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The death toll from Hurricane Ian has risen to more than 80 people as officials continue to assess the damage and continue to search for victims and survivors. In addition, more than 600,000 customers in Florida were still without power as of Monday morning. Meanwhile, residents of some of the hardest-hit communities around Fort Myers and Port Charlotte are sorting through damaged homes, destroyed roads and an uncertain future. While the initial danger has passed, these impacts point to a long road ahead for many communities devastated by one of the most destructive hurricanes in recent US history. As of Monday morning, the death toll from Ian stands at at least 85 people, with 81 in Florida alone. Lee County, Florida — right where the storm first made landfall in the US — has reported 42 deaths, according to the state medical examiner's office. In nearby Charlotte County, sheriffs have reported 23 deaths from the storm. |
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| His legal team has argued that it would be 'appropriate' for a three-judge panel to hear oral arguments in the case in January 2023 at earliest |
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| Billionaire floated peace deal proposals on social media platform |
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| 'It's disgusting. It's horrifying. It's devastating, heartbreaking and unimaginable. But it's real' |
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| Texas governor one of three GOP leaders taking credit for sending migrants to Democratic areas |
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What changed in the Alec Baldwin shooting case? |
As a veteran actor of nearly 100 films and television shows, Alec Baldwin was no stranger to the strict safety protocols around the handling of firearms on set. While preparing to film an action scene for his low budget western film Rust in New Mexico last October, Baldwin was handed a .45 Colt replica revolver. According to affidavits from law enforcement, the 64-year-old actor was discussing a gunfight sequence with crew members when he unholstered the weapon and raised it in the direction of a camera, where director Joel Souza and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were standing. The gun went off, and a single bullet struck Souza in the shoulder before fatally striking Hutchins in the chest. The precise details of how the gun was fired remain bitterly contested. Baldwin has maintained he had been assured the gun was "cold", meaning it had no live ammunition, and that as he cocked the gun it went off without him pulling the trigger. |
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"Just to give you a hypothetical, we would respond by leading a Nato – a collective – effort that would take out every Russian conventional force that we can see and identify on the battlefield in Ukraine and also in Crimea and every ship in the Black Sea." |
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