Factbox: More than 98,000 without power in U.S. Southeast as Florence approaches
U.S. Southeast power companies said more than 98,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina were without power on Thursday as Hurricane Florence approached the coast.
Ex-Trump aide Manafort close to plea deal with Mueller: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is close to reaching a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Gimme shelter: North Carolinians take refuge from Florence’s fury
Junia MacDaniel just wants to get home to her Chihuahuas.
‘Historic storm’ lashes Carolinas with heavy rain, floods
The outer bands of Hurricane Florence drenched the Carolinas on Thursday, flooding roads, gorging rivers and knocking out power in an ominous glimpse of the damage the storm could inflict when it makes landfall on Friday with millions of people in its …
Multiple injuries in dozens of gas blasts near Boston: officials
At least six people were injured and hundreds were ordered to evacuate their homes following a series of 70 explosions that rocked three communities near Boston on Thursday, apparently triggered by a gas pipeline rupture, local officials said.
U.S. company manager pleads guilty in PDVSA bribery scheme
A former manager of a U.S.-based logistics company pleaded guilty on Thursday to paying bribes to secure contracts from Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, and the guilty plea of the official who was bribed was also unsealed, the U.S. Justice Departme…
Suspected gas explosions rock towns near Boston, forcing evacuations
Dozens of explosions and fires rocked a wide area across several communities north of Boston on Thursday, prompting evacuations of numerous neighborhoods where gas odors were present, Massachusetts state police reported.
Ex-Trump aide Manafort close to plea deal with Mueller: source
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is close to reaching a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller but an agreement has not been concluded, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
U.S. airlines, officials grapple with looming pilot shortfall
Airlines, government agencies and academic institutions must work together to address a potential future shortfall of commercial and military pilots and other aviation employees in the coming years, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
FEMA faces Hurricane Florence with range of housing options from 2017 storms
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has thousands of modular homes on hand along with other temporary housing options tested by last year’s spate of storms, as Hurricane Florence bears down on the U.S. Southeast, the agency said on Thursday.
