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Hurricane Francine live updates: Tropical depression pushes across South

Hurricane Francine live updates: Tropical depression pushes across South

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Francine made landfall early Wednesday evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans, as a Category 2 storm. Francine has since weakened to a tropical depression as it brings heavy rain to the South. Here’s how the news is developing: What to expect next Francine […]

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Polaris Dawn astronauts begin historic first commercial spacewalk

Polaris Dawn astronauts begin historic first commercial spacewalk

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule sits on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Polaris Dawn Mission in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 9, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission crew began the […]

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Two Russian military aircraft detected off of Alaska, NORAD says

Two Russian military aircraft detected off of Alaska, NORAD says

KeithBinns/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Russian military aircraft were detected Wednesday operating in the international airspace off of Alaska, NORAD said. The aircraft were operating in airspace known as the Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, that stretches 150 miles from the coastline, an area where aircraft are asked […]

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Hurricane Francine live updates: Downgraded to tropical storm after making landfall

Hurricane Francine live updates: Downgraded to tropical storm after making landfall

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Francine made landfall early Wednesday evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans, as a Category 2 storm, before weakening to a Category 1 hurricane. Here’s how the news is developing: Heavy rains, ‘severe thunderstorms’ forecast as Francine weakens The National Weather Service forecast heavy […]

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Hurricane Francine live updates: Louisiana hours away from landfall

Hurricane Francine live updates: Louisiana hours away from landfall

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Francine strengthened on Tuesday into a Category 1 storm, with winds reaching 75 mph, as it churned in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon or early evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans. Here’s how the news […]

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Ex-officers charged in Tyre Nichols beating death ‘laughed’ over ‘dying body’: prosecutor

Ex-officers charged in Tyre Nichols beating death ‘laughed’ over ‘dying body’: prosecutor

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office via AP (MEMPHIS) — Opening statements began on Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Rogers presented the prosecution’s case, explaining to jurors what evidence they […]

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Daniel Penny’s defense team wants to ‘smear’ Jordan Neely in subway chokehold case, prosecutors say

Daniel Penny’s defense team wants to ‘smear’ Jordan Neely in subway chokehold case, prosecutors say

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Testimony about the psychiatric history of a man who died in a chokehold aboard a New York City subway is only meant to “smear” the victim and should be precluded from upcoming trial of a former Marine charged with manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney’s […]

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3 massive Los Angeles-area wildfires have scorched more than 100,000 acres in a week

3 massive Los Angeles-area wildfires have scorched more than 100,000 acres in a week

A Firefighter works in a evacuated home in flames at El Cariso Village as the Airport Fire burns on September 10, 2024 in Lake Elsinore, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Three rapidly growing Southern California wildfires have burned more than 100,000 acres in less than a week and […]

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Hurricane Francine live updates: Gulf Coast braces for Category 1 storm’s landfall

Hurricane Francine live updates: Gulf Coast braces for Category 1 storm’s landfall

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Francine strengthened on Tuesday into a Category 1 storm, with winds reaching 75 mph, as it churned in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday afternoon or early evening in Louisiana, southwest of New Orleans. Here’s how the news […]

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Missouri Supreme Court rules to keep abortion access proposition on the state’s ballot

Missouri Supreme Court rules to keep abortion access proposition on the state’s ballot

In this Jan. 23, 2024, file photo, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft speaks with reporters in Jefferson City, Missouri. (Kacen Bayless/The Kansas City Star via TNS via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of keeping a proposition about abortion access on the […]

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