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The Taliban have hit back at President Donald Trump’s dramatic cancellation of an imminent Afghanistan peace agreement, suggesting his erratic diplomacy is damaging his credibility. According to BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, a Taliban spokesperson said Sunday that the president’s weekend tweets had come as a surprise to the group. Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he was shelving the peace deal following the killing of a U.S. soldier in…

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Helicopters airlifted food and water to stranded residents of a North Carolina Outer Banks island Friday after it suffered “catastrophic flooding” as Hurricane Dorian swept up the coast, the governor said. Dorian, a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, was quickly moving away from the Mid-Atlantic states Friday night and heading for Nova Scotia, the National Hurricane Center said. But the storm surge left behind inundated…

Media captionSurvivors of the hurricane say there is utter devastation The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be “staggering”, the country’s government has warned as aid efforts are being stepped up. The official death toll stands at 30, but is expected to rise further. Officials are sending morticians and 200 body bags to the Abaco Islands, the worst-hit part of the archipelago. Dorian – which devastated the…

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Hurricane Dorian swept past Florida on Wednesday on a collision course with the Carolinas, claiming its first life in the U.S. and promising heavy rains, powerful winds and damaging surge. The historic storm had diminished to Category 2 but had grown in size following its devastating sweep through the Bahamas. Dorian was about 100 miles northeast of Daytona Beach early Wednesday driving 110 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said. More than 1 million coastal residents from Florida…

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Hurricane Dorian swept past Florida on a collision course with the Carolinas, claiming its first life in the U.S. and promising heavy rains, powerful winds and damaging surge. The historic storm had technically diminished to Category 2 but actually had grown in size following its devastating roll through the Bahamas. Dorian was about 90 miles northeast of Daytona Beach early Wednesday with 105 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said. More than 1 million coastal…

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Video Curfew in effect for Atlantic Beach, Florida ahead of Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian closes in on Florida coast; Bill Hemmer reports from Atlantic Beach, Florida. Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer appeared on “Hannity” to offer the latest on Hurricane Dorian as it crawled toward the Florida coast Tuesday night. “This has been, especially for the United States, one stubborn storm; they have waited and they have watched and they are tired…

Angela Quitasol, 28, had moved to Stockton several years ago and taught seventh-grade science at Sierra Middle School in the same area where she grew up. “For Angela, students were her focus,” Patty Kelley, the superintendent’s executive assistant, said in a statement. “She shared her passion for science with them and greeted them every day with a high five and a bright smile.” Susana Rosas’ eldest child, Evan Michael Quitasol,…

It was a drama-filled day in Britain’s House of Commons on Tuesday. But the outcome seems clear: A snap general election is now likely to be held on or around Oct. 15. The day began with a Conservative member of Parliament crossing the Commons floor to join the Liberal Democrats. That left Prime Minister Boris Johnson weakened in form and substance. The defection means that, absent votes from other parties,…

During a briefing on the category 5 Hurricane Dorian sweeping across the Bahamas and toward the US coast, Donald Trump said: ‘All we know is that it’s possibly the biggest. I’m not sure I’ve even heard of a category 5, I knew it existed. And I’ve seen some category 4s. I don’t even think I’ve heard the term other than I know it it’s there and it’s the ultimate and…

Video Mandatory evacuations issued for the barrier islands of Florida for Hurricane Dorian The Red Cross is stepping to provide aid in the wake of Hurricane Dorian; Jillian Mele reports. In the center of Hurricane Dorian, the eye of the storm reveals just how powerful it is. The National Hurricane Center said in a 2 p.m. ET Sunday advisory that Dorian was a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph…

Satellite imagery provided to Fox News suggests that an Iranian satellite launch this week failed quite spectacularly. The rocket blew up on its launchpad or shortly after launch. This is good news for the United States and regional security. Iran claims that its satellite program is peaceful and designed only to monitor the weather, but the reality is very different. Iran’s satellite program is just a cover for the regime’s…

Video Hurricane Dorian reaches Category 4, continues to strengthen Meteorologist Adam Klotz takes a look at Hurricane Dorian’s projected path. Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 130 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced Friday night. The NHC statement said the storm’s change in intensity was detected by hurricane hunter aircraft, The news raised fears that Dorian could become the most…

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had the opioids fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol in his system when he was found dead in his Texas hotel room July 1, according to a toxicology report released Friday by the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office. The cause of death is listed as a mixture of “alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents,” meaning Skaggs, 27, essentially choked on his…

Hurricane Dorian was forecast to become an “extremely dangerous major hurricane” on Friday as it churned on its course to the Bahamas and southeastern U.S. over the next several days, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm posed “a significant threat” to the Bahamas and Florida and has maximum sustained winds near 110 mph, just one mile away from becoming a major Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane…

Video Dorian could become category 3 hurricane before hitting Florida Rick Reichmuth reports from the Fox Extreme Weather Center with the latest update on the storm. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were breathing a huge sigh of relief Wednesday night as Hurricane Dorian swung away from them, resulting in far less damage than had been feared. But whether Florida will have similar luck remained doubtful, according to forecasters,…

One of the cameras in the hallway outside of Epstein’s cell captured footage that was deemed unusable, though it is unclear what about the footage investigators deemed not usable, The Washington Post reported. Epstein died by suicide in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center earlier this month, prompting a federal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Epstein’s defense team blasted the “medieval conditions” of the federal prison, blaming…