Utah woman who helped abduct 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart to be released
A street preacher’s wife who helped abduct 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will walk out of a Utah prison next week after serving 15 years for her part in a kidnapping that focused national attention on the issue of crime against children.
‘Monster’ Hurricane Florence to pound U.S. Southeast for days
Powerful Hurricane Florence grew larger on Tuesday and is expected to bring days of rain, deadly flooding and power outages lasting weeks after it slams into the U.S. Southeast coast later this week.
Smithfield Foods to shut world’s largest hog plant in North Carolina ahead of storm
Smithfield Foods [SFII.UL], a unit of China’s WH Group, will temporarily shut down the world’s largest hog slaughter plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, as early as Wednesday due to looming Hurricane Florence, a company employee and the head of the Nort…
Trump promises all-out hurricane response effort
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the federal government would spare no expense in responding to the likely damage from Hurricane Florence, which is forecast to hit the Carolina coast later this week.
As hurricane nears, U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in storm’s path
As powerful Hurricane Florence advanced toward the southeastern United States, farmers in North Carolina rushed to harvest corn and tobacco and stock up on pig rations, while the danger of sustained rain and deadly flooding threatened a state where mil…
Suspect arrested after reported shooting at Los Angeles hospital
Police evacuated a Los Angeles-area hospital and arrested a suspect on Tuesday following reports of an active shooter in the building, but said no victims had been found following a room-by-room search.
Backstreet Boys’ singer Nick Carter will not be charged in sex case
Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday they would not charge Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter over a 2003 sexual assault accusation because it fell outside the California statute of limitations.
Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid in hands of a few senators
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate, where the likelihood of a party-line vote to confirm him was not much reduced last week by his multi-day confirmation hearing.
Trump’s EPA proposes weaker methane rules for oil and gas wells
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed weakening requirements for testing and repairing methane leaks in drilling operations, among other measures, in a step toward rolling back an Obama-era policy to combat climate change.
U.S. nuclear power plants prepare for Hurricane Florence
Several nuclear power reactors in North and South Carolina and Virginia on Tuesday started to prepare for Hurricane Florence, which is expected to hit the coast as a major hurricane on Friday.
