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(NEXSTAR) – Hurricane Milton intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale over the course of several hours on Monday morning as it progressed toward Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was also expected to bring heavy rainfall and storm surges to parts of Florida before weakening and making landfall. When will hurricane season end? People living in the Gulf area’s most frequent hurricane paths, meanwhile, are no stranger to storms. But the rapid intensification of these storms? That might be relatively new. Rapid intensification is defined by the National...

An American tourist was eaten by a shark while on a dream diving vacation with friends in Indonesia. The body of Colleen Monfore, of South Dakota, was found inside the shark’s stomach after she was swept out to sea by strong currents, the Sun reported. Monfore, 68, and six pals were enjoying a dream diving trip around Pulau Reong island. She was dragged out by strong currents on Sept. 26 — and the boat’s guide was unable to pull her back in. A fisherman caught the shark in East Timor on Sunday. “The shark was caught but it was not...

The podcast, hosted by Alex Cooper, is usually a free-flowing — and graphic — discussion of sex intended for a female audience. Harris recorded the interview during the after-effects of Hurricane Helene, which has claimed the lives of 232 people on the East Coast. “I think you and your listeners have really got this thing right, which is one of the best ways to communicate with people is to be real, you know, and to talk about the things that people really care about,” Harris told Cooper.

Israeli media reported on Sunday that the Biden administration has offered Israel a “compensation package” in exchange for refraining from attacks on a list of specific targets in Iran.“The package would include a total guarantee of comprehensive diplomatic protection as well as a weapons package and was offered directly in return for holding off on striking certain targets in Iran,” said a report from Israel’s Kan11 news cited by the Jerusalem Post.“An American official said, ‘If you don’t hit targets A, B, C, we will provide you with diplomatic protection and an arms package,’” said Kan11’s Amichai Stein.(snip)Biden has also...

Hostages Bibas’ relative Eylon Keshet to Brianna Keilar on CNN (News Central). Oct 7, 2024. He breaks down: Why do I have to fight for this? [It’s] basic human things. I don’t understand the United Nations and all those that have power. Why is it politicized? There is no context. You just don’t kidnap babies. I was in Ireland and I saw someone ripped Bibas’ poster and wrote “free Palestine.” What does that have to do with this?

Even as Florida braces for another major hurricane, new estimates reveal Hurricane Helene caused up to $47.5 billion in losses for property owners. Helene, a deadly Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on September 26, caused “widespread and devastating” flooding across Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, according to data analytics firm CoreLogic. And yet many residents in Helene’s path did not have flood insurance. CoreLogic estimates Helene caused between $20 billion and $30 billion of uninsured flood losses. That dwarfs the firm’s estimate of between $10.5 billion and $17.5 billion worth of uninsured wind and flood losses. “A...

The ex-millennial mayor of Southampton Village is allegedly a bullying creep who tried to pimp out his secretary for political gain, according to an bombshell new lawsuit. Jesse Warren — the owner of a high-end boutique in the elite enclave who previously made headlines for being evicted from his home by a political rival — is now facing explosive claims from his former employee, Miranda Weber. “Warren regularly had volatile outbursts, made inappropriate and gendered comments, and encroached on Ms. Weber’s personal life,” says her Suffolk County Supreme Court suit, filed late last month. Warren — the town’s youngest mayor...

Letters: Pope wrong to equate killing of unborn to treatment of migrantsThis letter is in response to the Sept. 14 article "Pope slams both Harris, Trump as 'against life.'" The article gives this quote from Pope Francis: "Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies."In no way are these two actions equivalent in their disregard for human life. Abortion, nearly a million each year in the U.S. alone, destroys the entire lifetimes for unborn children who, for the most part, would have been people like you and me,...

Newt talks with Paul Gazelka, former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader, about his new book "Behind the Veil: A Stand Against Governor Tim Walz." Their discussion focuses on Tim Walz's political career, his performance during the vice-presidential debate, and his leadership abilities. Gazelka criticizes Governor Walz's handling of crises such as the George Floyd riots and the COVID-19 pandemic, describing him as indecisive and untrustworthy. They also touch on Walz's controversial policies, including tax increases, his extreme left agenda, and mismanagement of Minnesota state funds. Gazelka expresses concern over Walz's potential influence at the national level in a Harris administration.

