Press review · Wednesday, 6 August 2025
06 August 2025
1,390 articles: 08 May 2025 – 27 October 2026
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foxweather.com
Tropical Storm Fernand strengthens east of Bermuda as Invest 99L fizzles over Caribbean
Forecasters are continuing to monitor strengthening Tropical Storm Fernand swirling over the open waters of the Atlantic as Invest 99L has fizzled over the eastern Caribbean Sea.
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inquirer.com
Active shooter report at Villanova was a ‘cruel hoax,’ university president says; no injuries reported
The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, the university’s president, said the report caused “panic and terror” as students and staff were celebrating Orientation Mass.
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nj.com
Evacuations underway as Hurricane Erin causes flooding in N.J. town
Coastal flood warnings are in effect through Saturday along the Jersey Shore.
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Watch: Worst of the monster waves slamming East Coast from Hurricane Erin
As Hurricane Erin continues its pursuit through the Atlantic, dangerous conditions have been reported up and down the East Coast.
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Watch: North Carolina man 'obliterated' as Hurricane Erin wave smashes into sand dune
Strong waves from Hurricane Erin knocked a North Carolina man off his feet on Wednesday as he filmed the impacts of the storm brewing in the Atlantic Ocean.
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nbcnews.com
Hurricane Erin prompts tropical storm warning for North Carolina
The storm isn't expected to make landfall but could leave dangerous rip currents and flooding in its wake.
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Hurricane Erin slams North Carolina, Virginia coasts with strong winds, powerful waves, dangerous rip currents
A powerful and sprawling Hurricane Erin continued lashing hundreds of miles of coastline along the Eastern Seaboard with its outer bands Thursday morning, proving a storm of such size doesn't need to make landfall to bring widespread impacts.
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boston.com
New Hampshire woman killed husband, 2 children in murder-suicide, officials say
In videos posted to her now-private TikTok, Emily Long spoke candidly about her husband’s brain cancer treatment and feeling depressed.
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Hurricane Erin closes beaches from Florida to New York, unleashes monster waves, rip currents, extreme erosion
Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the U.S., prompting officials to close beaches along the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast due to massive waves and potentially deadly rip currents just as families take their final vacations of the summer.
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vcstar.com
Red flag warning issued for parts of Ventura, Los Angeles counties
The region will experience relative low humidity, breezy winds and extreme heat, which can create a dangerous fire environment.
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Hurricane Erin’s impacts to spread up East Coast as tropical storm alerts expand in North Carolina, Virginia
A dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation may be about to unfold across portions of the East Coast as Tropical Storm alerts are in effect for parts of coastal Virginia and North Carolina’s Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin approaches the U.S.
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freebeacon.com
A DC Police Sergeant Exposed Her Superiors for Misclassifying Crimes To Make Stats Look Low. The City Just Quietly Settled Her Lawsuit.
The District of Columbia has quietly settled a lawsuit from a sergeant who accused Metropolitan Police Department leaders of misclassifying offenses to deflate the district's crime statistics, court records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. Police brass repeatedly told officers to downgrade theft cases, knife attacks, and violent assaults to lesser offenses, according to internal MPD emails, depositions, and phone call transcripts the Free Beacon reviewed.
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Hurricane Erin strengthens, may undergo rapid intensification into extremely dangerous Category 4 storm
Hurricane Erin formed on Friday, becoming the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Now, all eyes are watching what this system does next as it treks just north of the Caribbean islands.
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wral.com
Two Outer Banks homes in danger of collapse as Hurricane Erin stirs up the Atlantic
Two Rodanthe homes are at risk of collapse as Hurricane Erin stirs dangerous waves toward the Outer Banks, threatening fragile oceanfront properties.
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usatoday.com
Rapid intensification? Hurricane forecasters say Erin's winds could skyrocket.
Tropical Storm Erin, now spinning far out in the central Atlantic Ocean, could undergo rapid intensification into a powerful 125-mph hurricane.
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local10.com
Strengthening Erin on track to pass north of easternmost Caribbean islands this weekend
Erin continues to plot a course just north of the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the upcoming weekend as it steadily strengthens into the first hurricane of the season by Friday.
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al.com
Tropical Storm Erin path update: Latest official track map
Erin expected to become a hurricane on Friday.
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local10.com
Models fall into line on Erin’s future
After waffling over Erin’s future path in recent days, forecast models seem to have settled on a course that will take the center of the future hurricane just north of the Leeward Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico this weekend
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weather.com
Weather Tidbits, August 13 | Weather.com
Wednesday morning brought several major weather headlines, including a typhoon making landfall in Taiwan, historic rain and deadly flooding in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a flood warning and evacuation alert in Juneau, Alaska, and much more. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
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Disaster declared in Alaska's capital due to 'catastrophic flooding' threat from glacial lake outburst
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Sunday in response to an “imminent threat of catastrophic flooding" from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) linked to a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier.
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statesman.com
Austin police ID suspect, victims in Target shooting that left 3 dead
Austin police named Ethan Nieneker as the suspect in a North Austin Target shooting that killed three, including a child; he faces capital murder charges.
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abc7chicago.com
Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago; Pritzker says he has 'no right'
Crime numbers are down in Chicago and Washington, D.C. despite Trump's criticisms, data shows.
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kut.org
3 people killed in shooting outside Target store in North Austin
The suspect is in custody, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said. The motive is unknown.
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Tropical Storm Erin to be Atlantic's first hurricane of 2025 with major strengthening likely
Tropical Storm Erin formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Monday and continues to head northwest.
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nbcnews.com
Severe storms knock out power and close roads as flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair
Some of the highest rainfall totals in the past 24 hours were in the Milwaukee area, where west of the city recorded 8 to 11 inches of rain.
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jsonline.com
How did Milwaukee get this much rain? High humidity, strong winds and thunderstorms — all in the same place.
The myriad of factors that can culminate to produce the flooding that hit Milwaukee last night came together at the same time, in the same place.
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jsonline.com
Milwaukee area pummeled\nby record-breaking flash floods that disrupt busy weekend
The Milwaukee area was pounded by a powerful series of storms Aug. 9 that created damaging flash floods.
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jsonline.com
See aftermath of severe weather, flooding in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Severe flooding led to cancelations at State Fair and USA Triathlon as more than 5 inches of rain fell in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
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kxlf.com
Suspect in Anaconda shootings has been captured
The week-long manhunt for Michael Paul Brown, the suspect in the shooting deaths of four people at the Owl Bar in Anaconda last week, ended on Friday
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Parts of Los Angeles evacuated as Canyon Fire explodes to nearly 5,000 acres
Parts of Los Angeles County were evacuated in the early morning hours Friday after the fast-moving wildfire, named the Canyon Fire by fire officials, crossed over from Ventura County, California into Los Angeles.
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Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers indicted on federal hate crime charges
Elias Rodriguez, 31, is accused of carrying out a hate crime resulting in death motivated by the \
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theguardian.com
Despite RFK’s funding block, mRNA vaccines are too impressive to ignore
Scientists fear decision may increase vaccine hesitancy, but other countries are still willing to invest in research