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What is a nor’easter, the storm set to drench the East Coast this weekend?

SEA BRIGHT, N.J. (PIX11) – A storm without a name is expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to New Jersey and high winds to New York City over the holiday weekend. New Jersey is under a state of emergency as residents brace for the nor’easter that could bring flooding and...

Smithsonian poised to shutter museums Sunday as shutdown showdown persists

The Smithsonian Institute announced Saturday that its museums will be closed starting Sunday as the lapse in government funding persists. "Due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian museums are temporarily closed beginning on Sunday, Oct. 12, along with our research centers and the National Zoo," the organization wrote on the social platform X. "We will update...

The ostrich approach to data won’t solve US hunger

Pretending problems don’t exist won’t make them go away.

Trump fires dozens of CDC officials in shutdown layoffs

The Trump administration on Friday laid off dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the government shutdown persists in Washington. The firings at one of the nation’s top public health agencies follows a series of turmoil around leadership changes and a stark update to guidance on health and vaccine...

Johnson says Democrats are to blame for looming lapse in military pay

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday cast blame on Democrats for a looming lapse in military pay as the shutdown impasse persists, pointing to seven failed votes in the Senate to pass his stopgap funding bill. "HR 5371 (the Continuing Resolution) is the bill to pay our troops," he wrote on social platform X....

Jared Kushner reenters as key player in Middle East peace push

Jared Kushner has reentered the political spotlight as a top envoy for the Trump White House in efforts to secure a peace deal in the Middle East, highlighting both his influence in the region and his growing business portfolio there. Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior White House adviser in Trump’s first...

Biden undergoes radiation therapy for cancer, spokesperson says

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer four months ago and is now receiving radiation therapy as part of his treatment.

A subway surfing solution and more: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 12, 2025

Subway ‘sliders’ There must be a way to stop young men and women from wanting to get their thrills by riding on the top...

Forget Obamacare subsidies — it’s time to mend or END the whole thing

Blindly tossing fresh trillions down that hole is nuts: Time to fix it — or scrap it altogether.

Second Circuit Rules Against Transgender Inmate’s Eighth Amendment Claim

In a ruling on Wednesday (in Clark v. Valletta), a divided panel of the Second Circuit ruled that prison officials were entitled to qualified...

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