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The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to Indian Pass, Florida, as Tropical Storm Isaias strengthened in the southwestern Gulf. Tropical storm watches extend into southeast Louisiana and Florida's Big Bend,…
✔ Sources: The Weather Channel, USA Today (via Central Oregon Daily), CBS12
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's September meeting, released Wednesday, show most officials thought another rate increase would likely be appropriate by year end, citing elevated inflation and energy prices. The Fed raised its key rate by a quarter point…
✔ Sources: AP (via KSAT), Scripps News, Yahoo Finance
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charged an 18-year-old Twin Cities man with terrorism after they say he planned a mass shooting at the Mall of America in Bloomington in support of the Islamic State group. Court records unsealed Wednesday say he talked…
✔ Sources: CNN (via KTEN), Courthouse News
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and about a dozen other regions overnight, killing at least 20 civilians, including four children, according to Ukrainian officials. The deadliest hit was on an apartment building in Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region.…
✔ Sources: AP (via Daily Journal), Al Jazeera
All four MLB division series games on Wednesday are elimination games. The White Sox lead the Guardians 2-0 and the Rays lead the Yankees 2-0 in the ALDS. In the NLDS, the Dodgers lead the Braves 2-1, and the Padres trail the Brewers.
✔ Sources: CBS Sports, NBC Los Angeles
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