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Josephine Corcoran was joined by 75 Islanders on her team in the T.E.A.L Walk/Run in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys last night, packing winds of 130 mph as it started its march along the Florida peninsula.

The extremely dangerous Category 4 Irma crashed into the Florida Keys on Sunday morning, unleashing violent wind gusts and storm-surge flooding. Florida's western coast next faces Irma's wrath, and forecasters fear this storm will go down as one of the worst in the state's history.

The call came in at 3:23 a.m. Sunday. A woman from the Little Haiti neighborhood, just outside of downtown Miami, told a dispatcher that she was in labor.

Non-profit Where to Turn is organizing toy drives and drop off locations for Hurricane Harvey victims.

An alleged racist threat from a rookie Staten Island EMT to a 17-year veteran reportedly has led to a personnel shake-up handed down from FDNY's top brass, according to a Daily News report.

A Florida man's sarcastic post suggesting people should shoot guns at Hurricane Irma to show "that we shoot first" prompted law enforcement to warn people not to fire weapons at the hurricane.

A look at how the Advance covered the World Trade Center attacks in stories and images on its front pages.

Hurricane Irma, a category 4 storm, is causing massive destruction, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Police effected an arrest on Friday at a home in New Springville, coming away with rifles, pistols and knives.