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Major Hurricane Isaias takes aim on Gulf Coast
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Hurricane Isaias in poised to make landfall on the Gulf Coast near the Alabama-Florida boarder. It will be the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. since 2024.
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Oil Platforms in the Gulf shut down in preparation for Hurricane Isaias
Natalie Weber
A huge crowd gathers to witness the public hanging of Rainey Bethea in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Public outrage over the spectacle made Bethea's death the last high-profile public execution in the United States. The Pentagon wants to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter.
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The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
Rachel Treisman

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A detainee boards a deportation flight on GlobalX Air in Minnesota in December 2025.
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U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man's third-country deportation to Africa
Nate Perez
The Trump administration's effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona judge said his deportation violated due process.
A woman wearing a face mask walks past the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, founded in the 1930s to monitor strains of dangerous pathogens.
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People watch as waves build near the Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 9, 2026, as Hurricane Isaias continues moving north toward the Florida Panhandle.
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How the oil industry is preparing for Hurricane Isaias
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