Former Starbucks CEO abandons bid for U.S. president: report
Former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has formally abandoned his campaign for the U.S. presidency, the Washington Post reported on Friday after the potential independent candidate earlier paused his efforts over health issues.
Trump in high-stakes balancing act between oil and corn ahead of 2020 bid
At a closed-door meeting at the White House on Aug. 19, President Donald Trump looked increasingly alarmed as his top envoy to China delivered evidence of rising Farm Belt frustration over his biofuel policy along with a stark warning: You’ve got a pro…
Hurricane Dorian skirts U.S. Carolinas’ coast with high winds and rain
Hurricane Dorian, downgraded to a Category 1 but still packing 90 mph (150 kph) winds, crawled north on Friday, skirting the Carolinas and flooding coastal towns a couple of days after it reduced parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
Mosquito spray, diapers, flashlights cannot beat cash for Dorian relief
Americans are piling power generators, bottled water and other critical supplies into well-meaning mountains of Bahamas hurricane relief, but disaster response leaders say gathering goods complicates emergency aid and is not the best way to help.
Hurricane Dorian skirts U.S. Carolinas’ coast with high winds and drenching rain
A weakening Hurricane Dorian, downgraded to a Category 1 but still packing 90 mph (150 kph) winds, crawled north on Friday, skirting the Carolinas and flooding coastal towns a couple of days after it reduced parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
Factbox: Hurricane Dorian knocks out power to over 156,000 in U.S. Southeast
More than 156,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast were without power on Friday as Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolina coast, according to local electric companies.
Dorian weakens to Category 1 hurricane; tropical storm conditions spreading: NHC
Hurricane Dorian weakened as it brushed North Carolina, but tropical storm conditions are spreading north along the state’s coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday.
American Airlines mechanic charged with alleged sabotage of plane amid union dispute
An American Airlines mechanic was ordered temporarily detained Friday after he was charged with purposely damaging an aircraft in July amid a dispute between the airline and its mechanics union involving stalled contract negotiations.
Bahamas hurricane survivors tell of children swept away; death toll reaches 30
Richard Johnson said his six-year-old brother Adrian was just too small to withstand Hurricane Dorian. The boy was blown into churning storm surge and is among thousands of people missing, many of them children, after the worst hurricane to hit the Bah…
Sharpie-gate continued: Trump doubles down on Dorian’s aim for Alabama
President Donald Trump, not someone who easily lets things go, doubled down on Thursday on his insistence that Alabama could have been hit by Hurricane Dorian and enlisted his top homeland security adviser to back him up.
