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Irma has since been downgraded from Category 5, will still be regarded as the most powerful in the Atlantic in recorded history with 185 mph winds. Though Irma has lessened to 150 mph winds, the hurricane will

Jasmine Block, 15, of Alexandria, Minn., had been kidnapped for almost a month when she swam across a lake to escape from her abductors. She made it safely across the lake before running onto a property to

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is prepping for huge state evacuations ahead of Hurricane Irma. The  Category 5 storm just plowed through the Caribbean, leaving the island absolutely decimated. While it’s possible by the time it reaching Florida,

A video of a Utah nurse being forcibly arrested when she refused to let police officers draw blood from an unconscious crash victim has gone viral. Her brutal arrest was caught on body-camera video, and expedited the

Late Tuesday, the now Category 5 storm, Irma, was almost upon the Caribbean islands with 185 mph sustained winds. It’s much too early to tell if the storm will make landfall on the US, but even a

Joel Osteen, already under fire for not opening his megachurch to Harvey victims, told parishioners on Sunday that Hurricane Harvey survivors should not have a “poor old me mentality.” Osteen eventually opened his Lakewood Church officially opened

Over the weekend, Hurricane Irma has strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 storm, set to hit the Caribbean islands Wednesday before possibly hitting the US later on this week. Irma was churning Tuesday morning with maximum

A judge on Thursday reportedly denied bond for white nationalist Christopher Cantwell, who was  involved with the violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month. He had become internet famous after posting a video of himself crying,

An American man, Szuhsiung Ho, aka Allen Ho, has been sentenced to two years in jail for illegally helping China develop its nuclear power program for nearly 20 years. Ho did not obtain explicit permission to share

Reports of “explosions and black smoke” came at 2 a.m. local time Thursday at the Arkema chemical plant in Crobsy, Texas.  The plant had lost refrigeration due to the floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey.  Certain chemicals they produce