Suspect arrested after reported shooting at Los Angeles hospital
Police evacuated a Los Angeles-area hospital and arrested a suspect on Tuesday following reports of an active shooter in the building, but said no victims had been found following a room-by-room search.
Backstreet Boys’ singer Nick Carter will not be charged in sex case
Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday they would not charge Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter over a 2003 sexual assault accusation because it fell outside the California statute of limitations.
Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid in hands of a few senators
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate, where the likelihood of a party-line vote to confirm him was not much reduced last week by his multi-day confirmation hearing.
Trump’s EPA proposes weaker methane rules for oil and gas wells
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed weakening requirements for testing and repairing methane leaks in drilling operations, among other measures, in a step toward rolling back an Obama-era policy to combat climate change.
U.S. nuclear power plants prepare for Hurricane Florence
Several nuclear power reactors in North and South Carolina and Virginia on Tuesday started to prepare for Hurricane Florence, which is expected to hit the coast as a major hurricane on Friday.
Trump wins dismissal of ‘inciting to riot’ lawsuit over 2016 rally
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday won dismissal of a lawsuit in which three protesters accused him of “inciting to riot,” after they were roughed up at a March 2016 campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky during Trump’s White House run.
Fuel prices, shortages rising as Hurricane Florence speeds to U.S. Coast
U.S. motorists are feeling the effects of Hurricane Florence as gas prices at the pump rose this week and stations in the Southeastern evacuation zones faced a run on fuel supplies.
U.S. southeast braces for ‘days and days’ of floods from hurricane
The powerful Hurricane Florence threatened to bring “days and days” of rain and potentially deadly flooding to the U.S. southeast coast, North Carolina’s governor warned on Tuesday, as some 1 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes.
Trump wins dismissal of ‘inciting to riot’ claim over 2016 rally
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday won the dismissal of an “inciting to riot” claim brought by three protesters who said they were roughed up at a March 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky, where Trump was campaigning for the White House.
Hurricane Florence set for ‘direct hit’ on U.S. east coast
More than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate their homes along the U.S. southeast coast as Hurricane Florence, the most powerful storm to threaten the Carolinas in nearly three decades, barreled closer on Tuesday.
