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As Hurricane Dorian  strengthened into a major storm Friday, Florida residents prepared for likely life-threatening storm surge and devastating winds at the end of Labor Day weekend.  Forecasters expect Dorian to hit the southeastern coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane Monday into Tuesday, bringing winds that may reach up to 140 mph. President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis each declared a state of emergency to facilitate federal and state recovery efforts…

Video Hurricane Dorian reaches category 4, continues to strengthen Meteorologist Adam Klotz takes a look at Hurricane Dorian’s projected path. Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center announced Friday night. The NHC statement said that the storm’s change in intensity was detected by hurricane hunter aircraft and raised fears that the storm could be the…

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…

Mr. Trump did not immediately trust her when she was hired at the White House. She had no prior relationship with him, and according to “American Carnage,” a recent book by Tim Alberta, the chief political correspondent for Politico Magazine, she wept on election night at the fact that he won — an account confirmed by White House officials. But she was immediately installed outside the Oval Office. Mr. Trump,…

Adolescent climate change protester Greta Thunberg has stage-parents, literally. Her mother sang opera internationally until the teenager convinced her to quit due to greenhouse gas emissions from flying, and her father and grandfather both gained fame through acting and directing. Now they’ve pivoted into the parental act of every stage-parent looking to secure the next generation of fame. Apparently, the Swedish version of a Teri Shields pimps their kid out…

John Hudson Josh Dawsey August 30 at 5:18 PM As the president’s top aides prepared for a high-stakes meeting on the future of Afghanistan earlier this month, one senior official was not on the original invite list: national security adviser John Bolton. The attendance of the top security aide would normally be critical, but the omission was no mistake, senior U.S. officials said. Bolton, who has long advocated an expansive…

Video Former Canadian PM ‘rooting for a direct hit’ of Hurricane Dorian on Mar-a-Lago Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell is backtracking a tweet expressing her desire for Hurricane Dorian to make a ‘direct hit’ on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. As Florida stared down a massive hurricane that could soon engulf the state, a political storm is already brewing over President Trump’s response. Democrats railed against Trump even before…

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a deadly mix of drugs and alcohol in his system, this according to authorities in Texas where the young pitcher tragically died earlier this year. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner released the cause Friday, saying the official cause was due to ethanol, fentanyl and oxycodone, along with “terminal aspiration of gastric contents.” Tyler Skaggs’ family tells The Blast, “We are heartbroken to learn that…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked on Friday afternoon by a group that calls itself the Chuckle Squad. Twitter’s communications team issued a statement via Twitter. The hackers tweeted racial slurs from Dorsey’s account. Some offensive tweets were up for about 10 minutes, though not long after the hack began, those tweets were being deleted. The hackers also plugged a Discord serve, asking people to join it. (The…

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…

They were arraigned in this case on May 5, 2012. Since then, the judges have held more than 30 pretrial hearing sessions to work out questions of law and evidence that would apply at the trial by military commission. Another issue yet to be resolved is what protocols will be used to conduct magnetic resonance imaging of the five defendants to see if they suffered brain or other physical damage…

Hurricane Dorian was forecast to become an “extremely dangerous major hurricane” on Friday as it churned on its course to the Bahamas and southeastern U.S. over the next several days, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm posed “a significant threat” to the Bahamas and Florida and has maximum sustained winds near 110 mph, just one mile away from becoming a major Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane…

Hong Kong — Police in Hong Kong arrested three well-known pro-democracy activists over the course of just 24 hours; the latest move to quash anti-government protests heading into their 13th consecutive week. The move came on the eve of a highly-anticipated but now officially banned pro-democracy march on Saturday. Two of the activists were later released on bail. The detentions brought swift condemnation from critics, but show deepening resolve from…

Former Vice President Joe Biden has heavily courted union votes, but a powerful labor union in his campaign’s home base of Philadelphia, crucial in a general election, is feeling snubbed. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden has heavily courted union votes, but a powerful labor union in his campaign’s home base of Philadelphia, crucial in a general election, is feeling snubbed….

Canberra, Australia — The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s condition report, which is updated every five years, is the latest bad news for the 133,360-square-mile colorful coral network off the northeast Australian coast as climate change and coral bleaching take their toll. The report…

Delvante Johnson, 19, and Toshaun Banks, 21, were pronounced dead at the scene. Devaughn Gibson, 23, was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to NBC News. 

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Several prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis in decades. The democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, former student leaders of pro-democracy protests in 2014, were arrested on Friday and Andy Chan, the head of a now banned pro-independence party, was detained by police on Thursday. Wong and Chow were charged…

Walmart will offer mental health and other services at a new… The clinic, called Walmart Health, will offer hearing tests, 60-minute counseling sessions and vision tests, as well as mental health support. Technologyread more

The second source mentioned in a New York Times article from May 2017 about a dinner former FBI Director James Comey had with President Trump remains a mystery after the Justice Department inspector general released a report on Comey’s notes memorializing his conversations with Trump. The 83-page report, released on Thursday, shows Inspector General Michael Horowitz tried to track down the second source, asking former top officials at the FBI…