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Local NewsRandall Miranda II, 52, arrested WednesdayRandall Miranda II, 52 (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A man arrested Wednesday in Brevard County is accused of driving off from an attempted traffic stop, then using a young child as a human shield while he was ordered out of his vehicle at gunpoint, according to the sheriff’s office.A deputy around 3:30 p.m. saw Randall Miranda II, 52, make a right turn from eastbound Aurora Road to southbound U.S. 1 without […]

NationalCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedA vehicle and surrounding forest are burned after the Bridge Fire swept through Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Wrightwood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)LOS ANGELES – Thousands of firefighters aided by cooler weather made progress Saturday against three Southern California wildfires, and officials in northern Nevada were hopeful that almost all evacuees from a blaze there could soon be home.Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of […]

In this photo released by the Romanian Emergency Services Galati (ISU Galati), a rescuer carries an old man in Pechea, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas. (Romanian Emergency Services - ISU Galati via AP)BUCHAREST – Four people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said Saturday.Rescue services scrambled to save people in the hard-hit eastern counties […]

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedFILE - NATO's Chair of the Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer listens during the plenary session of the Seoul Defense Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)PRAGUE – The head of NATO's military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies — even as the […]

NEW YORK – Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces mounting legal and health troubles some seven years after scores of women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him, helping launch the global #MeToo movement.On Thursday, he was indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York ahead of a retrial this fall. The grand jury decision remains sealed until he is formally arraigned in court.Weinstein has maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.Meanwhile, the 72-year-old remains hospitalized following […]

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.A man carrying a dog wades through a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)BANGKOK – The death toll in Myanmar from flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi has reached at least 74, with 89 people missing, Myanmar’s state television said Saturday. Difficulties in compiling information have raised fears that the number of casualties may be higher.The new official death toll announced by the country’s military […]