via CNN:
Hurricane Michael is ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm hours before landfall:
Michael intensified from a Category 3 storm early Wednesday, hours before its expected landfall in the afternoon
If it makes landfall as a Category 4, it’ll be the strongest hurricane to hit the Florida Panhandle in recorded history, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. It would also be the strongest storm in terms of wind speed to make landfall in the country this year.
Only three major hurricanes Category 3 or higher have struck the Panhandle since 1950: Eloise in 1975, Opal in 1995 and Dennis in 2005.
Taylor Swift calls on fans to vote during AMA acceptance speech:
“This award and every single award given out tonight were voted on by the people, and you know what else is voted on by the people?” Swift asked the audience. “It is the midterm elections on November 6. Get out and vote. I love you guys.”
Swift had announced Sunday on Instagram that she would be
voting for Democratic candidatesin her home state of Tennessee in the elections and called on her fans to register and vote. The post has been liked nearly 2 million times.
High school football player died of cardiac arrest stemming from head injury, coroner says:
The 16-year-old’s death has been ruled an accident, the statement said. Specifically, his cardiac arrest was the result of “traumatic brain injury due to or as a consequence of a closed head injury.”
No autopsy was conducted because Thomas’ injuries were documented at the hospital, according to the statement.
The athlete’s parents are fine with the decision not to conduct an autopsy, coroner Terrell Moody said, adding that the mother and father did not wish to make any statement.
See all the American Music Awards winners:
The following is a list of this year’s nominees and winners, Taylor Swift and Camila Cabello led the night with four awards each.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift *WINNER
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE
Camila Cabello *WINNER
Haley exits on her own terms, but some question her timing:
So it was a novelty Tuesday when Trump and outgoing
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley appeared together in the Oval Office, cheerfully announcing an end-of-year exit that caught most of the West Wing and State Department unaware and led to grumbles about inopportune political timing.
“I thought this would be an appropriate way of doing it. When you write it out on a piece of paper that ‘Ambassador Haley will be leaving’ and you say nice things, people say, ‘What’s going on?’ ” the President said. “When you really think somebody has done a terrific job, I felt this was an appropriate way of doing i
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