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This May Be Storm Hurricane Season 'Is Remembered For'

Ahead of expected landfall Thursday in Florida, Helene becomes a hurricane

(Newser) - The storm now known as Hurricane Helene is hurtling toward Florida, with expected landfall by late Thursday. With maximum sustained winds of 80mph, CBS News reports it's now registering as a Category 1 storm. The AP reports that Helene is moving north along Mexico's coast in the Caribbean...

Trump Gains Strength in 3 Battleground States

He leads in Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia, according to New York Times poll

(Newser) - Major new polls are coming out with increased frequency as the 2024 campaign enters the home stretch, and the latest from the New York Times and Siena College should please the campaign of Donald Trump. It shows the former president with increased strength in the three swing states of Arizona,...

Pregnancy Deaths Rose 56% in Texas Under Abortion Ban

Analysis shows increase across racial groups, with one doctor saying women are afraid

(Newser) - Maternal mortality rates have risen across the nation—at an 11% clip from 2019 to 2022, CDC data show. In Texas, the number of women who died while pregnant, during labor, or soon after childbirth jumped 56%, NBC News reports. The state instituted a ban on abortion care in 2021....

In Pivotal Georgia, Big Wrinkle Emerges in the Vote Count

State board orders counties to hand-count ballots on election night, which could delay things significantly

(Newser) - Georgia is one of the battleground states seen as crucial to deciding the next president, but don't be surprised if the state can't report results on election night. The state board of elections on Friday voted 3-2 to require all counties to hand-count ballots to verify the machine...

Father of School Shooting Suspect Arrested, Charged
Father of School Shooting
Suspect Arrested, Charged
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Sep 6, 2024 1:00 AM CDT

Father of School Shooting Suspect Arrested, Charged

Authorities say charges have to do with Georgia man allowing his son to have a gun

(Newser) - The father of the 14-year-old accused of fatally shooting two students and two teachers at his Georgia high school Wednesday has now been arrested alongside his son. Colin Gray, 54, was arrested Thursday and is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of involuntary manslaughter, and eight counts...

New School Security System May Have Saved Lives

Staff member apparently alerted police, faculty to shooting with ID badge

(Newser) - As of about a week ago, teachers at Apalachee High School wear an ID badge on a lanyard with a panic button that alerts police. When the shooting began at the Georgia school on Wednesday, one staff member appeared to activate the alarm, leading to a quick police response. Law...

Alleged Shooter Tried to Get Into Classroom, Was Stopped by a Student

And more details from the horrific Georgia school shooting

(Newser) - The harrowing—and devastating—details of Wednesday's shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School are starting to come into focus, including the very first moments of the shooting that ended with two students and two teachers dead. A classmate of the alleged shooter tells CNN the suspect left their...

Suspect in Georgia School Shooting Is Student, 14

2 students and 2 teachers were killed at Apalachee High School

(Newser) - The suspect in Wednesday morning's school shooting in Georgia is just 14 years old, officials say. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey told reporters at an afternoon news conference that the teen student will be tried for murder as an adult, NBC News reports. He said the four...

4 Dead, at Least 9 Injured in Georgia School Shooting

The shooting occurred at Apalachee High School in Barrow County

(Newser) - At least four people were killed and nine injured in a school shooting in Georgia on Wednesday morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says. In a post on X , the agency said a suspect is "in custody and alive," adding that "reports that the suspect has been...

Election Workers Push Back on 'Brazen" Giuliani Move

Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss file suit over ex-NYC mayor's attempt to protect his luxury Florida condo

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani hasn't been having a great year , and things just got a bit worse. Right after a judge dismissed his bankruptcy case last month, the Trump ally and former New York City mayor filed a declaration that said his luxury condo in Palm Beach, Florida, was his new...

How Peace Was Made Between Trump, Georgia Governor

Lindsey Graham was integral to the process

(Newser) - The effort to make peace between Donald Trump and Georgia's powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead. It was at an Aug. 9 fundraiser hosted by former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler that fellow Republican Lindsey Graham approached Gov. Brian Kemp,...

Man Sues Hospital, Says It Lost a Piece of His Skull

He'd had it removed to relieve pressure during brain bleed, but it was meant to be reimplanted

(Newser) - When Fernando Cluster was taken to Atlanta's Emory Hospital in September 2022 with a brain bleed, a portion of his skull about the size of a saucer was removed to relieve pressure—and when the time came to replace the bone, Cluster says the Georgia hospital couldn't find...

County Buys Panic Buttons for Election Workers

Devices can call law enforcement, alert officials to a threat

(Newser) - With threats against polling place workers increasing and Donald Trump telling supporters the November presidential election might be stolen from him, a large Georgia county is investing in voting security. Commissioners in Cobb County, near Atlanta, this week approved buying about 200 devices called panic buttons, NBC News reports, which...

Tropical Storm Debby Makes Landfall Again

Storm is 'creeping inland' across South Carolina

(Newser) - In an encore nobody is applauding, Tropical Storm Debby made landfall a second time early Thursday. The storm—which first made landfall in the US as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday—made landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, around 20 miles northeast of Charleston, CNN reports.
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'Historic' Debby Makes Landfall in Florida

Hurricane will bring heavy rain to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

(Newser) - Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm, per the AP . The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby, with maximum sustained winds of 80mph, made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida'...

Debby Nears Florida, Georgia
Debby Nears Florida, Georgia
Aug 4, 2024 10:10 AM CDT

Debby Nears Florida, Georgia

Forecasters warn of storm surges, flooding, tornadoes as storm strengthens

(Newser) - Florida and Georgia have mobilized emergency resources and were preparing for a tropical storm forecast to hit the Gulf Coast early Monday as a hurricane. Some coastal areas could see dangerous surges of up to 10 feet, officials said, and tornadoes are possible throughout Florida in parts of southeastern Georgia....

Trump Rips Georgia Governor Amid Fears It Will Backfire

Former president rails against Brian Kemp, but Trump may need Kemp's operation to win

(Newser) - Donald Trump picked a new fight Saturday with Georgia's Republican governor as he campaigned in the swing state where he's looking to avenge his narrow 2020 loss, per the AP . Trump railed at Gov. Brian Kemp on social media before his rally and said Kemp should be "...

Harris Challenges Trump to 'Say It to My Face'

With Harris as candidate, Georgia may not be off the table, reports Politico

(Newser) - With Joe Biden as the presidential candidate, Georgia increasingly seemed off the table for Democrats in November. But Kamala Harris "has created an opening," as Politico puts it. It flags her lively Tuesday rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center—before her biggest crowd yet, of 10,000,...

Months After Vanishing in Georgia, Girl, 12, Found in Ohio

Maria Gomez-Perez was with Guatemalan man who's since been jailed

(Newser) - A 12-year-old girl whose disappearance galvanized a Georgia community has been found in Ohio. Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said Friday that Maria Gomez-Perez was found Thursday in Dover, about 70 miles south of Cleveland, in the company of a Guatemalan man who's now jailed, per the AP . "...

Candidate Walks Off Georgia Debate Stage After Statement

Chuck Hand, who was convicted of taking part in the Capitol riot, is running for Congress

(Newser) - A televised congressional debate in Georgia didn't go as planned Sunday when one of the two candidates abruptly walked off stage after his opening remarks, reports the Hill . "This is where I get back in my truck and head back to southwest Georgia, because I got two races...

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