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What had been “potential tropical cyclone sixteen” strengthened to Tropical Storm Ophelia on Friday and was on track to strike North Carolina early Saturday, forecasters said. The effects of the storm were already being felt in North Carolina and Virginia on Friday as the storm approached, with rising coastal waters, …

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday extended a temporary block on an order restricting the ability of President Joe Biden’s administration to encourage social media companies to remove content it deemed misinformation about Covid-19 and other matters of public concern. The decision to keep the matter on hold until …

The ongoing United Auto Workers strike is expanding. UAW President Shawn Fain called for union members to strike at noon ET Friday at 38 General Motors and Stellantis facilities across 20 states. He said the strike call covers all of GM and Stellantis’ parts distribution facilities. The strike call notably …

Investigators have found more fentanyl hidden under a trap door at the New York City day care where a 1-year-old boy fell ill and later died and three other kids got sick from apparent opioid exposure last week, police said. Detectives discovered the trap door in the play area of the day …

Two adults are dead and more than 40 other people are injured after a bus carrying students headed to band camp rolled over in New York state Thursday afternoon, officials said. Five students were in critical condition after the bus, which was transporting 40 students and four adults from Long …

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will provide Ukraine with an additional $325 million in military aid, President Joe Biden announced Thursday during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The package includes air defense capabilities, cluster munitions, anti-tank weapons and other equipment. “Today I approved the next tranche of …

Actor Sophie Turner has sued pop star Joe Jonas for the return of their two young children to England, saying in the filing Jonas will not turn over the kids’ passports.  The petition comes after the celebrity pair announced their split earlier this month following four years of marriage. The …

Thousands of people have been killed, with thousands more missing in the floods that survivors and experts told NBC News was not merely a natural disaster.  Years of civil war, corruption and institutional neglect left residents of the North African state at the mercy of Mediterranean storm Daniel’s extreme weather, …

Under pressure from politicians and protesters in New York City, the Biden administration on Wednesday is making all Venezuelans who have lived in the U.S. since July of this year eligible for Temporary Protected Status, giving more than 200,000 migrants who crossed the border without legal documentation the right to …

WASHINGTON — A man who became the target of far-right conspiracy theories after his image was added and then removed from the FBI’s Capitol Violence website has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. Ray Epps pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly or …