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Former Taiwan&rsquo;s President Chen Shui-bian attends Taiwan National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.

Taiwan celebrates its National Day holiday against a background of Chinese threats

Former Taiwan&rsquo;s President Chen Shui-bian attends Taiwan National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.

October 10, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World

Taiwan celebrated its National Day holiday Thursday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own territory. Read story

Close call at Nashville airport came after planes were directed to same runway, probe shows

October 10, 2024, 8:22am Business

Investigators said Wednesday that air traffic controllers cleared an Alaska Airlines jet to take off from Nashville last month after telling pilots of a Southwest Airlines jet to cross the same runway. Read story

FILE - A reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine is seen in Bradenton, Fla., on April 3, 2021.

Polluted waste from Florida’s fertilizer industry is in the path of Milton’s fury

FILE - A reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine is seen in Bradenton, Fla., on April 3, 2021.

October 10, 2024, 8:20am Business

As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways. Read story

FILE - Thom Gimbel, from left, Michael Bluestein, Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Jeff Pilson and Bruce Watson of Foreigner pose for a portrait  during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 20, 2017.

After years of finding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame cold as ice, Foreigner now knows what love is

FILE - Thom Gimbel, from left, Michael Bluestein, Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Jeff Pilson and Bruce Watson of Foreigner pose for a portrait  during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 20, 2017.

October 10, 2024, 5:59am Entertainment

This month, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame rectifies a wrong that many rock fans will celebrate with their lighters up in the air — the band Foreigner will finally be welcomed in. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Milton from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

Biden condemns ‘un-American’ ‘lies’ about federal storm response as Hurricane Milton nears Florida

President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Milton from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

October 9, 2024, 4:13pm Nation & World

 President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted his predecessor for spreading an “onslaught of lies” about how the federal government is handling the damage from Hurricane Helene as another hurricane, Milton, was on the verge of making landfall in Florida. Read story

Mechanic Evan Purcell, 43, right, and friend Ted Carlson pack up tools and last-minute items they want to salvage from Purcell&rsquo;s duplex ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Purcell, who has lived on the island for 40 years, suffered thousands of dollars in damage on his garage level from Hurricane Helene and says it&rsquo;s &ldquo;a coin toss&rdquo; whether his home will still be standing in a few days. &ldquo;I just have a pit in my stomach about this one,&rdquo; he said.

Climate change boosted Helene’s deadly rain and wind and scientists say same is likely for Milton

Mechanic Evan Purcell, 43, right, and friend Ted Carlson pack up tools and last-minute items they want to salvage from Purcell&rsquo;s duplex ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Purcell, who has lived on the island for 40 years, suffered thousands of dollars in damage on his garage level from Hurricane Helene and says it&rsquo;s &ldquo;a coin toss&rdquo; whether his home will still be standing in a few days. &ldquo;I just have a pit in my stomach about this one,&rdquo; he said.

October 9, 2024, 1:29pm Nation & World

Human-caused climate change boosted a devastating Hurricane Helene ‘s rainfall by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%, scientists said in a new flash study released just as a strengthening Hurricane Milton threatens the Florida coast less than two weeks later. Read story

A neighbor cries during the funeral of Jean Louis Jeune Gracien, who was killed during an attack by armed gangs Tuesday in Pont-Sonde, Haiti.

Death toll in gang attack on Haitian town rises to 115

A neighbor cries during the funeral of Jean Louis Jeune Gracien, who was killed during an attack by armed gangs Tuesday in Pont-Sonde, Haiti.

October 9, 2024, 1:10pm Nation & World

The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Read story

A sign on a closed Waffle House on Highway US 19 in anticipation of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla.

How Waffle House helps Southerners — and FEMA — judge a storm’s severity

A sign on a closed Waffle House on Highway US 19 in anticipation of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla.

October 9, 2024, 11:06am Nation & World

Golden hashbrowns, gravy-smothered biscuits and crispy waffles with a hearty helping of maple syrup are among the classic Southern comfort foods. But when hurricanes tear through Southeastern towns, the hot meals and bold yellow signs of the local Waffle House provide another kind of comfort. Read story

Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J.

Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, suffers stroke

Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J.

October 9, 2024, 10:13am Nation & World

The family of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, says she’s been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Dodge County Airport, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Juneau, Wis.

Sanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn’t figured him out

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Dodge County Airport, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Juneau, Wis.

October 9, 2024, 8:37am Nation & World

Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third Election Day as the Republican candidate for president and there is still remarkably little consensus within the media about how best to cover Donald Trump. Read story