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Isaias has strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season and is expected to approach the Gulf Coast on Friday, with landfall likely Friday night into Saturday between the Mississippi–Alabama state line and the western Florida Panhandle. Officials have issued a Hurricane Warning for coastal Jackson County, while Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for Hancock, Harrison, and inland Jackson counties, along with a Tropical Storm Watch for George County.

Hurricane Isaias has strengthened to a Category 1 storm as it moves through the Gulf, with forecasters expecting it to reach Category 2 status before making landfall along the Alabama and Florida coasts. Recent forecast tracks have shifted eastward, which will significantly limit the severity of weather impacts in Mississippi.

As Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to come through the area, the storm is also expected to strengthen, possibly making landfall as a hurricane. So residents in the Meridian area are In the process of preparing. “Got me some covers to cover my house, I pray the Lord it don’t happen, but I’ll be ready if it does,” said Marie Pace. “I’ll make sure we have batteries in the house, candles, kind of know where everything is,” said Kim Houston.

As midterm elections near, Democrats enjoy advantages in national “generic ballot” polling, suggesting they may secure majorities in the House of Representative or Senate, if not both chambers. But the reality is that partisan control on Capitol Hill will be determined by just a handful of competitive House and Senate contests.

Cranberries have a short retail run each year, and supply, not shelf space or store decisions, is why it closes hard. Fresh berries are generally dry-harvested from cranberry bogs in the major growing regions, including Wisconsin and Massachusetts, during a harvest where rain and lingering moisture can delay picking for days at a time. Once the holiday cooking season winds down, fresh cranberries become difficult to find until the following fall’s harvest. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a free speech case involving two Michigan brothers who were disciplined for wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” apparel to school. That was the end-of-the-line for the case, after previously losing an appeal in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a national nonprofit that defends free speech, represented the two students in court.

Days have been getting shorter since late June, but most households feel it in October. The sun sets before dinner is done, the evening shrinks and the board game that spent months on a shelf is back on the kitchen table on a weeknight with the whole family around it. The season does more of that than it gets credit for. Photo credit: Depositphotos. The sun is gone before the workday fully winds down and the after-dinner hours that extended through summer have compressed into something much shorter.

(University of Massachusetts Amherst / Science Advances via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Terminator-style cyborgs are a major step closer after scientists successfully integrated electronics with human cells. They say their revolutionary "biohybrid mesh harvester" could replace batteries for wearable and implantable electronics.

(Carl Knox/OzGrav, Swinburne University via SWNS) By Stephen Beech An "extraordinary" signal from outer space has provided new insight into the formation of the universe. Astronomers pinpointed the source of the powerful flash of radio waves that had traveled for more than 10 billion years across the cosmos before reaching Earth. It is the most distant fast radio burst ever detected, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

Apples often taste especially vivid in fall, but the real reason is ripeness at harvest and how long ago the fruit was picked from the tree. What separates an apple eaten close to its ideal harvest window from one that has spent months in cold storage is a process no storage facility on earth can perfectly reproduce. The difference is often most noticeable when the apple is eaten fresh. Photo credit Depositphotos.