Hurricane Lane threatens direct hit on Hawaii, churns toward Oahu
Hurricane Lane, threatening a direct hit as Hawaii’s worst storm in a quarter century, on Thursday churned toward Oahu, the island with the largest population, as schools, government offices and business closed and residents stocked up on supplies.
Reality Winner to be sentenced for leaking top secret U.S. report
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty to illegally leaking to a media outlet a top secret report on Russian interference in U.S. elections, was due to be sentenced on Thursday in Georgia.
Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii, residents stock up
Hurricane Lane churned slowly toward Hawaii late on Wednesday as schools, government offices and business closed and residents stocked up on supplies and boarded up homes.
Scramble for food and water as Hurricane Lane approaches Hawaii
Hurricane Lane, threatening a direct hit as Hawaii’s worst storm in a quarter century, churned toward the main island of Oahu on Wednesday as schools, government offices and business closed while residents stocked up on supplies and boarded up homes.
Approaching hurricane sparks runs in Hawaii on plywood, water and gasoline
Micco Godinez, who rents out kayaks on the island of Kauai and loves surfing, said he was twice tempted to hit the waves on Wednesday but kept his focus on a more pressing concern – getting ready to board up his home for a major hurricane.
Panic, hoarding in Hawaii as Hurricane Lane bears down
Fearful Hawaii residents stocked up on water and gasoline on Wednesday as Hurricane Lane bore down on the U.S. islands with high winds, lashing rains and the potential to trigger “life threatening” flooding and landslides.
Accused killer of Iowa college student appears in court
A 24-year-old farm worker accused of killing an Iowa college student who vanished while jogging made a first court appearance on Wednesday as the case reignited a national debate over illegal immigration and crime.
U.S. appeals court says GSK cannot be sued over generic drug suicide
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday tossed a $3 million verdict against GlaxoSmithKline over the suicide of an attorney who took a generic version of the company’s antidepressant Paxil, finding the company could not be held liable for injuries allegedly …
Iowa student’s murder thrust into U.S. debate over immigration
The arrest of a man who U.S. authorities have said is an illegal immigrant on charges of murdering an Iowa college student has thrust the case into the debate on immigration policy, with President Donald Trump blaming Mollie Tibbetts’ death on weak law…
Man charged in Iowa college student’s murder in U.S. legally: attorneys
A 24-year-old farm worker charged with the murder of an Iowa college student who disappeared while jogging is in the country legally, contrary to the claims of prosecutors that he was an illegal immigrant, his attorneys said on Wednesday.
