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A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library. The move by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz came after a Miami activist alleged that officials at a local college violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted the sizable plot of real estate … Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials in Alaska rushed Tuesday to evacuate and find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. But the remote location and severe damage are limiting their options as they race against other impending storms and the onset of winter. High winds … Read more

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 12-22-49-57-58, Mega Ball: 19, Megaplier: ATLANTA (AP) — The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 12-22-49-57-58, Mega Ball: 19 (twelve, twenty-two, forty-nine, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, Mega Ball: nineteen Estimated jackpot: $600 million For more lottery results, go … Read more

GENEVA — GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Wednesday that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit new record highs last year, and heat trapped by such greenhouse gases is “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather. The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases that C02 … Read more

JACKSON, Miss. — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Charles Crawford, 59, has been on death row for more than 30 years. The scheduled lethal injection comes several months … Read more

The sheriff in Missouri’s most populous county was jailed Tuesday and faced mounting calls to resign just 10 months into the job over accusations that he ordered deputies to handcuff the jail chief and then meddled with an investigation. Federal Judge John Bodenhausen ordered the bond revoked for 28-year-old Alfred Montgomery, the sheriff of St. … Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaskan coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their homes. The weekend storm brought high winds and surf that … Read more

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the civil rights movement, that could gut a key provision of the law that prohibits racial discrimination in redistricting. The justices on Wednesday are hearing arguments for the second time in … Read more

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the 2024 Social Security COLA announcement will now be Oct. 24. It is timed to the September Consumer Price Index, which also has not yet … Read more

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