The hurricane made landfall near Cayo Costa island on Wednesday at around 3 p.m. EDT, causing widespread flooding in nearby Fort Myers and Cape Coral. Jared Moskowitz, who was the former director of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, shared a video of some of the destruction caused by the storm on his Twitter page. He also said that most of Fort Myers Beach will need to be completely rebuilt as a result....

Dear Mr. Hechtman: Congratulations on your success in college! You should feel confident that admissions deans will notice the strength of your academic work. We also know that some students perform brilliantly in the classroom, but struggle on standardized tests. Your job here is to make an argument that your LSAT score does not accurately reflect your potential to perform well in law school. We like arguments in law school, but especially those that are backed by persuasive evidence....

Older fossilized forests have been found elsewhere. Earlier this year, researchers in China announced the discovery of a 400 million-year-old forest that covered an are the size of Grand Central Station. The discovery helps scientists fill in gaps about how and when plants and trees emerged on Earth. Finding this forest, which had a varied flora and some surprisingly modern features, will help scientists better understand what impact the arrival of trees had on Earth and its natural cycles....

Most of the emergency calls made from the home were from foster mother Angela Moore, according to documents and calls obtained by the Associated Press. Moore called about problems such as foster girls having left without permission or not returning home after leaving. “I don’t want to be here no more,” said Bryant’s younger sister, 15, to 911 in a call made from the foster home on March 28 after the two siblings had a fight with each other....

Seven years ago they got a chance to return. Keiji accepted a job at Georgia’s Emory University, and the Morokumas moved from Nagoya to the Atlanta area. Eiko, now 63, found America vastly changed. For one thing, she says, there were more Japanese everywhere, and not just rich ones. “Now everyone can come over,” she says. “There’s more middle class.” Homegrown items, from pickled daikon radishes to Japanese-language newspapers, are easier to find....

This comes on the heels of a 75% increase in the rate of ransomware attacks on retailers over the last year, according to Sophos. All told, more than three-quarters (77%) of retail organizations were hit by a ransomware attack in 2021, up from 44% the prior year. Just 28% of retail respondents said they were able to stop an attack before data could be encrypted, and about half (49%) paid the ransom to restore data....

Wander through the cobblestone streets of the old city. Visit the Fortalezado Monte, which houses the Museum of Macau, showcasing the formercolony’s origins (macaumuseum.gov.mo). Buy almond cookies, crunchy peanut candy and other treats at one of the eight Pastelaria Koi Kei locations (koikei.com). Eat at Restaurante Fernando, a Portuguese beachside joint serving oven-roasted suckling pig, clams and crab, among other delicacies (fernando-restaurant.com). Play a hand of blackjack at Wynn Macau(wynnmacau....

The Gallup survey, published Tuesday, shows that Biden’s below-water approval ratings, disapproval of the Democratic-controlled Congress, concerns about the economy and a significant dissatisfaction with how “things are going” in the U.S. point toward major congressional victories for the GOP on November 8. While historically the party in the White House suffers seat losses in the presidency’s first midterm elections, Gallup pollsters said the Democrats are “especially vulnerable” this November because the national mood is “as bad, if not worse,” than it has been in any recent midterms year....

Brown tore his left ACL last Tuesday, the second time in a year he’s suffered an ACL tear on that knee. He missed the entire 2014 season with a similar injury. MORE: ACC coach rankings | View: Preseason All-Americans “It’s difficult to put into words the feeling of heartbreak I have for Kelby and his family,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said in a statement . “While we will certainly miss his athletic abilities and leadership as one of the best linebackers to play at Duke, what is most important above all else is Kelby’s health....

Hegseth named the amendment—which hands all powers not expressly reserved for the federal government to the state—when listing 10 subjects people speak to him about. The TV host contrasted the topics with unspecified “esoteric” topics, understood only by those with specialized knowledge, which he said were discussed on left-leaning media outlet MSNBC and by those who went to America’s top universities. “I sit down with a school teacher, or a construction worker, or a small business owner, or a cook at a restaurant, or a waitress at the restaurant we’re at,” Hegseth said....

Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week and was transferred to the Walter Reed Medical Center for treatment on Friday. The president’s physician, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley, briefed the press multiple times over the weekend, at first suggesting that Trump had not required oxygen. Then later on Saturday, he admitted that the president had been given oxygen. During the Fox News program Outnumbered on Monday, the panel discussed the president’s health and the conflicting information that had been shared with the public throughout the weekend....

Lahren made the remarks on the Thursday edition of her show on Fox Nation, Final Thoughts. The pundit delivered an impassioned plea against gun control, directed largely at Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after receiving “credible intelligence” that violence could occur during a gun rights rally planned for Monday. “Listen, Northam is clearly concerned about a major uprising and he should be,” said Lahren....

In an exchange that has gone viral, Stephens took exception to a tweet regarding a genuine story at the premises of his employer which had a bedbug infestation. David Karpf, who is an associate professor at George Washington University, made light of it, tweeting on Monday that the insects were a “metaphor,” quipping that “the bedbugs are Bret Stephens.” But this angered Stephens who emailed Karpf to complain, while copying in his boss at the university, the provost....

The prime-time opinion program hosted by Sean Hannity was watched by an average of over 1 million viewers aged 25-54 for the first time ever during the month. The show was the second-highest rated cable news show with 4,982,000 total viewers, just below the 5,095,000 who watched the network’s top-rated show Tucker Carlson Tonight. Hannity’s post-election coverage featured regular appearances by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S....

Recently leaked chat messages between Rosselló and his staff revealed that the governor had joked about Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico, as well as made misogynistic and homophobic comments. Despite widespread protests calling for his removal from office over the offensive obscenity-laden messages, Rosselló has confirmed he will not seek reelection, but continuously declined to step down. Rosselló appeared on Fox News for his first one-on-one interview since the scandal began more than a week ago....

A panel on right-wing opinion host Sean Hannity’s Tuesday evening show blasted Obama’s “appeasement” of Iran, arguing that it was “obvious” that strategy did not work. Commentators on the network, including Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, also argued that the former president’s policies were the reason why tensions were now significantly heightened. “Yeah, I think it’s pretty obvious the Obama appeasement didn’t work,” Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator and radio host, told Hannity during the show....

Hannity noted that some of the younger workers on his staff make less than $125,000, which is the eligibility cutoff under President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. “They’re now eligible to get in some cases up to $20,000 and in other cases $10,000,” he said. “This is New Green Deal radical socialism.” After promising during his presidential campaign to provide student debt relief and facing pressure to follow through on that vow while in office, Biden announced Wednesday that his administration would be canceling some debt for individuals who meet certain criteria....

Although the first family and several other Trump aides entered the Cleveland debate on September 29 wearing masks, they removed them after being seated. This was against the pre-established rules for the event, which only allowed for Wallace—who moderated it—the president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to remain without face coverings. Days later, the president and several other administration officials tested positive for COVID-19. “The rules from the Cleveland Clinic could not have been more clear....

During the meeting, Roberts explained in an internal Fox email obtained by CNN, Trump argued that he was correct in claiming that early projections of Dorian showed it would impact Alabama. “He stressed to me that forecasts for Dorian last week had Alabama in the warning cone,” the reporter wrote. “He insisted that it is unfair to say Alabama was never threatened by the storm.” Roberts believed that the president was “just looking for acknowledgment that he was not wrong for saying that at some point, Alabama was at risk ⁠— even if the situation had changed by the time he issued the tweet....

“Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch - Why do you continually put Douglas MacGregor on @FoxNews to spread Putin’s propaganda and lies? This is absolutely not in America’s interest,” Cheney said in a tweet referring to the Murdochs, who control Fox Corporation. Cheney’s comments came after Macgregor made an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Thursday. During his interview, Macgregor said that “almost from the very first moment that the Russians moved into eastern Ukraine, a succession of retired generals and political hacks in Washington and London and elsewhere have been declaring imminent victory for Ukraine....