interfere in the U.S. midterms

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Crypto founder behind $60 billion collapse says he is not hiding after Interpol issues arrest notice

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Facebook says it took down China-based accounts that tried to interfere in the U.S. midterms

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Amazon debuts the lightest Kindles yet

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Apple launches the iPhone 14

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Panasonic launches a travel-sized hair dryer

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Climate in Crisis

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Florida preparing for Hurricane Ian to hit

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Hurricane Ian expected to bring ‘life-threatening’ storm surge

A volunteer loads sand bags into pick up truck for a customer in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2022.
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Climate in Crisis

Tampa's $39 million investment to help reduce flooding could be undone by Hurricane Ian

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Florida bracing for Hurricane Ian

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Climate in Crisis

A destroyed Air Force base is being rebuilt to prepare for worsening effects of climate change

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Florida bracing for Hurricane Ian

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Climate in Crisis

A destroyed Air Force base is being rebuilt to prepare for worsening effects of climate change

Science

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No coffin required: Human composting becomes more mainstream

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Space

Photos show plumes from impact of NASA's DART collision with asteroid

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Science News

New study reveals what a woodpecker's incessant drumming really means

Space

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slams into asteroid in historic test of planetary defense

Space

Hurricane forces NASA moon rocket to shelter; launch on hold

Space

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slams into asteroid in historic test of planetary defense

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Hurricane forces NASA moon rocket to shelter; launch on hold