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Topline Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where millions have been told to evacuate as forecasters warn it could be be “one of the most destructive hurricanes on record” for the west-central part of the state. Hurricane Milton approaches Tampa Bay on Wednesday evening.NOAA Key Facts 8:30 p.m. EDT, Oct. 9 — Milton made landfall near Siesta Key in Sarasota County as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. 7 p.m. EDT, Oct. 9 — The “northern eyewall” of Milton was moving into the Tampa Bay area, with forecasters urging those in…

How to cash out a gift cardgetty A gift card is a prepaid card issued by retailers, financial institutions, or businesses that allows you to make purchases at a specific store or use it wherever certain payment networks, like Visa or Mastercard, are accepted. They come in two main types: closed-loop, which are limited to a specific store or chain, and open-loop, which are more flexible. While gift cards offer convenience and flexibility, they aren’t always useful for everyone. Some prefer having cash to pay bills or meet urgent financial needs, while others simply want to avoid cluttering their wallets…

By Lara Issa On October 1, 2024, Israel launched a ground invasion into southern Lebanon, marking a dramatic escalation in the long-standing conflict with Hezbollah. This military operation, catalyzed by a series of devastating strikes against Hezbollah in September, raises critical questions about the future of regional stability and the humanitarian toll on civilians caught in the crossfire. The backdrop to this invasion is a complex interplay of geopolitical tensions that have recently intensified with the Israel-Hamas conflict. Following the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Hezbollah, backed by Iran, entered the fray, intensifying cross-border skirmishes that have already resulted in significant casualties…

By Tyler Durden Tired of seeing unruly teens running amok and causing chaos inside of your local shopping mall? So are the residents, vendors and security at Moreno Valley Mall in California. It is one of many malls on a list that includes New Jersey’s oldest mall, Westfield Garden State Plaza, that is implementing new rules to try and cut back on unruly and sometimes illegal behavior from teenagers. At Westfield Garden State Plaza, anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult after 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, according to KIRO Newsradio. The mall has also set up “waiting…

Actor Ben Affleck was seen stranded on the Los Angeles Freeway with his son on Saturday after his electric Bronco stopped working. The Batman star and his twelve-year-old son, Samuel, who he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, where able to make their way to a gas station where they indulged in some snacks while they waited for a tow truck to cart their dead EV back home, according to TMZ. Samuel’s life has gotten complicated on the parental front as his mom divorced Affleck in 2017 and now his step mom, Jennifer Lopez, is also preparing to divorce Affleck. However,…

The interminable process to replace failed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as the leader of the Conservative Party has been whittled down to two candidates Wednesday after former Home Secretary James Cleverly was knocked out of the running. Former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and ex-Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch have been left as the last two candidates standing in the months-long contest for the Conservative Party leadership after a narrow vote among Tory MPs on Wednesday afternoon. The vote saw Badenoch receive the support of 42 fellow MPs, compared to 41 for Jenrick, and 37 for former Home Secretary James Cleverly, who…

Fed’s Rate Cut: A Premature Misstep From A Fed Pressured By Politics and Wall Street The Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point rate cut in September wasn’t just premature—it was the latest in a series of significant policy mistakes that casts a shadow on the Fed’s credibility. Last Friday’s jobs report laid bare the misjudgment. With 254,000 new jobs and unemployment falling to 4.1 percent, the labor market is gaining strength, not faltering. Wages are up four percent year-over-year, further proof that the Fed’s justification for cutting rates was flimsy at best. But this decision wasn’t made in isolation. It was the culmination…

Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz suggested in an interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes that aired on Tuesday that his “misspeaking” does not matter because Minnesotans know and support him. “I think folks know who I am. And I think they know the difference between someone expressing emotion, telling a story, getting a date wrong by — you — rather than a pathological liar like Donald Trump,” he responded when asked about his lie that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square Massacre when he was actually in Nebraska. When pressed on whether he could be trusted…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Thursday on concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East, with Israel planning to strike oil-producer Iran, and on spikes in fuel demand as a major storm barreled into Florida.Brent crude futures rose 37 cents, or 0.5%, to $76.95 a barrel, while the U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures was up 35 cents, also 0.5%, at $73.59 a barrel at 0034 GMT.The world’s largest oil producer and consumer has been hit by a second major storm, Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida’s west coast, spawning tornadoes and…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In a meeting on Tuesday, the Brown Corporation rejected a student-led proposal that would have seen the university divesting from 10 companies that the students say “profit from and facilitate gross human rights abuses committed by Israel throughout occupied Palestine.”In a letter to the Brown community, Chancellor Brian Moynihan and President Christina Paxson shared that the Corporation voted to accept a recommendation from the university’s Advisory Committee on University Resources Management (ACURM) against divestment.According to ACURM, the committee was unable to find “a causal link between the investmentor expenditure of University resources and the associated harm,”…