Hurricane Ian continued to pick up speed and strength Thursday night, with forecasters expecting it to cause "life-threatening flooding, storm surge and strong winds" in the Carolinas on Friday. Police in the small Texas city of McGregor said a suspect was in custody after five people were shot and killed Thursday morning. The Biden administration and the Department of Education rolled back some of its student debt relief program Thursday as some Republican states have issued legal challenges to the program. A tighter-than-expected labor market and hawkish Federal Reserve officials drove stocks down sharply Thursday to continue their decline after Wednesday's rally. Environmental authorities in New York responded to a town in which a bear was found trapped inside of a vehicle. Police in Arkansas were flagged down by bystanders to deal with an unusual situation -- a pair of peacocks wandering loose in a parking lot. An American and two Russian citizens, including a billionaire industrialist, were charged with allegedly violating American sanctions imposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Justice Department said Thursday. A large potbellied pig has been wandering Alabama neighborhoods for nearly a week, and local authorities and neighbors said the animal has eluded all capture attempts. A North Carolina woman bought a lottery ticket and ended up winning a $162,826 jackpot one day before her 68th birthday. Four people created a sham university and then fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal financial aid for their own use, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. At least 13 people in Florida have been reported dead from Hurricane Ian, and President Joe Biden said Thursday that he fears a "substantial loss of life." Animal rescuers in Wyoming are trying to find the owner of a 2 1/2-foot ball python found curled up in a resident's garage. An international team of scientists on Thursday unveiled what they said is the first-ever "pan-cancer mycobiome atlas" that describes the links between fungi and 35 types of cancer. The family of Hae Min Lee, whose 1999 murder was examined in the first season of the hit podcast "Serial," intends to appeal the vacated conviction of Adnan Syed. Security cameras at a toy store in Brazil were recording when a stray dog wandered into the business and attempted to steal a teddy bear. Mortgage rates rose for the sixth straight week, with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging 6.7%, Freddie Mac announced Thursday. A new technology dubbed the "bionic pancreas" may beat standard treatment in helping people with Type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, a clinical trial has found. Ed Sheeran released a single and music video for "Celestial," a song for the video games "Pokémon Scarlet" and "Pokémon Violet." NASA released pictures on Thursday of the collision between its Double Asteroid Redirection Test and an asteroid seven million miles away. Robbie Parker, the father of a girl who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, told a Connecticut civil trial jury he faced brutal harassment due to Alex Jones' conspiracy theories. Weight-loss surgery can change a person's life and health, but new research warns it might also come with a slight risk of developing epilepsy. A new character is joining the lineup of M&M's mascots to mark the addition of purple candies to the bags of color-coated chocolate. The 29th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place Thursday in Coral Gables, Fla. All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett was cited to "failure to control" his Porsche and received a court summons for next month after he flipped the car in a single-car crash, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Thursday. |
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