Storm Florence’s drenching rains kill 23 in the Carolinas
Deeper flooding loomed in the hours and days ahead from rivers in the Carolinas swollen by Tropical Depression Florence, which has killed 23 people, even if rain-weary residents got a brief glimpse of sunshine on Monday.
Duke Energy’s Brunswick nuclear plant stranded by flooding from Florence
Duke Energy Corp said Monday that its Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina was inaccessible due to flooding from storm Florence, but the plant remained safely shut down.
UPS to hire 100,000 for holiday season, up 5 percent from last year
United Parcel Service Inc would hire about 100,000 temporary employees for the crucial holiday season, up about 5 percent from a year earlier, the world’s biggest package delivery company said on Monday.
Chicago officer unjustified in killing black teen, prosecutor says
The white police officer who shot to death a black teen in 2014 fired 16 shots without justification, prosecutors told a Chicago jury on Monday, as the trial began in a decisive case for race relations and policing in the United States’ third-largest c…
Senate judiciary chair says he’s working to get to bottom of Kavanaugh allegations
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Monday he is working to get to the bottom of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and that Kavanaugh’s accuser should be able to present her case.
Senator Collins: Trump court nominee, accuser should both testify
Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins on Monday said both President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, and the woman who has accused him of sexual misconduct should testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath.
Schumer: FBI should reopen Kavanaugh background check – ABC
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called the sexual misconduct allegation brought by a woman against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh extremely credible and said the FBI should reopen its background investigation on the judge.
U.S. pushes back national wireless alert test to Oct. 3
The Trump administration has delayed until next month plans to send a message to all U.S. cellphones testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public about national emergencies, officials said on Monday.
More days of flooding ahead for Carolinas, surrounding states
The remnants of deadly Hurricane Florence brought more misery to the waterlogged Carolinas on Monday with officials warning the worst is yet to come, as heavy rain persisted and swollen rivers posed a growing threat.
Trump court pick Kavanaugh issues denial; accuser willing to testify
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick, on Monday called a woman’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago “completely false,” while a lawyer said the accuser is willing to publicly testify before a Senate pane…
