Tag: extreme
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As extreme weather forecasts get better, warnings struggle to cut through
Before Hurricane Helene began ravaging swaths of the southeastern U.S., Amanda Wright had expected a little rain and maybe some flooding to hit the area around Knoxville, Tennessee, where she lives. It wasn’t until friends more than two hours away in Asheville, North Carolina, started posting warnings to Facebook that Wright realized how dangerous the…
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Voters blame ‘extreme’ rhetoric for contributing to attempt on Trump’s life
A majority of voters blame “extreme political rhetoric” from some politicians and media figures for contributing to the assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump in Florida earlier this month, according to the latest NBC News poll, part of a rising trend across a decade-plus of violent attacks on political figures. Slightly more than half…
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After false pet claims, Springfield mayor says Trump visit would be ‘an extreme strain’ on resources
The Republican mayor of Springfield, Ohio, the city that has been the target of unfounded claims from former President Donald Trump and his running mate about Haitian immigrants’ eating residents’ pets said Tuesday that a visit from Trump would tax the city’s resources. “It would be an extreme strain on our resources. So it’d be…