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Is Publix open during Hurricane Helene?
TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Helene is expected to be off the west coast of Florida on Thursday afternoon as a Category 4 storm and Publix says it is keeping a close eye on the weather and may be adjusting hours in areas that will likely be hit the hardest. As of 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Publix has modified hours for 64 locations in Florida and Georgia. Florida Publix stores with modified hours include stores in: Click here for a full list of stores with modified hours and more information.
Live updates: Hurricane Helene upgrades to Cat. 4 storm barreling toward Florida’s Big Bend
TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Helene is now an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it barrels toward Florida’s Big Bend area. The National Hurricane Center says damaging hurricane winds and “catastrophic” storm surge is expected to begin Thursday evening. Tropical storm conditions are already happening across the west coast of Florida, according to officials with the NHC. As of 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, Helene was located at 28.0 N and 84.5 W, had maximum sustained winds of 130 miles an hour and was moving north-northeast at 23 miles an hour. FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg said Helene is among the largest storms in the past 20 years, stretching hundreds of miles wide.
'Shrinking' back in session in season 2 trailer
On Thursday, Apple TV+ dropped a trailer to the second season of its Emmy-nominated dramedy Shrinking, which returns on Oct. 16. The sneak peek of the sophomore season shows recent widower Jimmy (Jason Segel) trying to reconnect with his daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell). "I think that Alice is worried about me," he confides in Harrison Ford's Dr. Paul Rhoades. "That's rough to realize your kid knows how fragile you are," Ford deadpans. Alice says about her dad, "I can't help thinking he's gonna go back to the way he was after mom died."
WATCH: Tommy Lee’s Wife Saves Family Dog From Coyote
Actress and comedian Brittany Furlan, the wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, rescued her dog from the grasp of a coyote in a terrifying incident captured on Ring security video. It shows the coyote charging at two dogs in the backyard of her Woodland Hills, California home and running off with Neena, her mini longhair English cream dachshund. (From YouTube video)
Marvel Studios reportedly setting up 'Deadpool & Wolverine' for an awards season run
With the movie raking in $1.3 billion worldwide since its release on July 26, Marvel Studios is reportedly hoping to add some Oscar gold to the red and yellow color scheme of Deadpool & Wolverine. According to Variety, Marvel Studios, which is owned by ABC News' parent company, Disney, plans to submit the smash hit for consideration come awards season, with a push for producer and star Ryan Reynolds at the Golden Globes in the Outstanding Performance in an Actor in a Comedy category for playing Wade Wilson/Deadpool. But the trade says Marvel Studios also has their sights set on Oscar consideration for Hugh Jackman in the Supporting Actor category. While his screen time was significantly longer than Angela Bassett's was in Marvel's first Oscar-nominated film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, one scene in particular where Jackman's Logan/Wolverine verbally rages at Reynolds' character is a turning point in the film, and one could easily see the studio using that scene to bolster its case.
Reese Witherspoon announces Elle Woods open casting call for 'Legally Blonde' prequel series
Reese Witherspoon is searching for a new Elle Woods for a prequel series to Legally Blonde. On Wednesday, the actress, who starred in the iconic film franchise as Woods, shared an Instagram Reel announcing that the casting process is starting for the project titled Elle, and they are having an open casting call for the role of a young Woods. "This is an open casting for the young Elle Woods when she was in high school," Witherspoon said. "Send your submissions to the link in my bio," she added. "I cannot wait to see all the Elle Woods out there. This is going to be really fun."
'Golden Bachelorette' recap: Joan's journey continues with '80s prom-themed date, talent show
Joan Vassos' season of the Golden Bachelorette continued on Wednesday night with a fun '80s prom-themed date and an epic talent show. The episode featured Vassos going on a romantic one-on-one date and two group dates. The men immediately had Vassos on their mind when host Jesse Palmer met with them at the mansion to explain the dates up ahead. For the first group date, Vassos chose Gary, Bob, Jonathan, Charles L., Mark A., Jordan, Guy and Keith and surprised them with an '80s prom-themed date, complete with looks inspired by the theme.
Joshua Jackson sets sail on Ryan Murphy’s new series 'Doctor Odyssey'
All aboard! It’s time to set sail on The Odyssey, where a new doctor has just hit the deck. Joshua Jackson stars in the new ABC procedural Doctor Odyssey, where he plays Max Bankman, the on-board doctor of a luxury cruise ship. The show is the brainchild of TV powerhouse Ryan Murphy, who Jackson said he's been trying to work with for years. “Truthfully, we've tried to work together several times over the years,” Jackson told ABC Audio during the Disney Upfront event back in May. “I have had the desire to work on one of his shows for a long time, and this one came around at the exact right moment. I read it and that was that.” Jackson said he categorizes Murphy shows into two different boxes.
In brief: Tim Roth joins 'Peaky Blinders', Ben Stiller sets next film, and more
Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs star Tim Roth has been tapped for a role in Netflix's Peaky Blinders movie, joining Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan, according to Deadline. Murphy will return as gangster Tommy Shelby, the role he played for six seasons between 2013 and 2022. Plot details are being kept under wraps, as are Roth, Ferguson and Keoghan's roles. However, series creator Steven Knight describes the film as "an explosive chapter in the Peaky Blinders story. No holds barred. Full-on Peaky Blinders at war" ... Ben Stiller will produce and star in a pickleball-themed comedy called The...
