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Ian regained hurricane strength Thursday afternoon and is taking aim at the coast of South Carolina with an expected third landfall on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

World leaders on Wednesday continued to condemn Russia’s recognition of a pair of separatist regions in Ukraine.

At least nine people are confirmed dead and 152 others were unaccounted for after a 12-story condominium building partially collapsed early Thursday in Surfside, Florida, officials said Sunday.