Idalia Expected to Bring Rains and Possible Tornadoes to Georgia and South Carolina

Hurricane Idalia poses the most immediate threat to the Gulf Coast of Florida, but forecasters are also warning coastal communities in South Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic Coast of Florida to prepare for the storm’s effects on Wednesday into Thursday. Florida’s Atlantic Coast was already experiencing “life-threatening surf and rip currents” generated by another hurricane,…

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California Tries Paying Drug Users to Stay Sober

It’s Tuesday. California is testing a program that pays drug users to stay sober. Also, waves along California’s coast are getting bigger. California began a bold experiment this year: paying people to stay sober. With overdose deaths on the rise, the state’s Medicaid program recently became the first in the nation to begin offering financial…

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