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Confirmed death toll for Hurricane Helene rose to at least 189 people; deadliest hurricane since Katrina

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The confirmed death toll for Hurricane Helene rose to at least 189 people as of Wednesday evening, The (More…)

Death toll tops 160 after Helene leaves “unimaginable” destruction in 6 states

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Hurricane Helene has left officials in six Southeastern states grappling to respond to the widespread destruction it caused (More…)

October begins with a “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse, includes the year’s biggest “supermoon,” and ends with the Orionid meteor shower

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Comet The first few mornings in October will be a good time to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) (More…)

Georgia judge struck down state’s six-week abortion ban declaring it unconstitutional

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In a ruling issued on Monday, Judge Robert McBurney said Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or (More…)

Louisiana becomes first state to label mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances

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Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, submitted the legislation after his sister, a Texas resident, unknowingly consumed an abortion pill after (More…)

“We’ve had biblical flooding here and it has been extremely significant”

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On Monday, the North Carolina State Climate Office provided a picture of how the “monster storm” was nearly (More…)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed landmark Artificial Intelligence bill that was designed to have first-in-the-nation safety regulations against AI misuse

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Newsom said “the bill applies stringent standards to even the most basic functions — so long as a (More…)

Tropical Storm Kirk formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday

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The system is not expected to directly impact the United States. The storm, previously known as Tropical Depression (More…)

Just days after declaring Marburg virus outbreak Rwanda reports 8 people have already died

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Rwanda, a landlocked country in central Africa, declared an outbreak on Friday and a day later the first (More…)

More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to shelter in place after chemical plant fire

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The haze and chemical smell had spread to Atlanta by Monday morning, prompting firefighters to use detectors to (More…)