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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. — Days before Hurricane Dorian was expected along Florida’s east coast, residents of this sleepy beachside town screwed planks of plywood over windows, placed sandbags in front of their doors and trimmed the palm trees outside their homes. Despite recent weather forecasts that predicted the eye of the hurricane might never cross the Florida coastline, many here said they knew through experience — especially after brushes with…

CLOSE A traffic stop triggered a deadly shooting rampage. Warning: Some viewers may find this video disturbing. Wochit, Wochit At least five people are dead after a gunman hijacked a postal service van and shot at at least 21 people, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said Saturday. The gunman, who was shot and killed by police, was described as a white male in his 30s. Authorities have not yet released his name. This shooting…

The Trump administration continues to look for other ways to limit the ability of American companies to do business with China. The Commerce Department is moving forward with new export controls that would restrict American firms from selling sensitive technology, like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to Chinese firms. And it has blacklisted several Chinese technology companies, including the telecom giant Huawei, from buying sensitive American technology. “We’ve never seen…

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This article is being continuously updated. At least five people died after more than 20 people were shot Saturday when a gunman hijacked a postal truck and began shooting randomly in the Odessa area of West Texas, authorities say. At least three law enforcement officers — a state trooper, an Odessa police officer and a Midland police officer — were among those shot. They were in stable condition Saturday night, according to the Texas…

Fenit Nirappil Patricia Sullivan August 31 at 9:15 PM WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Hurricane Dorian careened toward the southeastern United States on Saturday, taking an unpredictable path that has residents of four states on edge. Dorian had swelled to a more powerful Category 4 hurricane, with raging winds of more than 150 mph. The storm could bring life-threatening storm surge as it plows up the Atlantic coast toward Georgia and…

The rise and fall of the headphone jack The audio jack that stood as the standard for decades was ditched by Samsung, a long-time champion of the headphone jack, in the Galaxy Note 10. Technologyread more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’s on her way to being “very well” following radiation treatment for cancer. The 86-year-old justice was speaking Saturday at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington. The event came a little over a week after Ginsburg disclosed that she had completed three weeks of outpatient radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas. Ruth Bader Ginsburg,…

MIDLAND/ODESSA, Tx. (KOSA) — UPDATE: The City of Midland tells CBS7 that authorities have taken a suspect into custody at the Cinergy of Midland. No other details have been released. The City of Odessa will be holding a press conference starting at 5:30 p.m. CBS7 will share the press conference live.___ From the City of Midland: We believe there are two shooters in two separate vehicles. One…

A protester uses a shield to cover himself as he faces police in Hong Kong on Saturday. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP A protester uses a shield to cover himself as he faces police in Hong Kong on Saturday. Jae C. Hong/AP Defying a government ban, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday and clashed with police in one…

Satellite imagery provided to Fox News suggests that an Iranian satellite launch this week failed quite spectacularly. The rocket blew up on its launchpad or shortly after launch. This is good news for the United States and regional security. Iran claims that its satellite program is peaceful and designed only to monitor the weather, but the reality is very different. Iran’s satellite program is just a cover for the regime’s…

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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas early Saturday en route to the U.S. Southeast coast. Millions of people in Florida, along with the state’s Walt Disney World and President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, are in the potential crosshairs of the hurricane. Forecasters say Dorian, which had top sustained winds of 145 mph (230…

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 31 Fox News Flash top headlines for August 31 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A large fire blazed across a main street in Hong Kong on Saturday night, as protesters made a wall out of barricades and set it afire. Hundreds of protesters gathered behind the fire, many pointing laser beams that streaked the night sky above them. Earlier,…

I think I know the answer. I think most people do, except Trump. The president seems to have drunk his own Kool-Aid about being some sort of genius deal-maker. Asked Monday about his erratic and disruptive method, if you can call it that, Trump told reporters with a shrug, “Sorry, it’s the way I negotiate.” I’m sorry, too. The whole world should be.

Democrats are beginning to reckon with the fact that, right now, the story of the 2020 election looks likely to end with Joe Biden being elected president. That is very far from saying that Biden is a sure thing. Early frontrunners stand a pretty good chance of becoming a party’s presidential nominee, as Hillary Clinton did four years ago. But Democrats can look to their own past for a legendary…

Satellite imagery provided to Fox News suggests that an Iranian satellite launch this week failed quite spectacularly. The rocket blew up on its launchpad or shortly after launch. This is good news for the United States and regional security. Iran claims that its satellite program is peaceful and designed only to monitor the weather, but the reality is very different. Iran’s satellite program is just a cover for the regime’s…