Two killed, around 20 injured in Texas shooting: media
Two shooters in separate vehicles shot dead two people and injured around 20 in the cities of Midland and Odessa in west Texas on Saturday, a local television station and police reported.
After Dorian takes a turn, central Florida city breathes sigh of relief
After a frantic week in preparation for Hurricane Dorian, residents of Fort Pierce, Florida breathed a bit easier on Saturday when forecasters said the state’s central Atlantic Coast may dodge a direct hit from the monster storm.
Dorian to hit Bahamas as ‘devastating’ hurricane, then menace Georgia and Carolinas
Hurricane Dorian punched northwest on Saturday to threaten Georgia and the Carolinas, possibly sparing Florida a direct hit, as the Bahamas braced for catastrophic waves and wind from the muscular category 4 storm.
Hurricane Dorian threatens Georgia and Carolinas; Florida still on alert
Hurricane Dorian span northwest on Saturday, churning slowly across the Atlantic in the direction of Georgia and the Carolinas, with Florida also still in its sights.
Bernie Sanders proposes canceling $81 billion U.S. medical debt
U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders proposed a plan on Saturday to cancel $81 billion in existing past-due medical debt for Americans, but offered no details on how it would be financed.
Dorian shifts, Georgia and Carolinas in path as well as Florida
Hurricane Dorian spun west on Saturday, putting Georgia and the Carolinas in the path of a possible landfall as well as Florida, where some beaches were all but deserted on the holiday weekend as visitors braced for the dangerous category 4 storm.
U.S. Justice Ginsburg says she is on her way to ‘being very well’
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is on the court’s liberal wing, told a packed audience Saturday that she was on her way to “being very well” after cancer treatment, and will be prepared when the court’s next term begins in October.
Yankees LHP Sabathia (knee) returns to injured list
The New York Yankees placed left-hander CC Sabathia back on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with knee inflammation.
BHP halts plan to evacuate Gulf of Mexico oil platforms as storm-threat lessens
BHP on Saturday canceled a plan to evacuate some workers from two Gulf of Mexico oil platforms as Hurricane Dorian’s latest track lessened the threat to its oil production facilities.
Dorian strengthens, heads toward Florida as dangerous category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Dorian spun west across the Atlantic ocean toward Florida on Saturday after growing into a dangerous Category 4 storm as residents and visitors hunkered down in one of America’s most popular tourist destinations.