The Big Rundown  A Fox Weather meteorologist interrupted his report on Hurricane Helene in north Atlanta early Friday to rescue a woman he heard screaming. Keep reading
More Big News  The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to more than 35 in four states and authorities say they expect the toll to keep rising as they search homes in the hardest-hit areas. Keep reading Also Making Headlines Today's Jaw-Dropper The baseball Shohei Ohtani hit to earn his 50th home run this season, making the LA Dodger the only player in the "50-50 club"—50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in one season—was set to go on the auction block Friday, with an opening bid of $500,000. Keep reading
Don't Overlook A man and his dog were 25 miles out to sea off the west coast of Florida on Thursday, with Hurricane Helene fast approaching, when their sailboat became disabled, with no one else around. Keep reading On the Lighter Side Since 2020, the McBroken.com website has filled in McDonald's customers on what locations temporarily are unable to serve ice cream, due to apparently broken ice cream machines. Keep reading Science Buzz Existing drugs for treating schizophrenia have side effects that often cause patients to stop taking them, sometimes with tragic results. Keep reading Wild Card New York governors have the power to kick New York City mayors out of office, and there's a chance Gov. Kathy Hochul could be the first to use it. Keep reading TODAY'S NEWSER.AI PICK South Korea plans to compensate farmers affected by a forthcoming dog meat ban, set to take effect in 2027. Keep reading Comment of the Day "RIP lovely lady! You'll live on through all the new generations who discover your talent." Time-Will-Tell Quote of the Day 'The real Eric Adams scandal is that, in a city of 8.3 million people, this clown was somehow the best we had to offer." Today's 6 Most-Read Stories
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Potter's McGonagall, Maggie Smith, Dead at 89 (Newser Breaking News)
Happening Now  You may have known her as professor Minerva McGonagall or Dowager Countess Violet Grantham, but Dame Maggie Smith had many memorable roles throughout her decades-long career in film, stage, and television, which came to a close Friday with Smith's death at the age of 89. "She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning," said sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, thanking "the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days," per the BBC. Keep reading Most Read in the Last 24 Hours
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Florida Issues Grim Warning to Those Riding Out Helene (Newser Morning 8)
1  A grim suggestion was given to Floridians under evacuation orders who chose to ride out Hurricane Helene rather than heed the orders: Authorities asked them to mark their bodies with their information so they could be easily identified, should the worst come to pass. Keep reading 2 A mother was handcuffed and marched out of Disneyland Tuesday as her two young daughters clung to her legs, sobbing and calling for help, in an incident caught on video that quickly went viral. Keep reading
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3 Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm early Friday, around five hours after it slammed into Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm, but authorities warned that conditions remained very dangerous. Keep reading 4 Shannon Rowbury will soon be an Olympic bronze medalist—for a race she ran 12 years ago. Keep reading 5 Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country, the AP reports. Keep reading 6 Belgium's prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church's horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups, demanding "concrete steps" to come clean with the past and put victims' interests ahead those of the institution in a blistering welcome at the start of Francis' visit on Friday. Keep reading
7 Donald Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Friday as public tensions have been rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion, the AP reports. Keep reading 8 For 85 years, a stone tablet honoring literary greats Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë has hung in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner with a blatant omission. Keep reading Today From Newser.AI See more stories from our human + machine experiment here. This Day in History On Sept. 27, 1996, in Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah. Find out what else happened on this date here. From the Newser Archives On this day in 2022: Deborrah Collier Bought Some Items Before Her Odd Death Yesterday's Most-Read Stories
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