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Hurricane Erin tracker: Map and projected storm path

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:29:56 +0000

Erin is the 5th named storm of the hurricane season.

By:Dylan Moriarty, Szu Yu Chen, N. Kirkpatrick

Maine shooting survivors, families sue U.S. government over massacre

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:45:21 +0000

Families of victims and survivors of the 2023 mass killing in Lewiston allege that the Army ignored warning signs of the dangers posed by reservist Robert Card.

By:Victoria Craw, Gaya Gupta

Man charged with murder in ‘ding-dong ditch’ shooting

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:03:01 +0000

A 42-year-old Houston man was arrested in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old who had rung the doorbell of a house and run away.

By:Praveena Somasundaram

They were deported to El Salvador's megaprison. What happened inside?

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:34:18 +0000

The story of Roger Molina, a Venezuelan migrant who was sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s megaprison.

By:Elana Gordon, Reena Flores, Sam Bair, Helena Carpio, María Luisa Paúl

436 people were put up for sale here. Will the site now be sold or saved?

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000

In Savannah, Georgia, descendants and community members want to preserve the place where one of America’s largest slave auctions occurred 166 years ago.

By:Emmanuel Felton

New school year brings mandatory gun safety lessons for students in some states

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:00:51 +0000

All students in Tennessee public and charter schools must begin annual firearm safety lessons after the state became the first to pass a law requiring the training.

By:Kim Bellware