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Navy members help evacuate people on a boat from the Karata and Wawa Bar communities ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Sunday.

2 Weeks After Eta, Nicaragua Braces For Massive Hurricane Iota

Iota, now a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 mph, is expected to hit Nicaragua on Monday evening, bringing catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and extreme rainfall.

Medical personnel treat a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday. California is imposing an overnight curfew on most residents to blunt a surge in coronavirus infections.

California Announces Curfew To Curb Coronavirus Spread

Gov. Gavin Newsom said that effective Saturday, most people in most counties should be off the streets between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

The government shortfall for the fiscal year that just ended is far greater than was seen during the height of the Great Recession. The national debt now exceeds the size of the U.S. economy.

$3.1 Trillion: Pandemic Spending Drives The Federal Budget Deficit To A Record

The government shortfall for the fiscal year that just ended was more than triple that of 2019. The national debt of $21 trillion now exceeds the size of the U.S. economy.

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologists used radio trackers to find a nest of invasive Asian giant hornets in the cavity of a tree. The state now plans to destroy the nest.

1st 'Murder Hornet' Nest In U.S. Is Found In Washington State

State entomologists found the nest in a tree near the Canadian border. They were led there by an Asian giant hornet to which they had attached a radio tracker. The state plans to eradicate the nest.

Boston's music scene is brimming with talented artists, some of whom have stopped by GBH for studio sessions captured by the station's Emmy Award-winning Front Row Boston.

5 Local Live Performances From GBH's Fraser Performance Studio

From the Ballroom Thieves to Anjimile, listen to five stand out performances from local musicians in Boston, recorded live from GBH's acoustically pristine Fraser Performance Studio.

Crate Digging With Christian McBride: The History Of Latin Bass, on Jazz Night

In the Afro-Caribbean musical tradition, the essential pulse on the low end can be conjured in a single word, tumbao. But within that word, there are…

The Pulse: Michela Marino Lerman and Russell Hall on a Crucial Election, and "Lift Every Vote"

Russell Hall is a graduate of Julliard, and an acclaimed bassist and activist from Kingston, Jamaica. Although he has yet to assume citizenship in the…

The U.S. Postal Service says it has processed and delivered 122 million mail-in ballots.

Delays Still Plague Mail Deliveries As Election Day Nears

Data show on-time delivery of first-class mail continues to lag, including in many swing states.

The Department of Defense said on Saturday that U.S. forces had rescued an American held in Northern Nigeria in an early morning operation. The American had been taken captive in Niger earlier this week.

U.S. Special Operations Forces Rescue American Hostage In Nigeria

President Trump celebrated the mission at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, saying "we got our young man back."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference at 10 Downing Street in London Saturday to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus.

England To Return To Lockdown In Coming Days

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England would go into lockdown for four weeks to stem surging coronavirus cases.

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