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Hurricane Milton produces destructive, deadly tornadoes before making landfall

Several powerful tornadoes ripped through Florida hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday, ripping off roofs, overturning vehicles and sucking debris into the air as the black V-shaped columns passed through. Deaths were reported in St. Lucie County on Florida's Atlantic coast, but local authorities did not say how many residents were killed. As […]

Francisco Lindor's grand slam sends the Mets to the NLCS with a 4-1 victory over the Phillies in Game 4 of the NLDS

NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam, his, in the sixth inning latest clutch swing in a picture-perfect season full of them, and the New York Mets advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Edwin Díaz struck out Kyle Schwarber with two […]

Language, lack of money and fear are a matter of life and death as Milton approaches Florida

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton It is expected to exert its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants, most of whom do not speak English Latin Americans Harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields Florida I-4 corridor, restaurant dishwashing, hotel room cleaning and construction work. For Spanish speakers and a smaller number of African […]

According to newspaper reports, Trump referred to Maine Governor Janet Mills as a man in an error-filled appeal to his supporters

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Republicans Donald Trump confused Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' gender in a phone call with supporters in Maine, The Bangor Daily News reported on Tuesday. The newspaper obtained a recording of the call in which Trump attacked Mills over immigration and said the governor would turn Maine into a “third world” country. […]

Hurricane Milton: Thousands evacuate as massive Category 5 storm barrels toward Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton caused a potentially catastrophic collision Wednesday along Florida's west coast, where some residents insisted on staying after millions of people were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers had bleak chances of survival. The Tampa Bay areaHome to more than 3.3 million peoplefaced the possibility of widespread destruction […]