Hurricane Melissa grew into a major Category 4 storm early Sunday morning, effectively jumping three levels in roughly 24 hours. Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are expected to hit Jamaica and the southern reaches of Hispaniola through the middle of the week. Expected to get ‘much worse’ In a post to X Sunday morning, the […]
Chinese and American officials agreed to the “framework” for a trade deal, they said on Sunday. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and top trade negotiator Li Chenggang for negotiations ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia. “We are moving […]
Large swaths of the western Caribbean are already in the throes of, or preparing for, Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to become the strongest storm ever recorded in Jamaica. Haiti, meanwhile, has already seen three deaths since Thursday, two of which were the result of landslides in the capital of Port-au-Prince, local authorities announced. Region […]
Early voting started Saturday for the New York City mayor’s race, as well as New Jersey’s gubernatorial election. Running in the former are Democratic state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as an independent and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Meanwhile, Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill and former Republican state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli are […]
President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social on Saturday that he would be increasing tariffs on Canada by 10%, after Ontario’s provincial government broadcast an ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan discussing U.S. tariffs. Ontario’s government, led by Premier Doug Ford, had said it planned to pull the ad, but not before it aired during […]
A cadre of U.S. leaders wrapped up a week of Israeli visits on Friday, as the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding. However, a visit by the secretary of state was not without its controversy, as Gaza’s humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate and Palestinian blood continues to be shed. International peacekeeping […]
At least two people are dead and eleven are injured following a mass shooting at a large party in rural North Carolina, the county sheriff’s office announced via social media Saturday morning. The incident comes almost one month to the day after a mass shooting killed three people at a popular restaurant along North Carolina’s […]
There are only a few months until the end of the year — and the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) is also quickly approaching. Clocks will be set back one hour at 2 a.m. Nov. 2, which means we’ll “gain” an extra hour. Of course, just a few months later, on March 8, 2026, we […]
Over the past 15 years, pharmacies, hospitals, universities and other community institutions have hosted biannual Take Back Days, offering Americans an opportunity to anonymously and safely dispose of their unused, and unnecessary, prescription medications. With 2025’s second Take Back Day scheduled for Saturday, Straight Arrow News wanted to know how effective these events are and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the government cannot use $6 billion in contingency funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. These benefits are expected to run dry next month unless Congress reopens government spending. Approximately 42 million people rely on federal help to buy food. In an undated memo obtained by Axios, […]
