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Actor Carol Kane lives with her 98 year old mother in Manhattan. A new documentary short called "Carol & Joy" spotlights a day in the life of two singular talents as well as touches on the demands of ...

For the first time in a decade, the United States has emerged from an Atlantic hurricane season without a single hurricane landfall. Although 2025 delivered a flurry of powerful storms, a combination ...

HEARD THE GUNFIRE. LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE OFFICIAL END OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON FOR 2025. AND IT’S BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET FOR US HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT THERE ARE RUMBLINGS NOW ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Hurricane Melissa tore into Jamaica with sustained winds clocked at 185 mph. In the storm itself, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft measured a gust at more than 250 mph. How ...

An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on October 29, 2025. Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas October 29 ...

The storm and the government shutdown halted court sessions and deportation operations at the outpost in Cuba for weeks. By Carol Rosenberg Reporting from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba Navy families, ...

Animal Collective‘s Deakin and Geologist have composed the score for Sam Fleischner’s new documentary Jetty. It’s out digitally today and will out physically on April 17. The film is about the ...

Egg shortage feared due to farm destruction and livestock losses Farmers predict food shortages and price hikes until February Agriculture Minister plans recovery with international aid and imports ...

Monster storm Hurricane Melissa rampaged over Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record before sweeping over Cuba and the Bahamas this week, leaving destroyed homes, flooded communities ...