Florida State

The Mirror US

A tropical depression moving into the Gulf of Mexico is growing better organized, forecasters said Saturday, and is likely to bring drenching rain and coastal flooding to much of Florida's Gulf Coast

Hurricane watch issued for parts of Florida as Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Debby

North Carolina State

Rodanthe, NC

New York Post

A beach house was swept up and carried out to sea Friday as Hurricane Ernesto ripped along the North Carolina coast.

The home collapsed at Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach in Rodanthe, the northernmost village of the Outer Banks that has been vulnerable to intense beach erosion over the years, the National Parks Service said.

Wild video shows the brown two-story house being dragged into the surf as the water was whipped up by Ernesto.

“Oh, my God. Oh, my God!’ someone is heard exclaiming in the footage. 

The house was an elevated beach-style home situated on pilings, but collapsed when the aggressive...

Wild video shows moment collapsed house is swept out to sea as Hurricane Ernesto nears North Carolina

NBC News

A dramatic video shared on Instagram shows a North Carolina home collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday. The home, located in Rodanthe on Hatteras Island, is seen getting knocked off of its wooden foundation by waves along the shore. A loud crash could be heard in the video as...

Video shows North Carolina home collapse into the Atlantic Ocean

A storm hovering over Cuba will take aim at Florida's west coast and the Gulf of Mexico, with federal forecasters saying it's likely to become a tropical storm by late Saturday. Until then, the front is being called Tropical Depression Four, with the name Debby available should it graduate to...

Tropical Depression 4 expected to strengthen over southeastern Gulf of Mexico

Snopes

Right-wing social media accounts shared images of women in revealing clothes, claiming they showed the vice president.

Fact Check: Photos Do Not Show Young Kamala Harris Working as an 'Escort'

Thrift stores have become a popular destination for people hoping to find branded products or iconic designer dresses at a low price, especially since people started flaunting their discoveries on the internet. Some have even bumped into ancient artifacts that had gone missing and could fetch a fortune. Although finding an actual diamond while looking for hidden gems among used products sounds like a dream, but it turned into reality for a woman at a garage sale. It all started when a woman went to a car boot sale in the late 1980s where bangles from a box of costume jewelry caught her eye and she bought the whole box for the bangles.

Woman realizes that a ring she found at a garage sale 30 years ago has a diamond worth $350,000

New Jersey State

California State

HuffPost

The former president's latest attempt at an insult quickly backfired.

OOPS! Trump Accidentally Hands Kamala Harris And Gavin Newsom A Major Compliment

From 1,345 Pounds to 139 Pounds: The Remarkable Journey of Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari. In an extraordinary feat of medical science and human determination, Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, once the world’s heaviest man alive, has shed an astonishing 1,195 pounds (542 kg), thanks to the intervention of Saudi Arabia’s former King Abdullah. Shaari, who initially tipped the scales at 1,345 pounds (610 kg), now weighs a mere 139 pounds (63 kg).

World’s heaviest man alive loses 1,195 pounds in historic transformation

Dogs love their owners without limits, and they deserve to be reciprocated in the same way. However, countless canines experience the pain of rejection. Their owners dump them, disregarding their precious feelings and the depth of their love. Despite being abandoned, faithful canines keep waiting for their owners at the...

Pup Dumped At An Overpass Hoped His Owners Would Return For Him But Then He Met Someone Special

iHeartRadio

Scott Peterson admitted to making a 'terrible mistake' while breaking his 20-year silence since being convicted in his wife Laci's death.

Convicted Scott Peterson Breaks 20-Year Silence, Admits 'Terrible Mistake'

Sturgis, SD

Only three of the deceased riders are confirmed to have been wearing helmets. That's one more death when compared to the 2023 rally. The Sturgis Rally finished on August 11th, and in the period just before, during, and after the event, 12 riders were left dead as a result of road traffic accidents. Of the riders killed, just three were confirmed to have been wearing helmets, while seven of the riders weren't wearing helmets. It's still under investigation whether or not two of the riders were wearing helmets.

Most of the Riders Who Died at Sturgis Weren’t Wearing Helmets, Leaving 12 Dead

Miami, FL

A New York model allegedly told police officers she was under the influence of a party drug when she killed two people and injured two others in a crash in downtown Miami. Maecee Marie Lathers, 24, confessed she had taken "pink cocaine" when she ran a red light and crashed her white Mercedes into a black Range Rover and silver Suzuki. According to online jail and court records, she faces charges of driving without a license and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death or serious injuries.

New York model on 'pink cocaine' said she was 'from the future' after killing two in Miami crash

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

Palm Beach County, FL

Broward County, FL

The state shut 11 restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach counties during the week of July 28, including one with “rodent nesting materials” found in the kitchen and others with rodent droppings in various areas. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida...

Over 100 dead roaches, ‘sewage backing up from all floor drains’ in kitchen: 11 South Florida restaurants shut

New Haven, CT

He was born on April 2, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut, and died of a heart attack at only 63 on August 14, 2012, in Palm Beach Gardens. His birth name was Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, but his stage name was Ron Palillo who was best known as Arnold Dingfelder Horshack on TV's hit 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter.

The Tragic Death of 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Actor Ron Palillo: A Look Back

HELLO

The Princess of Wales is known for her glossy brunette hair, but during her childhood, Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa has golden blonde hair - see the rare photo of the Middleton sisters in Jordan

Princess Kate looks barely recognisable with golden blonde hair in unearthed photo

Finding Nemo is a tremendous and timeless film, but a nature documentary it ain’t. As much as we might wish it, fish don’t swim around with the personalities of Al Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres demonstrating human-like intelligence. Though we might love our pet goldfish, they’re not capable of telling jokes about anemones, speaking whale, or coming up with elaborate plans to escape their tanks.

‘He had a plan’: Woman flushes dead goldfish down the toilet, only to find out too late that he faked his death

South Carolina State

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Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals a significant trend: Florida is experiencing a substantial outflow of residents. According to the latest figures, over 275,000 individuals left Florida for other states in 2022.

Florida Sees Surge in Departures as Hundreds of Thousands Move Out

The Guardian

National Park Service says collapse is seventh in Rodanthe in four years and warns of dangerous debris on beach

North Carolina beach house collapses dramatically into sea

NewsBreak

Ernesto makes landfall: See the impacts it will have on the East Coast

Even with Hurricane Ernesto passing several hundred miles off the U.S. East Coast, beaches from Florida to Maine are expecting an increase in rip currents and...

Ernesto makes landfall: See the impacts it will have on the East Coast

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