LAB-BRED MOSQUITOES TO FLY NEAR MIAMI TO HELP COMBAT ZIKA

MosquitoMate infects male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with the naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria... READ MORE›

U. OF ROCHESTER PRESIDENT RESIGNS IN WAKE OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT REPORT

-- University of Rochester President Joel Seligman announced his resignation Thursday, just hours after the release of a report on sexual misconduct on campus... READ MORE›

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N.Y. DEVELOPER CARL PALADINO'S 'GORILLA' REMARK SPURS OUTRAGE

Former New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino also said he hopes President Obama dies of mad cow disease... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA: STRONGEST EVER ATLANTIC STORM BATTERS CARIBBEAN ISLANDS - LATEST NEWS

Live hurricane irma strongest ever atlantic storm batters caribbean islands... READ MORE›

'IT'S THE WORST STORM I'VE EVER SEEN'

The first was over the Florida Keys, and the second, over Marco Island, left the island without water and power, authorities said... READ MORE›

FLORIDIANS RETURN TO STORM-BATTERED HOMES AS IRMA FLOODING SPREADS

At least one other possibly storm-related fatal car crash was reported on Sunday in Orange County, Florida... READ MORE›

SIX DIE IN FLORIDA NURSING HOME AFTER IRMA; MILLIONS STILL WITHOUT POWER

Some 4.3 million homes and businesses, or about 9 million people, were without power at midday Wednesday in Florida and nearby states... READ MORE›

FLORIDA REELS AFTER IRMA'S HEAVY PUNCH, FRESH FLOODS IN NORTH

High winds snapped power lines and left almost 6.5 million homes and businesses without power in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama, state officials and utilities said... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S PICK FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SHADOWED BY RACE AND HISTORY

Sen. Jeff Sessions is a conservative stalwart and a lightning rod for civil rights activists... READ MORE›

IRMA TOPS STORM SCALES AS FLORIDA PREPS FOR CATASTROPHIC SYSTEM

The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 that devastated the Florida Keys, Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Andrew that cut across Florida in 1992... READ MORE›

HIGH-RISE CRANES COLLAPSE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI IN HURRICANE-STRENGTH WINDS

MIAMI --- Two high-rise construction cranes toppled over in downtown Miami on Sunday as intense gusts from Hurricane Irma lashed the city... READ MORE›

FLORIDA KEYS FACING POTENTIAL 'HUMANITARIAN CRISIS' IN IRMA AFTERMATH

10 deaths were reported across the US, with six fatalities in Florida, three in Georgia and one in South Carolina as a result of the storm... READ MORE›

ANXIOUS RESIDENTS BEGIN RETURNING TO BATTERED FLORIDA KEYS

, descriptionText Hurricane Irma caused widespread damage in the Florida Keys, according to Governor Rick Scott... READ MORE›

SEVERAL DEATHS BLAMED ON IRMA AS STORM LASHES KEYS

At least three people - including two law enforcement officers - have died in Florida from the impact of Hurricane Irma, official said on Sunday... READ MORE›

FLORIDA OFFICIALS WARN IRMA WILL BE 'STORM WIDER THAN THE STATE'

The majority of Florida will have major hurricane impacts, with deadly storm surge and life-threatening winds... READ MORE›

FLORIDA KEYS RESIDENTS TOLD TO EVACUATE

From Key Largo south to Key West, residents and officials said Irma is a storm that needs to be fled... READ MORE›

MIAMI WOMAN DELIVERS HER OWN BABY AFTER IRMA'S WINDS KEPT HELP FROM GETTING TO HER

Florida's east coast was largely spared, but the storm's wide-ranging spiral bands unleashed destructive winds with gusts of up to 125 km h in coastal Miami-Dade County... READ MORE›

HURRICANE IRMA BEGINS ASSAULT ON FLORIDA, MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE LEFT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

Hurricane Irma knocks out electricity to more than 1 million Florida homes and businesses... READ MORE›

FLORIDA HIT BY 'LIFE-THREATENING' STORM, 2 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER

Hurricane Irma Florida hit by 'life-threatening' storm, 2 million people without power... READ MORE›

WHY SOME OF AMERICA'S RICHEST PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE

But the rest of Teton County isn't much worse off even ignoring the households making over 200,000, Teton County is still among the richest counties in Wyoming... READ MORE›

8 FLORIDA NURSING HOME DEATHS LINKED TO HURRICANE IRMA'S AFTERMATH

Florida requires nursing homes to file an emergency plan with county officials that includes evacuation plans for residents... READ MORE›

RISING RIVER THREATENS FLORIDA RESIDENTS IN IRMA'S WAKE

In Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys, students remain in limbo... READ MORE›

TRUMP MEETS IRMA VICTIMS AS FLORIDA MAYOR CALLS FOR ACTION NOT WORDS

Mayor of hard-hit Naples hopes president's visit will be backed by resources, with 90 percent of Florida Keys damaged and 25 percent of the state without power... READ MORE›

MORE THAN FIVE MILLION URGED TO FLEE FLORIDA AS RECORD-BREAKING HURRICANE BEARS DOWN ON US COAST

Irma More than five million urged to flee Florida as record-breaking hurricane bears down on US coast... READ MORE›

FLORIDA KEYS EVACUEES FRUSTRATED IN THE TREK TO GO HOME

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Keys residents refused to leave the area despite Irma's threat... READ MORE›

THE LATEST ON HURRICANE IRMA

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Irma is bearing down on the lower Florida Keys early Sunday... READ MORE›

SCHUMER SAYS WASHINGTON NOT DOING ENOUGH TO FIGHT ZIKA VIRUS

The New York cases include two people from New York City, one from Nassau County, one from Orange County and one from Monroe County... READ MORE›

AUTHORITIES URGE PATIENCE AS FLORIDA RE-OPENS AFTER IRMA, CARIBBEAN DEVASTATED

On Monday, local authorities told about 90,000 residents of Miami Beach and from some parts of the Florida Keys they could go home... READ MORE›

'IT'S GOING TO BE DEVASTATING'

'It's going to be devastating' FEMA fears 25 percent of Florida Keys homes are gone after Irma... READ MORE›

AUTHOR HARPER LEE'S WILL TO BE KEPT FROM PUBLIC SCRUTINY

But Lee told friends the decision to publish had been hers, and friends of both women have defended Ms Carter's care of the ageing author... READ MORE›

Maggie Brooks, the Monroe County executive, said she would speak about the couple's death at a press conference on Friday... READ MORE›

PYTHON HATCHLINGS TURN UP FOR FIRST TIME IN FLORIDA KEYS

Burmese pythons that have decimated mammal populations in the Everglades are reproducing now in the Florida Keys, state wildlife officials said Thursday. T... READ MORE›