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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida theme parks including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld planned to reopen Friday after an assessment of the effects of Hurricane Milton .

Hurricane Milton's explosive formation stirred high anxiety for Florida less than two weeks after Helene raked the state and much of the Southeast. On Thursday, authorities were still assessing the damage, even as Gov.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials this week offered a $20,000 reward for information about the fatal shooting of a sea lion in Southern California over the summer. The wounded male sea lion was discovered Aug.

Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday signed the state's first relief package to address Hurricane Helene's devastation, allocating $273 million for immediate needs and giving flexibility to agencies and displaced residents.

WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) — Many Jews worldwide will mark Yom Kippur in fasting and prayer at their synagogues this weekend.

A manufacturer of IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide said Thursday that its Florida factory and distribution center were left intact after Hurricane Milton tore through the state. B. Braun Medical Inc.

PAIMADO, Colombia (AP) — Sediment and pebbles are all that’s left on the earth around much of Bernardino Mosquera’s small riverside community in northwest Colombia’s Choco region.

KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood.