Hurricane Melissa is forecast to make landfall on Jamaica Tuesday morning and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday. Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, multiple landslides and extensive infrastructure damage.

Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic. The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup and still have a chance ...

What to KnowPresident Trumparrived today in Japan for his first meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.Atrade dealbetween the U.S. and China isdrawing closer, officials fromthe worlds two ...

High demand and limited funding – those are the issues local governments are facing as they try to help those in need of housing help.  The Housing Choice Voucher, known as Section 8, is a lifeline for many low-income families in need of rental assistance. The program is federally funded and is administered by local governments.  Section 8 tenants ...

High demand and limited funding – those are the issues local governments are facing as they try to help those in need of housing help.  The Housing Choice Voucher, known as Section 8, is a lifeline for many low-income families in need of rental assistance. The program is federally funded and is administered by local governments.  Section 8 tenants ...

People wearing Halloween masks banged on a familys door in Alexandria and said they would break in and kill the residents. Police investigated the case as an attempted burglary and learned relatives were responsible and had been filming what they called a prank. The prank could have been deadly, Alexandrias police chief said in an update Monday. When a ...

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The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kick off on Feb. 6 and run through Feb 22.  There will be a total of 16 days filled with over 110 medal events spanning 16 disciplines. We can’t wait to bring you coverage of the games, which will include a daily Olympics newsletter. Sign up here and in the meantime, please take our survey below. There’s ...

What to KnowPresident Donald Trumparrived this morning in Japan for his first meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.Atrade dealbetween the U.S. and China isdrawing closer, officials ...

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A man and woman are facing charges after authorities said they were caught taking fentanyl inside a McDonald’s bathroom in Miami-Dade in front of a 4-month-old. Nathan Flores, 26, Bryanna Rivero-Salazar, 25, were arrested Friday for child neglect with no great bodily harm, records show. Flores is also charged with possession of a controlled substance ...

Authorities are seeking more potential victims of a South Florida girls’ volleyball coach who was arrested last week for alleged lewd acts with a teen. Arturo “Arty” Gonzalez, 55, was arrested Friday on charges of lewd or lascivious touching of a victim who’s 16 or 17 and offenses against students by authority figures, Palm Beach County jail ...

Spooky season is officially here in the NFL. From upset results to surprise scorers, the last Sunday before Halloween provided some scares across the league. So, who stood out in Week 8? And which players or teams fell flat? Here are the winners and losers: WINNER: Jets finally get it done The NFL’s last winless team has its first victory. ...

Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson has been arrested in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon, records show. Peterson was taken into custody Sunday in Sugar Land, according to Houston television station KHOU. It’s the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league ...

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Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday. Melissa was centered about 130 miles (205 kilometers) south-southwest of ...

A man donned what appeared to be a full Nazi uniform and assaulted a female University of Georgia student outside an off-campus bar, the school said Sunday. The disturbance unfolded Thursday night as the man was denied entrance to Cutters Pub in downtown Athens, according to a representative for the bar and video of the incident. “We are horrified ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday posted a new message to its website blaming Democrats for the upcoming suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, saying assistance will halt beginning Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown. Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, ...

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted Frances dusty Crown Jewels long admired at home, little known abroad to global fame. One week on, the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage even as authorities Sunday announced arrests tied to the haul. ...

Several vacationers who were in Jamaica returned to South Florida on Sunday as tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain were felt on the Caribbean island after Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm. All flights from Montego Bay to Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport have since been canceled. ...

A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he fell into a river in Miami early Sunday morning, fire rescue said. According to Miami Fire Rescue, crews received reports of a man who was in the water near Southwest Second and North River Drive. Witnesses at the scene said they tried to help the man with a piece of wood, but then he went ...