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Weather: Hurricane Helene is forecast to make landfall Thursday evening as a major hurricane, threatening Florida’s coast and southern Georgia with the potential for “unsurvivable” storm surges as high as 20 feet and “catastrophic” winds up to 130 mph. The fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season this year is set to deliver heavy rainfall, flash flooding and a life-threatening storm surge, the National Hurricane Center said. What to know >
Emergency declarations: The governors of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas have all declared emergencies in their states due to the hurricane. While Helene will likely grow weaker as it moves inland, its speed will allow damaging winds to advance across the southeastern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said. The latest >
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NYC mayor indicted: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges that are still sealed, according to two people familiar with the matter. Adams is a retired police captain who was elected as New York City’s 110th mayor nearly three years ago. The indictment makes Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges. Here’s a timeline of events in the federal investigation >
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Executive order: President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order Thursday that aims to help schools create active shooter drills that are less traumatic for students. Under the order, his administration will research how active shooter drills may cause trauma and help schools with drills that “maximize their effectiveness and limit any collateral harms they might cause,” Stefanie Feldman, the director of Biden’s office of gun violence prevention, told The Associated Press. Read more >
Gun technology: The order will also look at restricting new technologies that make guns easier to fire. A task force will investigate machine-gun-conversion devices and 3D-printed guns. The group has to report their findings to the president in 90 days — not long before he is due to leave office. The latest >
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Hearing: A congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump will hold its first hearing Thursday. The panel, made up of six Democrats and seven Republicans, has spent two months looking into security failures surrounding the July 13 assassination attempt targeting Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. Now, the lawmakers are also combing through information on this month’s apparent assassination attempt of Trump at a Florida golf course. Thursday’s hearing will mark the first time the task force will present its findings to the public after receiving more than 2,800 pages of documents from the Secret Service. What to expect >
Campaign rally: The hearing comes a day after Trump’s campaign announced the former president will return to the site of his attempted assassination with a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5. Read more >
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Diddy claims: Suge Knight , co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, told “CUOMO” that Sean “Diddy” Combs is “not the only one” to put younger artists through humiliating sexual acts, describing various industry practices throughout the decades. Full report >
Diddy investigation: Combs was arrested Sept. 16 following a grand jury indictment on multiple felony charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering. The arrest came as the producer faced a mounting list of lawsuits alleging abuse and assault spanning over three decades. He’s being held in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, and two of his bids for bail release have failed. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges. What we know about the investigation >
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Cease-fire calls: On Wednesday, the U.S., France and other allies joined together to call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has left more than 600 people dead in Lebanon in recent days. The joint statement was negotiated on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. It describes the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as “intolerable” and says it “presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation.” The latest >
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Border report: Mexican cartels are becoming increasingly confrontational with law enforcement, using tire deflation devices like caltrops to disable vehicles during pursuits to evade arrest. While these devices have been in use quietly for nearly two decades, there has been a recent resurgence and Border Patrol has issued an alert to agents warning them of an uptick in tire deflation tactics by smugglers. Full report >
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SNAP: As inflation drives grocery prices higher, food assistance benefits are also increasing – but not by much. On Oct. 1, several changes with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are kicking in, including new maximum benefit amounts. What you need to know >
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An underground fire that caused a manhole cover to explode into the air in Rhode Island on Wednesday prompted building evacuations. The latest >
Alabama is set to carry out the nation’s second nitrogen gas execution Thursday. Read more >
A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, leading to a police chase before the suspect was taken into custody. What we know >
A Pennsylvania -based health company reached a $65 million settlement after personal medical record photos of cancer patients, which included nude photographs, were hacked and posted on the internet. Read more >
A Missouri town features a giant mural of a man who now says he’s been banned for life from the shopping, business and entertainment district there. Details >
West Virginia’s new drug czar has a personal reason for wanting to end the state’s opioid crisis: He was once addicted to painkillers himself. His story >
An Arizona office used by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and state Democratic congressional candidates was damaged by gunfire this week. The latest >
Ten homes have collapsed into the ocean in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe since 2020. Why their destruction was decades in the making >
A man tossed an explosive device into a California courthouse where he was about to be arraigned Wednesday, police said. Read more >
Who is the chunkiest brown bear of them all? That’s what the National Park Service is trying to determine during its annual Fat Bear Week competition in Alaska . How to vote >
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Actor and comedian Rob Schneider believes the “woke movement” in America is on its last legs and will collapse within the next 12 to 18 months.
During a Wednesday interview on NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Schneider, known for his roles in “Grown Ups” and “Saturday Night Live,” said people are “sick of it.” Watch the interview >
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A 10-year-old missing for 24 hours was found safe in a dense, wooded area of Louisiana thanks to an Arkansas drone company that joined the search. Watch >
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