FEMA Disaster Preparedness Meeting: "We should focus our efforts on LGBTQIA people… they struggled before the storm" "FEMA relief is no longer about getting the greatest good for the greatest amount of people…. It's about disaster equity."

uring a CNN interview on Sunday afternoon, volunteer pilots and relief organizers criticized the federal government's response to Hurricane Helene, saying there's "still no FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency], still no military" in North Carolina, which was ravaged by the storm late last month. Hurricane Helene made landfall on Florida's Big Bend region on September 26 as a Category 4 hurricane and then tore through the Southeast region of the United States. It hit parts of Western North Carolina particularly hard, washing away roads, destroying homes, and leaving millions without power. According to the Associated Press, 227 people have died...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed a new school board Monday, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city. Johnson has been trying to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, who was named to the job in 2021 by Johnson's predecessor, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Johnson, a former Chicago Teachers Union organizer, has clashed with Martinez, including over how best to close gaps in the district's nearly $10 billion budget. Martinez has declined to resign, citing the need for stability in the district. Rather than step into...

Fifty-one Florida counties are under a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Milton, which is now a major Category 5 storm barreling down on the West Coast of the state. “It became a hurricane very quickly,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a morning update at the State Emergency Operations Center. “And so not only is it a hurricane, it’s already a major hurricane, and it’s now a category four hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 150 miles per hour, it is expected to make landfall on the west coast of Florida sometime between Wednesday evening or perhaps even very early...

The official death toll from Hurricane Helene rose yesterday to 227 across six states, with about half of the victims being in North Carolina. But sources on the ground in North Carolina tell The Spectator that the true scope of the death and devastation wrought by the storm is not even close to being understood. In addition, the rescue and recovery efforts have been largely undertaken by private citizens, as the state and federal responses have been hamstrung by incompetent public officials. “It’s so much worse than they’re saying,” said one individual who was in Asheville when Helene hit. “I...

When the government gets in the business of making new rights, it pays to look out for the ones you already have. New York Democrats are pushing a November ballot measure, known as Prop. 1, to create new protected classes in the state constitution. The amendment is an attempt to drive Democratic turnout, and it’s a threat to other freedoms. The New York constitution forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed or religion. Prop. 1 adds “sex” to the list and says the term includes “sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and...

Newly resurfaced videos of FEMA executives, including the director, reveal what the agency's top priorities are, and while they seem like satire, they're actually real, and this is what they're doing. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. ...

If you consume content related to the coming election, you will find, like most things presented through the modern media lens, 2 completely different realities being presented to you. Now different people viewing the world differently isn’t exactly news.. however if the world view requires you to ignore undeniable and fundamental facts then the world view you are operating from is decidedly wrong, at least on some fundamental issues. One would have to live under a rock to not understand the legacy broadcast and print media is largely dying. It will likely not truly die, but its influence becomes less...

The Reform Party has announced it plans a private prosecution against the men suspected of being involved in July's disturbance at Manchester Airport if they are not charged by the Crown Prosecution Service. Footage filmed at the airport went viral and appeared to show an officer kicking and stamping on the head of Fahir Amaaz, 19, as he and his brother Muhammed Amaad, 25, were restrained by officers. An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is under way into the incident and nobody has been charged. A letter to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper signed by the party’s five MPs said:...

VLADIMIR Putin has mysteriously demolished one of his most beloved palaces amid claims the paranoid tyrant is scared of being targeted by a Ukrainian drone. Satellite images show how Putin's pricey Bocharov Ruchey palace which overlooks the Black Sea in Sochi has been bulldozed with just a patch of empty land left behind. An investigation by the Russian opposition news site Proekt has revealed that the palace may have torn down because Vlad is “truly afraid” of being killed in a kamikaze drone strike. It is believed it was decimated by the dictator back in February or March of this...

Sports scientists have found that just three weeks of high intensity sprint training can have a significant impact on elite athlete endurance. The team worked with nine professional boxers over six weeks to assess how cycle-based sprint training can improve resistance to fatigue and change how mitochondria (the batteries of the body) behave to enhance endurance performance. Using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) monitors in the University's Human Performance Lab, researchers measured oxygen consumption in athletes' muscles. They found that the training improved mitochondria activity by an average of 160% at the point of fatigue, which resulted in the elite athletes being...