Dorian churns toward Florida as dangerous category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Dorian spun west across the Atlantic ocean toward Florida on Saturday after growing into an even stronger Category 4 storm as residents and visitors hunkered down in one of America’s most popular tourist destinations.
Convicted RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan stabbed in California prison: reports
Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee found guilty of shooting U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy to death in 1968, was wounded in a stabbing at a California prison on Friday, according to media reports.
Hurricane Dorian swirls toward anxious Florida, packing 140-mph winds
Hurricane Dorian spun across the Atlantic ocean toward Florida on Friday, becoming an even stronger Category 4 storm as residents and tourists alike hunkered down in one of America’s biggest vacation destinations.
Tourists scatter as Hurricane Dorian hurls toward Bahamas
Tourists scrambled to leave the Bahamas on Friday as Hurricane Dorian approached its northwestern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, eager to take off before the international airport was to shut down at 10 p.m.
Dorian strengthens into category four hurricane: NHC
Dorian strengthened into an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday.
Slowing and strengthening, Hurricane Dorian worries Florida
Hurricane Dorian churned toward Florida with more powerful winds and drenching rains on Friday, wreaking havoc on people’s Labor Day weekend plans in one of America’s biggest vacation destinations.
Oklahoma hospital used dirty gastroscopes on almost 1,000 patients; no infections reported
An unnamed hospital in Oklahoma used contaminated gastroscopes in procedures performed on nearly a thousand patients in recent months, device maker Pentax Medical told U.S. regulators last month, putting the patients at risk of exposure to bacteria tha…
Trump says decision on Florida evacuation will likely be made Sunday
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the decision whether to order some residents of Florida to evacuate likely would be made on Sunday as the state braces for Hurricane Dorian.
BP evacuates non-essential staff from four Gulf of Mexico oil platforms
BP on Friday evacuated non-essential staff from its four operated offshore oil production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, joining several other firms taking similar steps.
Chevron, BHP evacuate workers from Gulf of Mexico due to hurricane
Major offshore oil and gas producers on Friday were evacuating non-essential staff from production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico due to the threat from Hurricane Dorian.
