Gerald Herbert

Larry Smith boards up his home with plywood ahead of Hurricane Isaias’ expected landfall along the Gulf Coast in Dauphin Island, Alabama, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Octavio Jones)

Isaias is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it nears the US Gulf Coast

October 9, 2026 at 6:44 a.m.

Isaias was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane Friday as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where final preparations were being made for potentially life-threatening storm surges and...

Mike Howard, foreground, and Joshua Brown board up Perdido Key Sports Bar as Hurricane Isaias approaches Perdido Key, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the US Gulf Coast

October 8, 2026 at 5:43 p.m.

Isaias has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it surges toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Police tape blocks off a house in Shreveport, La., that is one of the locations tied to a mass shooting Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Jill Pickett/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Man kills 8 children and shoots his wife and another woman in Louisiana

April 20, 2026 at 6:24 a.m.

A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in domestic-related shootings at different homes early Sunday, police in Shreveport said.

All Stories