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Hurricane Beryl strengthens to ‘dangerous’ Category 4 storm threatening Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approached the southeastern Caribbean and began to weaken Sunday as government officials urgently urged people to evacuate. Hurricane warnings were issued for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Barbados meteorological director […]

NJ man struck by lightning while trying to warn kids about storm

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — A man who was struck and killed by lightning on the New Jersey coast on Sunday while trying to warn his children of an oncoming storm is being hailed as a hero by his girlfriend, who was there when the tragedy happened. Patrick Dispoto, 59, died at the scene in Seaside […]

Calm Before the Storm or the Pause That Refreshes?

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Sometime during the mid-afternoon of July 17, 1967, a band of six mountaineers set off from Camp VII at 17,900 feet on Mount McKinley in their quest to reach the summit.  Four others of their party had summited the mountain two days earlier after an eight-hour climb from Camp VII […]

Storm top Fever after shutting down Caitlin Clark in second half

SEATTLE — Jewell Loyd scored 23 of her season-high 34 points in the first half, played most of the game through swelling from her left eye, and the Seattle Storm held Caitlin Clark to just three points in the second half in an 89-77 victory over the Indiana Fever on Thursday night. Seattle (11-6) improved […]

Bandits storm NYC restaurant and rob diners as crowd looks on: cops

Two bold robbers stormed into a crowded Brooklyn restaurant and robbed three customers at gunpoint while horrified diners looked on, according to police and reports. Police said the duo entered Birds of a Feather, a popular Chinese bar in Williamsburg, armed with guns and demanded $200 worth of Seiko watches and cellphones from three customers […]