Authorities in Florida said Friday Hurricane Milton was responsible for at least 16 deaths, and more than 2 million people remain without power as evacuees returned to their homes to assess the damage and begin cleaning up from the storm. As of midday Friday, Florida time, the website poweroutage.us reported 2.3 million people remained without…
WASHINGTON — A pair of unwelcome and destructive guests named Helene and Milton have stormed their way into this year’s U.S. presidential election. The back-to-back hurricanes have jumbled the schedules of Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, both of whom devoted part of their recent days to tackling questions about the storm recovery effort.…
Human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton ‘s rainfall by 20% to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%, scientists said in a new flash study. The analysis comes just two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern United States, a storm also fueled by climate change. World Weather Attribution researchers said Friday that…
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers asked AT&T, Verizon Communications, and Lumen Technologies on Friday to answer questions after a report that Chinese hackers accessed the networks of U.S. broadband providers. The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday hackers obtained information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping, and said the three…
Election Day is just weeks away, and residents in New York will soon head to the polls to cast their vote for the next president of the United States, as well some state and local positions.As we prepare for Election Day, here is what you need to know to get registered to vote and what…
A digital mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor stores, to pick up a prescription, or to get into a bar. This sounds simple enough, and might…
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Donald Trump is detouring from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that’s been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns, often using false or misleading claims to do so. Trump’s rally in Aurora…
From pop superstar Taylor Swift to former wrestler Hulk Hogan, celebrity endorsements have been a feature of this year’s U.S. presidential race. But whether they will have any kind of impact on the election is difficult to predict. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.This post was originally published on here
Phoenix voters have the chance to re-elect or boot the mayor this November, but the most competitive race is a vacant seat representing parts of downtown and the southwest portion of the city. There are two contests for the vacant District 7 seat: a special election to hold the position through April 2025, and a…
‘Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever” is a look at a critical period in US history that holds lessons for today. CNN news anchor Chris Wallace starts the book in January 1960, when US Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts declared his candidacy for the presidency during…