Factbox: More than 19,000 without power in U.S. Southeast ahead of Florence
U.S. Southeast power companies said more than 19,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina were without on Thursday power as Hurricane Florence approaches the coast.
Attorney general vows to fight nationwide court injunctions
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday vowed to fight back against federal courts that issue injunctions barring the federal government from implementing regulations nationwide, and accused federal judges of engaging in “judicial activism.”
Wind, flooded roads herald approach of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina
The outer reaches of Hurricane Florence began lashing coastal North Carolina with heavy winds and flooded roads on Thursday ahead of an expected landfall that will bring walls of water and lingering downpours.
Florence to approach the Carolinas coast later Thursday: NHC
The center of Florence is expected to approach the coasts of North and South Carolina later on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Trump disputes Puerto Rico storm death toll, draws outcry
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed Puerto Rico’s official death toll of 3,000 from hurricanes last year and accused Democrats of inflating the figure that was reached in an independent academic study.
Ex-Deerfield partners get prison in case over U.S. agency leaks
Two former partners of the hedge fund Deerfield Management were sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of taking part in what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal hea…
U.S. to reconsider asylum for separated immigrant families
President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to reconsider the asylum claims of some 1,000 immigrant parents and children who were separated at the U.S. border as part of a deal to settle lawsuits over his “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.
No role for NYC tenants’ groups to oversee public housing cleanup: judge
A federal judge in Manhattan said two tenants’ rights groups deserved no formal role in a landmark settlement between New York City’s housing authority and the U.S. government to address years of health hazards, indifference and mismanagement plaguing …
Hurricane Florence’s winds slap Carolina coast, flooding threat looms
Hurricane Florence’s winds began whipping coastal North Carolina on Thursday as the slow-moving tempest began to unleash fierce rains that forecasters warned would cause catastrophic flooding across a wide swath of the U.S. southeast.
U.S. reaches agreement over separated immigrant families
The Trump administration has reached a settlement stemming from the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S. border that lets some 1,000 people affected by the policy apply again for U.S. asylum after previously being turned down…
