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What it is like to fly into a hurricane from 8,000 feet in the air

6:47am September 30, 2022

Part of Nick Underwood's job is flying through hurricanes to collect data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He's been doing that for six years and says Ian was especially rough.

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News brief: Hurricane Ian, Russia claims Ukrainian regions, Brazil's election

6:43am September 30, 2022

Now that Hurricane Ian has moved on, Floridians are assessing damage. Moscow is officially annexing four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine. Two ideological opposites aim to be Brazil's president.

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Six adults suffered gunshot wounds in the hail of bullets that rained down on the King Estate complex, which houses four different schools Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday.

An Oakland school shooting that injured 6 was gang-related, police say

6:00am September 30, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Officials said at least two gunmen were targeting a specific person and that they are still working to determine what touched off the shooting. It comes amid a surge in violence across the city.

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Lawyers are lining up to participate in the Camp LeJeune water lawsuit claims

5:13am September 30, 2022

by Jay Price

A new law makes it easier for people to sue the government for illnesses from contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The legal action could become one of the largest mass civil cases in history.

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After wreaking devastation across Florida, Ian is on track to hit South Carolina

5:13am September 30, 2022

When Hurricane Ian slammed into Fort Myers, Fla., it left a trail of destruction from high winds and storm surge flooding. As people get back into their communities, they're deciding what's next.

eBay former Senior Director of Safety and Security James Baugh arrives for his sentencing in a cyber stalking case at Moakley Federal Court on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Boston.

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Live spiders and cockroaches: Ex-eBay executives get prison time in harassment plot

1:32am September 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Former eBay Inc. executives were sentenced Thursday to prison for a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath.

Some of the damage caused by Hurricane Ian when it passed through Fort Myers Beach, Fla. The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge and rain to the area.

More than 2.5 million Florida students have missed school during Hurricane Ian

6:30pm September 29, 2022

by Meg Anderson

The vast majority of Florida's public school districts closed at least one day this week as the storm made its way across the state.

Hurricane Ian left debris in Punta Gorda, Fla., after it made landfall. Storms like Ian are more likely because of climate change.

Climate change makes storms like Ian more common

6:09pm September 29, 2022

by Rebecca Hersher

Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico helped Hurricane Ian gain strength. Rapidly intensifying major hurricanes are more likely as the Earth gets hotter.

Ginger Root's Cameron Lew wants his new EP to showcase city pop as familiar yet fresh

4:49pm September 29, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cameron Lew of the band Ginger Root about his new EP Nisemono and the vintage Japanese pop that inspires his sound.

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What the eye of Hurricane Ian left behind in Charlotte County

4:34pm September 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sandra Viktorova, reporter for WGCU in Fort Myers, Fla., about the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, after the eye of the storm made landfall in the area.