Hurricane, hate crime, meteor: Don’t mess with these.

Don’t mess with these! Idalia, the hurricane, is still making its terrifying way into Florida. For the second year in a row, hate crimes in significant American cities reached a record high. And to discover its origin, an astronomer went in search of a meteor.

The hurricane Idalia is continuing frightfully approaching Florida. Hate crimes in key American cities hit a record high for the second year in a row. An astronomer searched for a meteor in order to find its source. (Photo: Bay News 9)

Hotter water, more powerful hurricane

Don’t mess with these! Officials issued a warning to citizens of the whole state of Florida as Hurricane Idalia’s outer bands started to batter the Florida coast. On Tuesday, the historic hurricane was churning in the hot-tub-warm Gulf of Mexico, sending a potentially fatal storm surge onto the Big Bend region of Florida’s west coast as it sped toward landfall overnight or early on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon, Idalia, with steering winds of 90 mph, was located about 240 miles southwest of Tampa.

What they’re saying: The historical dataset dating back to 1851 does not contain any large hurricanes that have tracked into Apalachee Bay, placing this system in its historical perspective. None, according to the National Weather Service. Don’t play around with this, please. Reports from USA Today.

Blood thinners and diabetic medications are among the pharmaceuticals whose prices are being reduced

Don’t mess with these! Let’s start negotiating medicine prices. On Tuesday, the federal government unveiled the list of 10 prescription pharmaceuticals that Medicare would negotiate as part of a new federal law, beginning a process that might result in savings by 2026. These include Eliquis, Jardiance, Enbrel, Stelara, and other pharmaceuticals that are frequently recommended or pricey to elderly Americans for ailments like heart disease, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases.  Fiasp and NovoLog, two insulin medications, are also included. The sweeping climate and health law passed by Congress last year, the Inflation Reduction Act, gives negotiators new leverage.

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Hate crimes rose to a record level in major cities.

Don’t mess with these!  The man who opened fire and murdered three people Saturday in a Dollar Tree store in Jacksonville, Florida, had a firearm with a swastika drawn on it and specifically targeted Black people, according to local authorities. Although the shooting is a terrible tragedy, it is not unusual. According to a recent research conducted by a renowned group of specialists and made available only to USA TODAY, the number of hate crimes registered to police in 42 significant U.S. cities increased 10% from the year before.  The majority of hate crime victims in 2017 were Black, which has been the case every year since the tally started.

Ocean filled with metallic spheres? Not an Earthling.

Don’t mess with these!  Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been driven to determine whether the mysterious meteor that crashed into the Pacific Ocean was actually an extraterrestrial artifact ever since he first heard about it. Loeb claims that he and a group of scientists are now one step closer to coming to that conclusion. In a press release on Tuesday, Loeb stated that preliminary research indicates the metallic objects found off the coast of Papua New Guinea are in fact of interplanetary origin. Loeb argues that the team is now certain that what they have discovered is unsurpassed by any alloys already known to exist in our solar system, from USA Today.

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