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Hurricane Isaias experienced rapid intensification twice as it moved through the Gulf thanks to abnormally warm water. That was potentially driven by human-caused climate change.
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This Weekend Today
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Here's your round up of events to check out in Birmingham this weekend from BHMSTR.
Gulf States Newsroom
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LA Johnson/NPRAnalysis by Protect Borrowers, an advocacy group, found federal tax bills in Louisiana and Mississippi could more than triple — the biggest jumps in the country. -
Courtesy photo for the Gulf States NewsroomThe groundbreaking comes just over three months after a company tied to Hut 8, the partner of the Trump brothers in a bitcoin mining venture, donated to a political action committee affiliated with Gov. Jeff Landry.
News from NPR
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As part of her new podcast and newsletter Your Turn with Allison Aubrey, NPR's Allison Aubrey went in search of tools to help navigate midlife — starting with this survey to rank one's character strengths. -
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are looking into the mailings, some of which included an unidentified powdery white substance. -
Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago. -
For eight years, photographer Jennifer Teresa Villanueva has documented her Mexican American family's everyday life in Chicago, capturing intimate moments of love, labor and sacrifice. -
The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.
