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Nor'easter brings strong winds, coastal flooding and high waves to East Coast

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The early-season nor’easter expected to arrive over the weekend is currently situated about 200 miles east of the Delmarva Peninsula and continues to slowly move north on Saturday morning. Late Friday night, a weather station in Surf City, New Jersey, reported a wind gust of 74 mph. Other stations along the Jersey Shore have reported wind gusts of 60 mph or more. Tidal flood waters peaked at moderate flood stage late Friday and have begun to rise again ahead of high tide later Saturday morning around 8 a.m. as waves of 16 feet or more have been…

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The story behind the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11

Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America's longest war . The Mi-17 that carried them there is now on display at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where it has undergone an extensive restoration ahead of the anniversary. Former CIA officer David Tyson followed JAWBREAKER into Afghanistan weeks later as a member of Team Alpha, and remembers flying aboard the same aircraft before the war.

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Venezuelan shot by ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shooting The Venezuelan man shot by federal immigration officers after a traffic stop in Texas needs surgery to avoid losing feeling on the left side of his body, according to his supporters. Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, has spent the past five days in detention with a bullet lodged in his back, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) rapidly removed him from a hospital in Austin where he had been taken on Sunday after the shooting.

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Teen's headache reveals family health risk: "Saving people's lives"

Caroline McCaffrey usually ran in the morning, but on Father's Day 2025, she was feeling tired and decided to exercise in the evening instead. She invited her mother Kim to bike alongside her. Just a few minutes into the run, Caroline, then 18, was struck by a "really bad headache." She had experienced and received treatment for migraines before, but this was a new sensation. "It felt like I got punched in the face," Caroline said. Within minutes, she was vomiting. She couldn't walk, so Kim called her husband to come pick them up. When the symptoms didn't immediately recede, Kim started to panic.