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Dangerous Hurricane Isaias Barrels Toward Gulf Coast, Could Slam Ashore as a Category 2 This Weekend

Isaias is forecast to rapidly strengthen into the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season, with forecasters warning of life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

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US · LOUISIANA

Texas Mom Vanishes After Mystery Crash on Louisiana Swamp Bridge — Cops Won't Rule Out Kidnapping

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POLITICS · SAN ANTONIO

Trump Rushes Back to Texas to Save Paxton as Toss-Up Senate Race Keeps Tightening

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US · NASHVILLE

Execution Survivor Christa Pike Now 'Conscious and Speaking' as Lawyers Race to Preserve Evidence

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US · FORT HOOD, TEXAS

Trump Clears Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter — First Military Execution in 65 Years

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US · ARCADIA, CALIF.

'Learning Centers' of Horror: Arcadia Surrogacy Couple Charged After 21 Kids Found Abused, Held on $20 Million Bail Each

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WORLD · SCIENCE16:36 ET

Nobel Judges Crack a 100-Year Riddle — Two Chemists Share $1.2M Prize for 'Mirror Molecule' Breakthrough

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai, honoring decades of work that let chemists finally build one-handed molecules on command.

WORLD · UKRAINE

Russia and Ukraine Trade New Strikes on Energy Sites Despite Trump's Ceasefire Claims

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WORLD · MIDDLE EAST

Houthis Deny Losing Ground as Yemen Fighting Kills Over 270 in a Single Day

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WORLD · EUROPE

France Burns Through a Third Week of School Riots as PM Begs for Calm

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The WeeklyObserver

Dangerous Hurricane Isaias Barrels Toward Gulf Coast, Could Slam Ashore as a Category 2 This Weekend

Texas Mom Vanishes After Mystery Crash on Louisiana Swamp Bridge — Cops Won't Rule Out Kidnapping

Trump Rushes Back to Texas to Save Paxton as Toss-Up Senate Race Keeps Tightening

US News

Execution Survivor Christa Pike Now 'Conscious and Speaking' as Lawyers Race to Preserve Evidence

Trump Clears Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter — First Military Execution in 65 Years

'Learning Centers' of Horror: Arcadia Surrogacy Couple Charged After 21 Kids Found Abused, Held on $20 Million Bail Each

World

Nobel Judges Crack a 100-Year Riddle — Two Chemists Share $1.2M Prize for 'Mirror Molecule' Breakthrough

Russia and Ukraine Trade New Strikes on Energy Sites Despite Trump's Ceasefire Claims

Houthis Deny Losing Ground as Yemen Fighting Kills Over 270 in a Single Day

France Burns Through a Third Week of School Riots as PM Begs for Calm

Celebrity & Entertainment

Cops Raid Trippie Redd's $8M Florida Mansion — And Nobody's Saying Why

Hollywood Loses a Golden Age Icon: Eva Marie Saint, Star of 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' Dies at 102

LL Cool J Heads Home to NYC Tonight as 'NCIS: New York' Finally Premieres

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Are Officially One Company Now — Meet Skydance

Toothless Watchdog: America's Election Cops Can't Enforce Any Law Weeks Before the Midterms

Collins and Jackson Both Trash Trump in Maine Showdown — But Can't Agree on How Much

Disney Tells Federal Judge Trump's FCC Is Trying to Censor ABC

Hollywood's $110 Billion Mega-Merger Closes — And Wall Street Immediately Dumps the Stock

Treasury Says Every American Kid Under 18 Now Has a 'Trump Account' After Mass Auto-Enrollment

Marvell Stuns Wall Street With $90 Billion AI Chip Bet

Wall Street Smashes Records Again as Nvidia, AMD Send S&P 500 and Nasdaq to New Highs

Sports

Alex Cora Snubs Phillies Again — Leaving Don Mattingly's Future in Limbo

Islanders Defenseman Romanov Tears ACL, Likely Done for the Season

Braves Face Elimination Tonight as Dodgers Try to Close Out NLDS at Truist Park