Hurricane Ernesto is on track to strengthen over record-warm water to deliver a blow to Bermuda and ramp up coastal danger for much of the United States’ Eastern Seaboard after it thrashed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.

Hurricane Ernesto turns its attention to Bermuda, will churn up dangerous beach conditions for East Coast

CBS News

Hurricane Ernesto is gaining strength in the Atlantic, heading north after bringing torrential rain and damaging winds to Puerto Rico. Also, former President Trump's economic address goes off topic to make more personal attacks on Vice President Harris. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

Eye Opener: Hurricane Ernesto turns toward Bermuda after causing destruction in Puerto Rico

NBC News

Hurricane Ernesto left hundreds of thousands of customers without power and is strengthening as it heads to Bermuda. NBC News' Morgan Chesky talks to Premier of Bermuda David Burt on how they are preparing for the hurricane.

Hurricane Ernesto leaves Puerto Rico without power as it heads to Bermuda

Hurricane Watches are up for the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as Ernesto intensifies; the National Hurricane Center (NHC) believes Ernesto will become a hurricane tonight and will likely impact Bermuda in the coming days. For now, it is a tropical storm. According to the latest update from the NHC,...

Hurricane Watches Up as Ernesto Intensifies

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Explore Beaufort SC

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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According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

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Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

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Daily Coffee Press

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

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(CNN) — Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing through the Caribbean islands and toward Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive hurricane season ramps up.

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

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Missouri State

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

The US Sun

A CRASH expert is “almost certain” of the cause for the death spiral that saw a plane in Brazil fall out of the sky and kill 62 people onboard. The revelation comes as the plane’s black box is removed from the wreckage, and is set to provide investigators with conclusive answers. Expert crash investigator Celso […]

Crash expert ‘almost certain’ of cause for plane’s ‘death spiral’ which killed 62 – as black box recovered from wreckage

Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to strengthen into a major storm en route to Bermuda. The storm was located about 175 miles (280 kilometers)...

Ernesto becomes a hurricane after pummeling northeast Caribbean and knocking out power in the region

New York Post

Millions of people in the Caribbean are bracing for the wrath of Tropical Storm Ernesto as the fifth tropical storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season gets set to blast the region, including the US territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, with torrential rain, large and destructive surf and potentially life-threatening storm surge.

The tropics have been becoming more active over the past few weeks with the development of Hurricane Debby, which made its first landfall in Florida, and then a second landfall in South Carolina as a tropical storm.

And hot on its heels was Invest 98L and then Potential Tropical Cyclone Five, which began to organize as it moved over the warm waters of...

Ernesto on track to become hurricane while bringing life-threatening surf, flooding rain to Caribbean islands

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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Saint Johns County, FL

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Five years ago, St. Augustine resident Julia Perez was on her motorcycle when a St. Johns County sheriff’s deputy hit her and her husband. Perez was on a motorcycle and her husband, Thomas Eiland, was on a bicycle.

St. Johns County to pay $6.3M for deputy’s crash

The National Hurricane Center has classified an area of disturbed weather in the central Atlantic as Potential Tropical Cyclone #5; with the forecast developing that system into a tropical storm in the coming days, Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for portions of the Leeward Islands. As of the latest...

Tropical Storm Watches Issued Ahead of Ernesto’s Arrival

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Cornelius, NC

Morristown Minute

CAMDEN, N.J. – Lisa Smith, 61, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has admitted to her role in a fraudulent scheme involving over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court on July 17, 2024, to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy.

Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.5M COVID Relief Scam

Jacksonville, FL

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

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Hurricane Ernesto slammed into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Wednesday. See where it's heading next.

Hurricane Ernesto: Track where the storm is heading as it takes aim at Bermuda

The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

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Ernesto May Strike Bermuda as Category 3 Hurricane

Tropical Storm Ernesto formed this evening and some computer forecast model guidance says it could strike Bermuda as a Category 3 hurricane this weekend. For now,...

Ernesto May Strike Bermuda as Category 3 Hurricane

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