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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…)

At least 102 people have died across six states and millions without power and communications since Helene devastated the Southeast

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Helene’s path of destruction stretched more than 500 miles, from coastal Florida to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Short (More…)

China’s push for naval parity with US was lost as newest nuclear submarine sank in its dock

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China’s efforts to achieve maritime military parity with the US have suffered a serious blow after its newest (More…)

Residents living below Lake Lure Dam, North Carolina: Dam failure imminent!! Evacuate to higher ground immediately!!

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Authorities are going house-to-house and urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North (More…)

15-year-old child taken away from parents over their objection to puberty blockers

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“Marginalized,” “powerless,” living in the “Twilight Zone.” Parents of a trans teenager living in Geneva used those words (More…)

Four more health-care workers reveal respiratory symptoms after exposure to H5N1 bird flu patient

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More health-care workers in contact with Missouri bird flu patient report respiratory symptoms One health-care worker who had (More…)

NHC warns Hurricane Helene will unleash a potentially “unsurvivable” 20-foot storm surge, catastrophic hurricane-force winds and flooding rain

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Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen and is now a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph. The (More…)

Roughly 210 households in Whitewater Township near Cincinnati under evacuation orders from chemical gas leak

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A chemical gas leak from a rail tanker near Cincinnati prompted fears of an explosion and evacuation orders (More…)