Florence expected to become hurricane on way to U.S. East Coast
Tropical Storm Florence was expected to strengthen back into a hurricane by Saturday night, with forecasters warning the storm will bring life-threatening rip currents to the U.S. East Coast before possibly making landfall next week.
Florence expected to become hurricane on way to eastern U.S. coast
Tropical Storm Florence was expected to strengthen back into a hurricane on Sunday, and forecasters warned that the storm could still make landfall somewhere along the U.S. eastern seaboard late next week.
Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfire
Firefighters battled on Saturday to outflank a wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California as the blaze swept through explosively dry mountain timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for a fourth day.
Tropical storm Helene forms near Cape Verde: U.S. NHC
Tropical storm Helene has formed in the Atlantic early Saturday and is expected to become a hurricane early next week as it churns toward the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Police brutality gets spotlight at Toronto film festival
“The Hate U Give” held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, shedding a light on how police brutality affects the lives of black communities.
Apple Inc bans Alex Jones app for ‘objectionable content’
Apple Inc said on Friday that it had banned from its App Store the Infowars app belonging to popular U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after finding that it had violated the company’s rules against “objectionable content”.
Plains All American Pipeline convicted in 2015 California oil spill
A California jury on Friday found the Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline company guilty on criminal charges of fouling state waters and harming wildlife in a major oil spill three years ago along the Pacific shoreline near Santa Barbara.
Two health scares at U.S. airports tied to Mecca pilgrims: U.S. officials
Two major health scares at U.S. airports involving inbound flights are related to pilgrims returning from the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which ended in late August, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
Migrant families separated by U.S. are refusing reunification over dangers: ACLU
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a …
North Carolina challenges ‘unreasonable’ U.S. subpoenas for voter data
North Carolina’s elections board voted on Friday to challenge federal subpoenas seeking years’ worth of voter information from state and local officials, saying the timing, scope and unknown nature of the inquiry were cause for concern.
