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Idalia strengthens over Gulf of Mexico and is now predicted to hit Florida as Category 4 hurricane CEDAR KEY, Fla.

Idalia strengthens over warm Gulf of Mexico waters as it steams toward Florida CEDAR KEY, Fla.

TORONTO — Unifor has picked Ford Motor Co. as the lead company for negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers as it works to hammer out new contracts.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Laguerre worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver and beloved mother.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville shooter used to work at a dollar store and stopped in at one before a security guard's presence apparently led him to instead target the Dollar General down the road, where he killed three people .

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is quiet ahead of some potentially market-moving jobs data and a survey reflecting consumers’ feelings about the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Dow was essentially unchanged as trading opened Tuesday. At 10 a.

TOKYO (AP) — All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan shut down Tuesday over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts.

HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday as markets shift their attention from the U.S. Federal Reserve to earnings and economic reports. Regional markets also got a perk from signs China-U.S.

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