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(East Haven Fire Department) A beagle puppy in East Haven, Connecticut, has a new job after being rescued from a dangerously hot car last week. The 6-month-old puppy was found in a locked car that was over 120 degrees. After the Fire Department helped free him from the car, the puppy was surrendered to animal…
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By Chris DeWeese Senior Editorial Writer Good Morning. While we’ve been dealing with Idalia here in the U.S., one of the South China Sea’s strongest typhoons on record is nearing a strike on land. Typhoon Saola generated sustained wind speeds of 155 mph yesterday, making it the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane (and just…
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Good morning and welcome to September, the month when everyone stops complaining about the humidity and starts complaining about their fantasy football injuries. FOOD & BEV The fight for the right to repair McFlurry machines Illustration: Francis Scialabba, Photos: Getty Images Tech whizzes and copyright experts have teamed up to reduce the number of people…
Read MoreRep Issa suggests House GOP could tie funding to demand for answers over chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
Gold Star families spoke at a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable on Tuesday Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says that House Republicans could threaten to withhold funding for certain programs as part of a broader effort to get answers for families who lost loved ones in the 2021 Abbey Gate terror attack in Afghanistan. “I would…
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(City of Valdosta via Facebook) In Valdosta, Georgia, a first responder assisted in the rescue of citizens from a flooded area after Hurricane Idalia moved through. This was just one of hundreds (if not thousands) of moments of rescue and assistance that occurred throughout the day, many of which went uncaptured. To all of those putting themselves…
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By Chris DeWeese Senior Editorial Writer Good Morning. Idalia swept ashore as a high-end Category 3 hurricane yesterday morning, its 125 mph winds, flooding rain and storm surge battering homes along Florida’s Big Bend. Idalia then moved inland, clobbering small towns in its path before dumping up to 10 inches of flooding rain on southern Georgia as it…
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WEATHER Hurricane Idalia pummels Florida, Southeast Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm yesterday before weakening and blowing into Georgia and the Carolinas. The storm was the strongest to hit the sparsely populated area southeast of Tallahassee in 125 years, fueled rapidly by the warm waters of…
Read MoreHurricane Idalia Makes Landfall
By Chris DeWeese Senior Editorial Writer Idalia Hits Florida’s Gulf Coast As Strong Cat. 3 Hurricane Breaking: After sweeping up the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Idalia made its U.S. landfall at 7:45 a.m. EDT, hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Cat. 3 hurricane with 125 mph estimated sustained winds. Idalia brings with it the potential…
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Good morning. Today, in the small town of Buñol, Spain, trucks will haul more than 100 tons of tomatoes to serve as ammo for the world’s largest food fight. Known as La Tomatina, the festival is held the last Wednesday of August and draws a crowd of 20,000 tomato-flingers who clearly don’t mind being left on…
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Good Morning. Hurricane Idalia has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, and its catastrophic, life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and flooding rain are nearing Florida’s Big Bend region. If you are in or near the path of this extremely dangerous storm, please heed all evacuation orders given by local authorities. Current…
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