Jonathan Edwards

• National

Allie Rae is one of a handful of content creators who rode out a dangerous storm while broadcasting to a community of followers.

• Extreme Weather

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key as a Category 3 storm and prompted what could be Florida’s largest evacuation since Hurricane Irma in 2017.

• National

Michael Straight walked more than a half-million steps using an exoskeleton, until the manufacturer said it would not maintain machines older than five years.

• National

A Black truck driver is suing an Iowa company after refusing to comply with a policy that he says does not apply to White employees. A previous lawsuit had been settled.

• National

Homes were evacuated in Rockdale County, and Atlanta-area residents reported a strong chemical smell, though officials said they hadn’t detected dangerous levels of chlorine near the capital.

• Extreme Weather

The storm made landfall as a Category 4 colossus in Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

• National

The CEO of Triton Submarines criticized OceanGate’s approach to safety in a hearing about the submersible disaster that killed five people last year.

• Politics

Sen. John Neely Kennedy used a hearing about hate crimes to accuse Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry of supporting terrorists.

• National

OceanGate’s former director of operations testified that Stockton Rush crashed a submersible in 2016 and only gave up control when a tearful passenger screamed at him.