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Trump says his rally in New York, marked by crude and racist insults, was “an absolute lovefest.”

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Trump says his rally in New York, marked by crude and racist insults, was “an absolute lovefest.”

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Urged by some allies to apologize for speakers' racist comments at his weekend rally, Donald Trump On Tuesday, he took the opposite approach, saying it was an “honor to be involved in such an event” and calling the scene a “lovefest” – the same term he used to describe the Jan. […]

Puerto Rico is bristling after a US comedian called it a “floating island of trash.”

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Puerto Rico is bristling after a US comedian called it a “floating island of trash.”

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A comic I've called Puerto Rico trash before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from abuses, residents said Monday in an expression of anger that could have implications for the presidential election. While Puerto Ricans […]

According to the sheriff, witnesses saw an armed group harassing Helene aid workers in Tennessee

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According to the sheriff, witnesses saw an armed group harassing Helene aid workers in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Witnesses reported seeing a group of armed people harassing hurricane relief workers in a remote Tennessee community last weekend, a sheriff said Wednesday, as a man in North Carolina was charged with allegedly threatening relief workers appeared in court in that state. Although there is no indication that the incidents are […]

Harris is traveling to North Carolina to resume campaigning in a state hit hard by Hurricane Helene

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Harris is traveling to North Carolina to resume campaigning in a state hit hard by Hurricane Helene

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris Her campaign says she will meet with black leaders in North Carolina on Saturday, go to church and hold a rally in the state on Sunday. The weekend trip is their second to the embattled state after it was hit Hurricane Helenewith Harris returning to campaign mode at […]

Florida residents were evacuated due to Hurricane Milton after the devastating town of Helene sparked a wake-up call

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Florida residents were evacuated due to Hurricane Milton after the devastating town of Helene sparked a wake-up call

BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents who fled hundreds of miles to escape Hurricane Milton made slow drives home on crowded highways, exhausted from the long drives and the cleanup that awaited them, but also grateful to make it back alive. “I love my house, but I'm not dying in it,” Fred Neuman said Friday […]

Why Milton's “Reverse Surge” deprived flood-fearing Tampa of water

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Why Milton's “Reverse Surge” deprived flood-fearing Tampa of water

In the days before Hurricane Milton In Florida, meteorologists feared that water could rise up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) onto the densely populated shores of Tampa Bay. Instead, several meters of water temporarily flowed away. Why? “Reverse storm surge” is a well-known, if sometimes ignored, feature of the way hurricane winds move seawater as […]

Hurricane Milton produces destructive, deadly tornadoes before making landfall

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Hurricane Milton produces destructive, deadly tornadoes before making landfall

Several powerful tornadoes ripped through Florida hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday, ripping off roofs, overturning vehicles and sucking debris into the air as the black V-shaped columns passed through. Deaths were reported in St. Lucie County on Florida's Atlantic coast, but local authorities did not say how many residents were killed. As […]

Language, lack of money and fear are a matter of life and death as Milton approaches Florida

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Language, lack of money and fear are a matter of life and death as Milton approaches Florida

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton It is expected to exert its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants, most of whom do not speak English Latin Americans Harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields Florida I-4 corridor, restaurant dishwashing, hotel room cleaning and construction work. For Spanish speakers and a smaller number of African […]

Hurricane Milton: Thousands evacuate as massive Category 5 storm barrels toward Florida

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Hurricane Milton: Thousands evacuate as massive Category 5 storm barrels toward Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton caused a potentially catastrophic collision Wednesday along Florida's west coast, where some residents insisted on staying after millions of people were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers had bleak chances of survival. The Tampa Bay areaHome to more than 3.3 million peoplefaced the possibility of widespread destruction […]

Hurricane Milton: Florida urges evacuations as massive storm surge expected

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Hurricane Milton: Thousands evacuate as massive Category 5 storm barrels toward Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton weakened slightly Tuesday but remained a powerful storm that could make a once-in-a-century direct hit on the populous Tampa Bay region with massive storm surges and debris from the devastation of Helene 12 days ago in projectiles. Almost all of Florida's west coast was under a hurricane or tropical […]