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On Wednesday evening, Hurricane Milton will become the fifth hurricane in 2024 to make landfall in the mainland U. S. As storms like this one grow more frequent and intense, artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly central role in efforts by meteorologists and other scientists to track these storms and mitigate their harms.

As Hurricane Milton hurtles toward Florida, parts of four states—Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee—are still struggling with unprecedented damage from Hurricane Helene. The storm stunned many by decimating communities far inland and long after landfall, hitting places rarely impacted by hurricanes directly. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Yet, as unique as Helene seemed, Americans have seen something like it before. In 1969, Hurricane Camille dropped 27 inches of rain on Nelson County, Va., in just six hours.

It’s been an intense election season, from a candidate’s momentous dropout to meme-generating debates to assassination attempts. And that’s just accounting for the things that did happen—not the ones that were made up but generated extensive attention, like fake celebrity endorsements, false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets, and conspiracy theories about the government’s hurricane-response efforts. It’s anyone’s guess what else will transpire in the lead-up to Nov.

Aurora city officials are delaying plans to close dilapidated — and now politically infamous — apartment buildings after control of two of the owners’ properties was transferred to a court-ordered caretaker. The court took action after the property owners defaulted on millions of dollars in loans. Attorneys for U. S. Bank Trust Company filed two lawsuits in recent weeks to force Aurora’s Whispering Pines and 200 Columbia apartment complexes into receivership.

Rich and creamy pasta ai quattro formaggi — or pasta with four cheeses — is the Italian equivalent of American mac and cheese. The cheeses can vary, though funky Gorgonzola and nutty Parmesan are typical. In this recipe from “ Milk Street 365: The All-Purpose Cookbook for Every Day of the Year,” we use that classic combination, along with creamy mascarpone and fontina, an Italian semi-soft cow’s milk cheese that melts well.

Fritzler Farm Park in 2023 featured a corn maze mowed in the likeness of Reba McEntire. (Provided by Fritzler Farm Park) Each autumn, Fritzler Farm Park in LaSalle goes all out and turns into a fall funplex, complete with plump pumpkins to pick from the vine and a pumpkin cannon to launch the gourds.