Tropical Storm Ernesto is racing toward Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous surf.

Tropical Storm Ernesto is headed for Puerto Rico. Here’s where it could go next

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The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico brace for #Ernesto .

Ernesto To Become Hurricane Today

It is expected that the rain will begin by late Monday. Rainfall totals of 4 to 6 inches will be widespread, with up to 10 inches in parts of the island. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Monday morning. The...

Tropical storm Ernesto set to hit Puerto Rico: Warnings in effect, potential for heavy rain and strong winds

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - About half of all homes and businesses on Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday as Hurricane Ernesto churned north into the warm waters of the Atlantic after dumping torrential rain on the U.S. territory.

Hurricane Ernesto leaves half of Puerto Rican customers without power

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Former President Trump has been in a foul mood the past few weeks and has repeatedly called Vice President Harris a "bitch" in private, the N.Y. Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan report. Why it matters: Axios has written extensively about this as the girls vs. boys election, with Democrats...

Report: Trump calls Harris a "bitch"

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Katy Perry is in hot water thanks to her latest music video for "Lifetimes." According to Billboard, an official investigation has been opened after Perry was seen dancing in the S'Espalmador sand dunes on Spain's Balearic Islands. The dunes are protected and are one of the most "ecologically prosperous enclaves"...

Katy Perry Under Investigation for Possible Environmental Damage Thanks to Her Latest Music Video

Prince Harry is set to celebrate his milestone 40th birthday in September. However, it may not be the fun event that he was hoping for. The Duke of Sussex is said to be having his big blowout birthday bash plans crushed by his wife, Meghan Markle. The Duchess reportedly doesn’t want her husband to act like a fool while celebrating his big day.

Meghan Markle Cancels Prince Harry’s 40th Birthday Bash after Refusing to Let Him Party with Friends in UK: ‘The Worst Possible Idea’

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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A brave mom who was attacked by a grizzly bear while jogging said her 2-year-old daughter was her inspiration to survive. “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Vanessa Chaput, 24, of Yukon, Canada, told TODAY.com. On June 30, Chaput was jogging through a paved trail...

Mom fights back in grizzly bear attack: 'I'm not ready to leave my daughter'

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On July 14th, an unsettling incident occurred in Orange County that has captured the community’s attention and sympathy. Two dogs were abandoned in a most distressing manner, pushed out of a moving vehicle. The situation took a turn for the worse when one of the dogs was hit by the car, resulting in serious injuries.

Two dogs were dumped and pushed out of a car in Florida, and one of them screamed

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Actor Clarence Williams III, best known as the super cool undercover cop Lincoln "Linc" Hayes on TV's classic crime drama, The Mod Squad, died three years ago from colon cancer at 81 years old. This is the story of a talent that lives on.

The Tragic Death of 'Mod Squad'/'Purple Rain' Actor Clarence Williams III: Three Years Later

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(IowaStormCenter.com) -- A strong pacific storm system will get underway later tonight with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. The first round of the one-two punch event is hitting across western Iowa this morning. Then the focus will be across southwest Iowa for severe thunderstorm development by this evening with threats for hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall and a couple of isolated tornadoes.

Severe Thunderstorm/Heavy Rainfall Threat Tonight.

Remains found in a tomb in northwestern Spain are likely to belong to a ninth-century bishop believed to have helped create the Camino de Santiago, one of Christianity’s most popular pilgrimages, a new study has found. A combination of bone analysis, carbon dating, stable isotope analysis and DNA testing...

Bones discovered in Spanish cave likely belong to famed priest who created popular pilgrimage

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Republican National Convention delegates erupted in applause last month when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his commitment to send buses full of migrants to blue cities. “We have continued busing migrants to sanctuary cities all across the country,” Abbott told the cheering crowd in Milwaukee. “Those buses will...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep busing migrants north. One problem: Not enough migrants.

Los Angeles, CA

A magnitude-4.4 earthquake hit Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, rattling a wide swath of the city. The earthquake, which was initially measured at magnitude 4.7, struck at 12:20 p.m. local time (3:20 p.m. ET) and was centered roughly 2.5 miles southeast of Highland Park, a neighborhood in northeastern Los Angeles. The U.S. Geological Survey then revised the preliminary measurement to magnitude 4.4.

Significant earthquake rattles Los Angeles

Doctors took to the streets across India on Wednesday to demand sweeping changes to healthcare worker protections, after a female student doctor was raped and murdered last week at a government-run hospital. The strike came as federal investigators arrived in the eastern city of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal...

Indian doctors stage nationwide strike after trainee doctor is raped and killed

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It's been 33 years since the handsome actor and Emmy award-winning TV game show host Bert Convy died of a brain tumor at 57 in 1991. This is his story. Bert Convy was born July 23, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was in the shoe business, while his parents separated when he was just seven years old. His mother moved the family to California in the San Fernando Valley, where Convy attended North Hollywood High and was named the "class clown."

In Memory of Actor/Game Show Host Bert Convy: 33 Years After His Tragic Death From Brain Cancer

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	Cher’s upcoming book, Cher: The Memoir, Part One, won’t be out until Nov. 19, but fans are clamoring for the juicy details she’s reportedly spilling about her love life. The 78-year-old singer has so much to say that the memoir will be released in two volumes, so you know it’s going to be a must-read celebrity book. Tom Cruise's Olympics Closing Ceremony Stunt Wasn't Applauded by Everyone on Social Media




	Cher has dated plenty of famous men, but she’s never really dished too much on those bold-faced names. But it sounds like she’s ready to! “Cher’s on good terms with a lot...

Cher Is Reportedly Ready To Spill the Juicy Details on Her A-List Love Life in Memoir

Two polar bears attacked and killed a worker at a remote radar station in the Canadian Arctic, the facility's operator said. The attack happened Thursday at one of Nasittuq Corporation's work locations on Brevoort Island, Nunavut. The company did not release the victim's name. "Our thoughts and prayers are with...

2 polar bears kill worker at remote radar station in Canada in rare attack

When 36-year-old Nelson Cheney was little, he began eating spicy peppers and sauces to impress his dad. Years later, he still consumes these foods, only now for his 1.1 million followers on TikTok. Cheney, known by his social media handle “@craving_capsaicin” — a nod to the chemical compound that gives...

Why humans are drawn to extremely spicy or sour foods — even if they hurt

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Thousands in Puerto Rico without power and under flood threats as Ernesto turns into a hurricane

Puerto Rico remained under a tropical storm watch as Ernesto turned into a Category 1 hurricane late Wednesday morning. Alarms began ringing in the municipality of...

Thousands in Puerto Rico without power and under flood threats as Ernesto turns into a hurricane

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