Hurricane Florence weakens slightly as it moves toward U.S. coast: NHC
Hurricane Florence is weakening slightly as it continues toward the Carolina coastal areas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday, adding that life-threatening storm surge and rainfall were still expected.
Hurricane Florence disrupts deliveries, threatens U.S. supply chain
Transportation companies in Georgia and the Carolinas sprinted to secure property and employees in the path of Hurricane Florence on Wednesday as disruptions to the U.S. supply chain were already being felt.
Michelle Obama announces stadium tour to support ‘Becoming’
Michelle Obama announced a 10-city U.S. stadium tour on Wednesday to support her upcoming memoir “Becoming” that will feature what organizers called “intimate and honest conversations” with audiences.
New Jersey sports bets rise in August with online wagers
New Jersey’s sportsbooks made $9.2 million of gross revenue in August, bringing the total so far this year to $16.5 million since the state began allowing legal sports wagers in June, state gambling officials said on Wednesday.
Looming Florence heaps despair on rural U.S. towns ravaged by 2016 storm
When Hurricane Matthew submerged the small town of Fair Bluff, North Carolina, two years ago, Eve Waddell thought she had witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime disaster.
Hurricane Florence evacuations expand, with ‘disaster at doorstep’
Hurricane Florence, growing in size and intensity, crept closer to the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday as disaster mobilizations expanded south from the Carolinas into Georgia to counter the threat of fierce winds, deadly high seas and calamitous floods.
California man gets 35 years for drug-trafficking ring on Amtrak trains
A California man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for heading a drug-trafficking ring that brought massive amounts of heroin and cocaine from Mexico to Chicago aboard Amtrak trains, prosecutors said.
FDA proposed crackdown on flavored e-cigs puts Juul on notice
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes from Juul Labs and other companies as it grapples with an “epidemic” of youth e-cigarette use that threatens to create a new generation of nicotine addicts, the agency’…
Colonial will not change fuel specs ahead of Hurricane Florence
A major pipeline operator that sends gasoline to the U.S. Southeast said on Wednesday it does not expect to take full advantage of a government waiver aimed at ensuring adequate fuel supplies to the region.
Russian pleads guilty in U.S. to operating Kelihos botnet
A Russian man pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. federal court in Connecticut to criminal hacking charges stemming from his operation of the Kelihos botnet, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
