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Garden State May Feel Effects of Hurricane Beryl

According to the National Weather Service, weather in our area has the potential for high heat and possible remnants from Hurricane Beryl.

A home is surrounded by floodwater in Texas. Beryl hit the state as a Category-1 hurricane. The remnants of the storm are expected to move far from the ocean toward the Midwest, where they also pose risks of dangerous flooding.

Far from the ocean, remnants of storms like Beryl can cause severe floods

Even after storms lose their hurricane status and head far inland, they can still cause dangerous floods. Storms like Beryl pose risks far from the coast, even in Canada.

What music do you listen to when you’re in the car for hours?

Every summer, families across America pack into cars and go on roadtrips. Hosts Steve Inskeep and Leila Fadel offer what they blast on their speakers to make the drive less stressful.

The Woodland Plantation House sits near the banks of the Mississippi River in LaPlace, La. The raised creole-style building with a rusty tin roof and wide front porch has Black owners for the first time. The site is historically significant because it's where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began.

Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt started now under Black ownership

The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811 uprising can inspire a new generation to fight racism.

A sign stands in front of part of the Johns Hopkins Hospital complex in Baltimore.

Bloomberg gives $1 billion to Hopkins to make tuition free for most medical students

Most students pursuing medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University will receive free tuition, thanks to a $1 billion gift from businessman Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization.

Nate Golden, president of the Maryland Child Alliance, holds a petition form for the Baltimore Baby Fund, on Wednesday in Baltimore.

New parents in Baltimore could get a $1,000 'baby bonus' to reduce childhood poverty

Organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. The proposal is loosely modeled on a program implemented in Flint, Mich.

President Biden pauses during the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27in Atlanta.

White House physician says visits by neurologist were part of Biden's routine physicals

The disclosures by Dr. Kevin O'Connor follow public concerns by Democrats about President Biden's fitness for office and a report about a neurologist's visits to the White House.

A New York City police officer looks over the center of Columbia University ahead of a large graduation ceremony in May, following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests.

3 Columbia deans ousted for texts about Jewish students

The three were texting each other during a panel discussion on Jewish life on campus last May, mocking and disparaging students’ complaints of antisemitism.

Emergency workers respond at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday.

Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv and other sites across Ukraine

A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring more than 149, and destroying a large children’s hospital in Kyiv, the state emergency service said.

Congressional Democrats are divided over Biden's future after debate performance

Democrats on Capitol Hill remain divided over doubts about President Biden's fitness for the campaign even as Biden himself says he is not dropping out.

Author Alice Munro in 2009. Her daughter, Andrea Skinner, has come forward with allegations her stepfather abused her as a child and that Munro was aware and stayed with him until his death.

Alice Munro's daughter says her mother did nothing to stop abusive stepfather

Alice Munro died in May at the age of 92. Her daughter Andrea Skinner wrote a Toronto Star op-ed revealing her stepfather abused her as a child for years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8.

Modi's Moscow visit points to enduring friendship with Putin's Russia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow for a two-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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