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[ad_1] On Thursday, in response to complaints filed by the NAACP and Jackson residents, the EPA announced it will investigate whether the Mississippi Department of Health and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality “discriminated against the majority Black population of the City of Jackson on the basis of race in …

[ad_1] Nikolas Cruz sits at the defense table during his trial on September 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Amy Beth Bennett/Pool/Getty Images) Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, …

[ad_1] A week after Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida, residents of Sanibel island will be allowed back to view their homes Wednesday for the first time since the storm devastated the once tranquil community. Ian wiped out a portion of the causeway connecting Sanibel Island to the mainland, setting the stage for days of …

[ad_1] Officials in hardest-hit Lee County, Florida, are facing mounting questions about why the first mandatory evacuations weren’t ordered until a day before Hurricane Ian’s landfall —despite an emergency plan that suggests evacuations should have happened earlier.   Lee County’s evacuation orders also came a day or more after those of …

[ad_1] Homes damaged by Hurricane Ian are seen in Fort Myers Beach on September 29. (Greg Lovett/USA Today Network) The city of Fort Myers Beach on Florida’s southwest coast was leveled by Hurricane Ian, a local politician said late Thursday. “I made it about two-thirds down the island and I’d …

[ad_1] Orlando International Airport remains closed. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images) Seven of the 11 Florida airports that closed or suspended commercial service due to Hurricane Ian are scheduled to reopen by the end of the day Friday, according to CNN’s tally.   Jacksonville International Airport is one of those, according to …

[ad_1] Hurricane Ian has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as it moves across central Florida, the National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday. The storm’s sustained winds are down to 90 mph.  Ian is now centered about 70 miles south of Orlando. East-central Florida, including Orlando, is also under a …

[ad_1] Lee County officials in southwest Florida are implementing a mandatory evacuation order for residents living in zone A and parts of zone B of the county, officials said Tuesday.  The county is currently under a hurricane watch, tropical storm warning and a storm surge warning, according to a Facebook post from Monday night.   “The …

[ad_1] Leonardo Dicaprio As Dr. Randall Mindy and Jennifer Lawrence As Kate Dibiasky in the Netflix film “Don’t Look Up.” (Niko Tavernise/Netflix) There’s a giant rock ahead and NASA is crashing a spacecraft into it — and no, it’s not a movie. On Monday, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, …

[ad_1] She figured her son, Telly Blair, was checking in to see if she wanted a soda from a gas station down the street, where he often went for fuel and snacks. “Mom, I’ve been shot,” he said. “Call the police!” Marnette, her other son Tamarcus and his 12-year-old daughter …