The National Hurricane Center said an area of low pressure was strengthening, producing thunderstorms near its center.

Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to weaken in the Gulf of Mexico as it chugs closer to the U.S. But forecasters say it still could bring coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to

Tropical Storm Bertha continued its slow slog toward the Gulf Coast on the afternoon of July 21, forecasters from the National Hurricane Center announced.

Tropical Storm Bertha officially formed in the Gulf on July 20, according to the National Hurricane Center. See where it's headed.

A multi-day preliminary hearing in the murder case against D4vd is set to begin. D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

The highly-anticipated preliminary hearing for singer D4vd, who is facing several charges in the death of a teenage girl, is set to get underway in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

The multi-day preliminary hearing in the murder case against D4vd began on Tuesday with prosecutors calling their first witnesses and presenting gruesome photos.

The preliminary hearing in Los Angeles is expected to last about four days and will look much like an abbreviated trial.

Mexico said its own investigation hasn’t found evidence linking the outbreak to the Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico.

FDA says a lettuce sample linked to Taylor Farms was a false positive, but the outbreak investigation still points in that direction.

Federal investigators say their traceback work continues to point to shredded iceberg lettuce produced at Taylor Farms facilities in central Mexico as the source of a widespread parasitic illness outbreak.

FDA says Cyclospora outbreak data 'continue to converge' on Taylor Farms de Mexico

Storms set off tornado warnings all the way to New York on Tuesday. Forecasters also warned of flash flooding.

The FOX 56 Weather Authority reports that some storms could produce rainfall rates of 1" to 2" per hour, raising the chances of localized flash flooding.

Severe thunderstorms caused power outages for 18,873 customers across several Kentucky counties on Tuesday evening, July 21.

Severe weather was expected in Kentucky Tuesday afternoon, and Lexington officials encouraged people to prepare for the storms ahead of time. But rain had cleared and skies were mostly cloudy after around an hour-long thunderstorm.

An external review of the Gates Foundation's ties to Jeffrey Epstein has found that staff met more than two dozen times with the disgraced financier

A review by an outside law firm hired by the Gates Foundation investigated only the philanthropy and not Mr. Gates or his private office.

An ⁠external ⁠review conducted by ​the Gates ‌Foundation has found ‌no ⁠evidence ⁠of payments made or ​participation in criminal ​activities linked to ⁠late financier ⁠and ⁠convicted sex offender ​Jeffrey Epstein,

Bill Gates and senior leaders of his charitable foundation received multiple warnings from staff about the risks of working with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to raise money for global health,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the administration's latest funding request for the Iran war.

Senators are preparing to grill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tuesday over the U.S. war against Iran, as Republicans push a $95 billion budget package to fund the military, along with aid to farmers and voting law changes that are top White House priorities.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration estimates that the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion since it began in late February.

The war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but the bill is likely much higher, experts have told CNN. Follow for live news updates.