North Carolina court strikes down state legislative map as unconstitutional gerrymander
A North Carolina court on Tuesday struck down the Republican-drawn state legislative map as an illegal partisan gerrymander and gave lawmakers two weeks to enact new district lines for next year’s elections.
After inflicting ‘extreme damage’ on Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian closes in on Florida
Hurricane Dorian carved a path of destruction through the Bahamas and relief officials on Tuesday were preparing for a humanitarian crisis after one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the islands killed at least five people, with the scale of the …
California investigators to use war zone DNA analysis technique to identify boat fire victims
California emergency workers were using a DNA analysis technique primarily employed in war zones and crime scenes to quickly identify the badly-burned remains of 34 people killed when a fast-moving fire trapped them on a scuba diving boat.
Hurricane Dorian closes in on Florida coast after battering Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian grew and picked up speed, churning on a path that forecasters said would come “dangerously close” to Florida later on Tuesday after the storm battered the northern Bahamas, killing at least five people.
Factbox: Recent U.S. corporate responses to gun violence
A series of mass shootings in the United States, including one each in Texas and Ohio last month that killed 31 people, once again has revived a national debate on firearms regulation, which in the past has led retailers and other U.S. companies to tig…
U.S. judge orders big drug companies to face opioid trial
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major drugmakers, pharmacies and distributors to dismiss claims that they caused the nation’s opioid crisis, clearing the way for a scheduled landmark trial even as he pushes for a nationwide settlement.
Hurricane Dorian closes in on Florida coast after bashing Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian grew in size and picked up speed on Tuesday and forecasters said it would come “dangerously close” to Florida’s east coast in the next 36 hours after cutting a destructive path through the northern Bahamas that killed at least five peo…
No passengers survived raging blaze on California dive boat: officials
None of a dive boat’s 34 passengers survived a fast-moving fire that sunk it off California’s Santa Cruz Island, officials said on Tuesday, as recovery workers prepared to try to retrieve 14 bodies still believed to be on the vessel or in the ocean.
Florida rides Dorian’s ’emotional roller coaster’ after a week of warnings and waiting
Scott Renfroe was smoking cigarettes with his wife at the end of a dock in Titusville, Florida, on Tuesday morning, where he had come to see if Hurricane Dorian had brought the powerful wind gusts and rip currents that meteorologists have warned about …
Sisyphus on the beach: Dorian underlines coastal cities’ endless rebuilding task
Just months after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a $16 million project to restore sandy beaches in Jacksonville, Florida, Hurricane Dorian is about to pound them again, illustrating the uphill battle that American coastal cities face in pro…
