Center predicts six major hurricanes this season
The National Hurricane Center foresees up to 16 named storms with six hurricanes possible, while noting conditions differ from 2005. Forecasters caution that predictions don’t guarantee impacts and emphasize action by residents and officials.
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Gulf Coast
National Hurricane Center
Max Mayfield
Colorado State University
William Gray
Phillip Klotzbach
Florida Panhandle
Brownsville
Texas
Gaza City firefight leaves aide of ambassador dead
In Gaza City Hamas militiamen and Palestinian police clashed using assault rifles and grenades near the parliament building. Eleven people were wounded, marking the fiercest fighting since the Hamas-led government took to the streets last week and heightening fears over the January elections and cabinet control.
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Gaza City
Gaza Strip
Hamas
Birthright citizenship debate splits immigrant families
The piece examines 2 million families at risk of division as children born in the United States gain citizenship while parents remain undocumented. It cites 3.1 million U.S. citizen children in mixed-status families and quotes advocates and opponents on whether to end birthright citizenship.
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Norcross
Laila Montezuma
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Coyote
Houston
Montezuma
Alma
Atlanta
U.S
Pew Hispanic Center
Demetrios Papademetriou
Migration Policy Institute
Nathan Deal
R-Ga
House
U S airstrike kills civilians in Kandahar strike
U S warplanes hit a religious school and mud-brick homes in Kandahar province killing 17 civilians and dozens of suspected militants. Pickup trucks ferried wounded villagers to Kandahar City as evacuees described widespread casualties. Officials warned the toll includes combatants and civilians amid escalating spring violence.
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Kandahar
Afghanistan
U.S
Ed Press
Eikenberry
NATO
Device Zaps asthma patients with in lungs burning tissue
Doctors conduct bronchial thermoplasty to reduce thickened airway muscle in asthma patients. The non drug procedure uses a bronchoscope and radiofrequency energy to abreviate spasm prone airways, aiming to improve breathing though risks and uncertain long term outcomes remain.
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Washington
Michael Simoff
Detroit
Henry Ford Medical Center
U.S
VA confirms theft of 26.5 million veterans data
Personal data including Social Security numbers of 26.5 million US veterans were stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee who took the information home without authorization. VA officials say there is no evidence yet that data has been used and a full investigation by the FBI, local police, and the VA inspector general is underway.
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Veterans Affairs
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Nicholson
FBI
Bob Wallace
Veterans For Foreign Wars
John Kerry
D-Mass
Kerry
Congress
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