Florida Issues Grim Warning to Those Riding Out Helene (Newser Morning 8)

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September 27, 2024     "A person's a person, no matter how small. " —Dr. Seuss   1 Officials Tell Floridians Riding Out Helene: ID Your Bodies 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 Police Defend Mom's Viral Arrest at Disneyland 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   From our sponsors Recent HVAC Service Prices From the US May Be Cheaper Than You Think Do this to save on cooling this September KEEP READING   At a Glance Oakland Athletics' Grant Holman (67) and Tyler Nevin (26) salute the crowd at Oakland Coliseum on Thursday after the team played its final game in the city after 57 years. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez) Keep reading   3 Emergencies Declared in 6 States as Helene Moves North 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 12 Years After 'Dirtiest' Race, She's Set to Get Her Bronze Shannon Rowbury will soon be an Olympic bronze medalist—for a race she ran 12 years ago. Keep reading   5 Country's 2nd Nitrogen Gas Execution Goes Forward 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 King, PM Had Strong Words for Pope 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 As Tensions Rise, Trump, Zelensky to Meet 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 85 Years Later, Memorial to Brontë Sisters Is 'Put Right' 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 Erosion Forces Residents of Alaska Village to Relocate Permanently 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   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved