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⚠️ Helene -- which weakened to a Category 1 hurricane on Friday morning -- made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on Thursday with 140 mph winds and bringing torrential rainfall to swaths of the Southeast. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference late Thursday that one person was killed on the I-4 highway near Tampa when a sign fell on a car. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp confirmed that two people were killed during Hurricane Helene's passage into Georgia overnight, bringing the storm's total death toll to three. Storm-related outages left more than 2 million customers without power across four states overnight into Friday, according to poweroutages.us.
⚖️ New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with five counts in an alleged long-standing conspiracy connected to improper benefits, illegal campaign contributions and an attempted cover-up, according to a sweeping indictment unsealed Thursday morning. He will be arraigned before a federal magistrate at noon Friday, according to the court.
🌍 Hezbollah has confirmed that Muhammad Hussein Srour, the Commander of Hezbollah's Aerial Command, was killed in a Thursday strike in Beirut.
Meanwhile, at least 92 people were killed and another 153 wounded Thursday in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said news about a potential cease-fire deal between Hezbollah and Israel being discussed is "incorrect."
🩺 Americans can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting Thursday ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season.
👶 Baby Frankie, who was nervous about his first haircut, brought his dog, Beau, along for support.
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