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Oil Platforms in the Gulf shut down in preparation for Hurricane Isaias
Natalie Weber
Isaias is expected to make landfall as the season's first Atlantic hurricane. Oil rigs and refineries on the Gulf Coast are evacuating, but experts don't anticipate much of an impact on gas prices.
A huge crowd gathers to witness the public hanging of Rainey Bethea in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Public outrage over the spectacle made Bethea's death the last high-profile public execution in the United States. The Pentagon wants to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter.
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The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
Rachel Treisman
A detainee boards a deportation flight on GlobalX Air in Minnesota in December 2025.
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U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man's third-country deportation to Africa
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A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come.
People watch as waves build near the Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 9, 2026, as Hurricane Isaias continues moving north toward the Florida Panhandle.
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