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A man who grew up on the Neches River was searching the low water near Beaumont when he found five sunken ships.

Hurricane Idalia’s future is uncertain once it returns to open ocean. But could it make a return to trip to Florida? Forecasters say that’s unlikely.

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Residents are preparing for Hurricane Idalia’s landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as authorities urge vulnerable communities to leave.

Here’s the latest for Tuesday, August 29th: U.S. targets 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations; Hurricane Idalia surges toward Florida; UNC shooting suspect denied bond; 127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square.
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A Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was arrested and charged with murder after an hourslong lockdown Monday.

Hurricane Idalia was forecast to grow stronger as it drives a potentially deadly storm surge toward the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf coast.

Hurricane Idalia threatens to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast sometime Wednesday as a major hurricane.

Mark Meadows testifies his Georgia election call was ‘part of my role’ under Trump, Idalia barrels toward Florida as a hurricane: 5 Things podcast

Russian state-funded media has released footage showing American Paul Whelan in a penal colony. The video shows Whelan standing among other inmates and working at a sewing machine in prison clothes. (Date unknown)