While Hurricane Matthew intensified to a Category 4 “monster” on Thursday as it approached the southeast U.S. coast, Republican Governor of Florida Rick Scott made dramatic headlines as he urged residents to evacuate vulnerable areas in the low-lying state. “This storm will kill you,” he declared. But while crediting Scott for fulfilling his duty to
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who documented his torture and imprisonment in the 2015 Guantánamo Diary, on Monday was finally returned home to his native Mauritania. Upon his release, Slahi said, “I feel grateful and indebted to the people who have stood by me. I have come to learn that goodness is transnational, transcultural, and trans-ethnic. I’m
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With a number of weeks left in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and only one name left on the official storm name list, the National Hurricane Center explains what happens next. After a lull in the busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters on Wednesday are monitoring an area of disturbed weather over the Caribbean that
Customers will be required to wear face coverings inside all U.S. locations; Fox Biz Flash: 7/24. Some people blame fast food for their waistlines. Donald Trump credits fast food for his hair. On Wednesday, President Trump took a very brief break from tweeting about Tuesday night's debate (and retweeting other peoples’ opinions about the debate,
Steve Harrigan on Kentucky Attorney General seeking to delay release of Breonna Taylor’s grand jury recordings The Louisville Metro Police Department officer who FBI ballistics determined likely fired the fatal shot that killed Breonna Taylor is crowdsourcing funds to buy out the remainder of his service and begin retirement, citing safety risks he and his family
Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker weighs in. The Maine Superior Court dealt a blow to organizations and voters who are looking to relax state laws dealing with absentee voting, including those involving third parties turning in ballots and the state's Election Day deadline for receiving them. Justice William R. Stokes denied the plaintiff's request for
David Spunt takes a look at the differences between mail-in voting and absentee voting The Washington, D.C., Board of Elections (DCBOE) is instructing residents who receive mail-in ballots for previous residents of their apartments or homes to mark the ballots "return to sender" and put them back in the mail after numerous reports of voters getting
Texas voters will not have the option to cast a ballot for every candidate of a single political party with one mark during the November election, a federal appeals court said on Wednesday evening. Texas offered straight-ticket voting for decades, but in 2017, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law eliminating the option beginning in the 2020 general election. A federal judge reinstated the