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A white man wearing a mask and firing a weapon emblazoned with a swastika gunned down three Black people Saturday in what the sheriff described as a racially motivated attack in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter, who had also posted racist writings, then killed himself. Here’s what is known about the killings: WHERE AND WHEN DID…

Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday off the coast of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said. At 5 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 95 miles (153 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving northeast at 3 mph (4.8 kph) with highest sustained…

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of…

A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said. The shooter, who had also posted racist writings, then killed himself. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters told a news…

A powerful gang opened fire Saturday on a large group of parishioners led by a pastor as they marched through a community armed with machetes to rid the area of gang members. The attack was filmed in real time by journalists at the scene, and several people were killed and others injured, Marie Yolène Gilles,…

The cleanup continues this weekend after multiple rounds of severe storms left behind extensive damage across Southeast Michigan. Following flooding and some straight-line wind damage on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, a total of seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan on Thursday night–a record for the month of August. Six of the tornadoes impacted Southeast…

Thousands of customers are without power in Southeast Michigan Friday after storms moved through the area Thursday. As of 10 p.m. Friday (Aug. 25), more than 154,000 DTE Energy customers were in the dark, according to the utility company’s outage center. Southeast Michigan residents and businesses without power following two nights of severe storms are expected…

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency Friday, Aug. 25, for Wayne and Monroe counties. The move aims to help local response and recovery efforts in the areas impacted by flooding, heavy rain and severe storms. “Communities across Michigan were hit hard by torrential downpours and damaging winds,” Whitmer said. “This emergency declaration…

Within a day of Maui County releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, more than 100 of them or their relatives came forward to say they’re safe, the FBI said Friday. The agency is reviewing the information they provided and working to remove the names…

Tens of thousands of DTE Energy customers were without power Thursday after severe storms moved through the region. As of 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, more than 64,000 DTE Energy customers were in the dark, according to the utility company’s outage center. DTE estimated that 85% of customers affected by outages due to Thursday…

Former President Donald Trump has returned to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, firing off his first message in 2 1/2 years shortly after he surrendered at an Atlanta jail on charges he conspired to overturn his election loss. He posted a photo of his mug shot and the words, “Election interference.…

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado warning for Wayne County until 11 p.m. The warning was issued Friday (Aug. 24) at 10:21 p.m., where a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Canton, moving east at 50 mph. Read: Whitmer activates Michigan emergency operations center in response to flooding: What…