LA bus hijacker who left one dead named as 51-year-old Lamont Campbell: Police
The man who allegedly hijacked a bus in Los Angeles and led police on an hourlong chase while holding the driver at gunpoint has been identified as Lamont Campbell, a 51-year-old man from L.A., according to the LAPD. Campbell was arrested on murder charges after allegedly carjacking a bus early Wednesday morning in southern Los Angeles which ultimately left a currently unnamed 48-year-old Hispanic man from L.A. dead after Campbell allegedly shot him with a semi-automatic handgun, according to police. The incident began at approximately 12:46 a.m. when the Los Angeles Police Department received radio calls about a disturbance on...
Dozens indicted, including former Olympian, in prescription drug diversion scheme
A massive black market scheme that diverted and resold critical prescription drugs potentially put unsuspecting patients in the path of harm and bilked the U.S. government out of millions of dollars, according to federal charging documents unsealed Wednesday. The illicit operation was allegedly led, aided and abetted by multiple pharmacy owners and employees in Puerto Rico, as well as a medical facility procurement worker who "used his position" to steal legitimate medications from the warehouse before they hit the market and then resold them at a "steep discount" to individual pharmacy owners, according to an indictment. The 27 people indicted in the scheme include a onetime Olympic basketball player, officials at the U.S. Department of Health's Office of Inspector General told ABC News. Of those indicted, one has already pleaded guilty, officials said. Eddin Orlando Santiago-Cordero, aka "Guayacan," allegedly served as one of many unlicensed wholesale distributors, according to an indictment. Decades before facing charges in the scheme, he was on Puerto Rico's Olympic roster, a spokesperson for the HHS-OIG told ABC News.
Emotion on stand from ex-officer in Tyre Nichols case should be ignored, judge tells jury
The judge overseeing the federal trial of three ex-Memphis police officers charged in connection with the January 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols told the jury on Wednesday to disregard the emotional part of the previous day’s testimony from a former officer who pleaded guilty to charges connected to Nichols’ death. Judge Mark Norris was referring to Desmond Mills Jr.'s statements on the witness stand Tuesday as he described how he felt when watching the police body camera footage from the night of Nichols' beating, according to WATN-TV, the ABC affiliate in Memphis covering the case in the courtroom. “I...
Attorneys for Trump to argue for reversal of $454 million fraud judgment
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump will return to court Thursday, seeking to reverse the ruling from a New York judge that held him liable for business fraud and ordered him to pay $454 million. Lawyers will present oral arguments before an intermediate appeals court in New York, following a February ruling from Judge Arthur Engoron that found Trump liable for frauds that Engoron said "shock the conscience." Trump, his eldest sons, and two top Trump Organization executives exaggerated Trump's wealth to secure better terms from lenders, Engoron found during an 11-week trial in Lower Manhattan. In a written submission to the New York Appellate Division's First Department prior to Thursday's hearing, Trump's attorneys pressed many of the same arguments they made during the trial, insisting that New York Attorney General Letitia James misused the law to bring a political case, and arguing that Trump undervalued, not overvalued, his assets.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams charged with fraud, accepting $10 million in improper campaign contributions
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with five counts in an alleged long-standing conspiracy connected to improper benefits, illegal campaign contributions and an attempted cover-up, according to a sweeping indictment unsealed Thursday morning. Adams, 64, faces one count of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy, two counts of solicitation of a contribution from a foreign national and one count of bribery, according to the indictment, charges that expose the mayor to significant prison time if convicted. Adams, who was elected in 2021, is the first sitting New York City mayor to ever face charges. He will be arraigned before a federal magistrate at noon Friday, according to the court. Many of the accusations relate to Adams' relationship with wealthy foreign businesspeople and Turkish officials.
'Colin from Accounts' creators Harriet Dryer, Patrick Brammall on recapturing the magic in season 2
Paramount+ is once again going to the dogs with season 2 of the comedy series Colin from Accounts. All eight episodes of the new season of the hit Australian comedy are now available to stream. The show was created by and stars husband and wife team Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, and Patrick tells ABC Audio that he felt a little bit of pressure to recapture the magic of the first season. "You know, people have a stake in the show, a sense of ownership of what the show should be," he says. "But once we sat down to start writing it, it felt very much like ducks to water again. And we were able to just write stuff that thrilled us and made us laugh again." Every episode features at least a little bit of conflict between the couple at the center of it all, and Dyer thinks that's what makes it interesting, noting "stuff going wrong is funny."
Man threw explosive device inside California courthouse on day of arraignment: Undersheriff
A man allegedly threw an explosive device inside a California courthouse on Wednesday, injuring five people, the same day he was set to be arraigned on firearms violations, authorities said. The explosion was reported around 8:48 a.m. PT Wednesday at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Barbara County. The suspect allegedly lunged through the courthouse doors and tossed a small bag past the weapons screening station, and the bag exploded as it hit the floor outside of the local arraignment room, Darrel Parker, the court executive officer, told ABC News. Five people suffered non-life-threatening injuries from the explosion, including burns, according to Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Undersheriff Craig Bonner.
Evacuation order over railcar chemical leak in Ohio canceled: Officials
Officials in Hamilton County, Ohio, on Wednesday, lifted the evacuation order that was put in place the night before over a chemical leak from a railcar. Hamilton County's Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency previously told anyone within half a mile of the rail yard to leave the area immediately. Authorities confirmed Tuesday night that the leak was styrene, a flammable liquid used to make plastics and rubber, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. "The risk of an explosion is our primary concern," an official said at a Tuesday night news conference. "We are asking residents within a three-quarter-mile radius to shelter in place as a precaution. Experts have assured us that this is well within the safety norms."
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