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Tropical Storm Bertha forms, threatening Gulf Coast. See a forecast map and its path.

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Tropical Storm Bertha formed on Monday, threatening the Gulf Coast with heavy rain as it became the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was located south of the Florida Panhandle, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, according to the National Weather Service. It was moving west-northwest at about 3 mph. … Read more

Tropical depression forms far offshore of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen

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MIAMI — A tropical depression has formed far offshore of Mexico and could strengthen into a hurricane this week, the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday. The tropical depression is about 560 miles (901.23 kilometers) south of the southern tip of Baja California. It has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (56 kph) and is moving … Read more

Tropical storm Douglas forms in Pacific Ocean, no threat to land: Hurricane center

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MIAMI — Tropical Storm Douglas formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. The center of the cyclone was at sea and posed no threat to land. Douglas was located about 1,220 miles (1,960 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 … Read more

Tropical Storm Arthur, the first Atlantic tropical cyclone of the year, forms off Texas’ Gulf Coast

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Tropical Storm Arthur formed Wednesday off the Gulf Coast of Texas, becoming the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. After strengthening briefly, the storm is expected to make its way onto land, tracking to the northeast along the coast of Texas into southern Louisiana through Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. … Read more

Four NJ residents charged with illegally voting, lying on citizenship forms

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NEWARK, N.J. — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged four residents with illegally voting. The U.S. attorney’s office for New Jersey said in a statement Friday that the four people were not U.S. citizens when they registered to vote and cast ballots in federal elections, as federal law requires. Their charges range from illegally … Read more

Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh is worth well over $100 million, new financial disclosure forms show

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Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, has a net worth exceeding $100 million, making him far wealthier than outgoing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, according to a new financial disclosure form.  Warsh, who is set to step into the Fed chair role in May, listed hundreds of investments, including … Read more