One faculty member is dead following a shooting at UNC Chapel Hills that led to a three-hour-long lockdown Monday, officials said.
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Fire rescue helicopter crash caught on camera; at least two dead, others hospitalized
A fire rescue helicopter crashed near Fort Lauderdale, according to the Broward County authorities, killing at least two people and injuring more.
Tropical Storm Idalia tracker: Follow the storm’s path as it heads toward Florida
Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
Ron DeSantis booed at a vigil honoring three Black people killed in Florida shooting
Ron DeSantis was booed at a vigil for the Black people killed in a shooting at a Dollar General. The sheriff said it was racially motivated.
Idalia now a Category 1 hurricane on its trek toward Florida’s Gulf Coast: Live updates
Hurricane Idalia is expected to rapidly intensify and strike Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday with powerful winds and potent storm surge. Updates,
Families mourn Jacksonville shooting victims, Tropical Storm Idalia forms: 5 Things podcast
Families mourn Jacksonville shooting victims as attack investigated as a hate crime, how mRNA technology can be used to fight cancer: 5 Things podcast
‘He knew we had it in us’: Bernice King talks father Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring ‘dream’
As the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington approaches, Bernice King reflects on the legacy and meaning of her father’s historic address.
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Here’s the latest for Monday August 28th: Tropical storm could become hurricane and threaten Florida; DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims; 3 US Marines dead in Australia crash; New crew reaches International Space Station.
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Japan opens Fukushima plant for media visit
The trickling sound of treated radioactive water flowing to an underground pool could be heard as media toured the Fukushima nuclear power plant, a week after the beginning of the release of wastewater from the plant into the Pacific Ocean. (August 28)…
New crew arrives on International Space Station
Four new crew members arrived on the International Space Station on Sunday. The four, from the U.S., Denmark, Japan and Russia, are due to stay in orbit for six months. (Aug. 28)(AP video production by Rod Jussim)