Health & Science

Milton rapidly strengthened into Cat 4 hurricane with potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene

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Milton rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane Monday on a path toward Florida population centers including Tampa (More…)

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Two Human cases of Bird flu in people who had contact with infected Cattle

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California, the biggest U.S. milk-producing state, on Thursday confirmed two human cases of bird flu in people who (More…)

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‘Catastrophic’ devastation from Hurricane Helene

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Communities are stranded, over 200 people have died with more expected, and more than 700,000 are without power (More…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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“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…)

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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…)

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