Leaving Bahamas devastated, Dorian regains strength as it crawls up U.S. coast
Hurricane Dorian left stretches of the Bahamas looking as if they had been carpet bombed, and was regaining strength as it ground up the U.S. Atlantic coast, possibly making landfall later on Thursday in South Carolina.
Bahamas reels from Dorian’s devastation, storm surge threatens U.S. southeast
Survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas thronged rescue helicopters on Wednesday and the United Nations said 70,000 people needed immediate humanitarian relief after one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record devastated the island group.
Accused drug dealer charged with supplying fatal dose of fentanyl to Mac Miller
(This Sept. 4th story corrects album title in 12th paragraph to Blue Slide Park from Blue Side Park)
U.S. judge rules terrorism watchlist violates constitutional rights: NY Times
A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that a federal government database of people identified as “known or suspected terrorists” violates the constitutional rights of those placed on the watchlist, the New York Times reported.
Bahamas staggers from Dorian’s devastation, U.S. southeast fears storm surge
Survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas thronged rescue helicopters on Wednesday and the United Nations said 70,000 people needed immediate humanitarian relief after one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record devastated the island group.
California boat fire investigators interview captain, crew
Federal investigators on Wednesday interviewed the captain and crew of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast and they also met with families of 34 people killed in one of the state’s worst maritime disasters.
Sharpie-gate? Trump shows apparently altered hurricane map
U.S. President Donald Trump showed a map of Hurricane Dorian’s projected path on Wednesday that appeared to have been altered with a Sharpie pen to include the state of Alabama, which was never in harm’s way.
Texas executes man convicted of murdering 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter
A man convicted of killing an 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in their Fort Worth home in 2003 was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday.
South Carolina scrambles ahead of Dorian’s storm surge
A large digital screen alongside a major highway running into Charleston, South Carolina, issued a stark warning to residents on Wednesday: ‘HURRICANE DORIAN, LEAVE NOW.”
New York City sues T-Mobile over ‘rampant’ customer sales abuses
New York City sued T-Mobile USA Inc on Wednesday, accusing the fourth-largest U.S. mobile phone company of engaging in “rampant” sales abuses of customers for its lower-priced, prepaid wireless brand, Metro by T-Mobile.
