NRA opposes outright U.S. ban on gun devices used by Las Vegas killer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons a…
South of New Orleans, Nate spares parish devastated by Hurricane Katrina
BELLE CHASSE, La. (Reuters) – Residents of Louisiana’s lower Plaquemines Parish, the swampy peninsula that shadows the Mississippi River as it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, know Nate let them off very easy, certainly when compared with hurricanes of…
NRA opposes outright U.S. ban on bump stocks used by Las Vegas killer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons a…
Hurricane Nate weakens as it soaks Mississippi, Alabama
BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) – Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages.
Trump tweets more criticism of former ally, Republican senator Corker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump aimed his Twitter account at sometime ally Senator Bob Corker on Sunday with a series of derisive posts blaming the Republican for the Iran nuclear deal and saying Corker wanted the secretary of state…
Tropical Storm Nate rapidly weakens over Alabama
BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nate rapidly weakened to become a tropical depression over Alabama on Sunday, although the fast-moving former hurricane left roads and buildings flooded in Mississippi after coming ashore there.
Tropical Storm Nate’s winds rapidly weaken over Alabama
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nate rapidly weakened as it moved over Alabama on Sunday, although the fast-moving former hurricane rattled the doors of Biloxi’s casinos and left gambling floors and highways in the region flooded after making it…
Hurricane Nate weakens to tropical storm after hitting U.S. Gulf coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nate swept ashore in Mississippi on Sunday with strong winds rattling the doors of Biloxi’s many casinos and lashing rain flooding the gambling floors and surrounding highways, although the fast-moving former hurr…
White nationalists return to Charlottesville for torch-lit protest
(Reuters) – White nationalists briefly rallied on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, where violent clashes in August led to the death of a woman who was run down by a car.
Hurricane Nate floods streets as it slams U.S. Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Hurricane Nate slammed into the Mississippi coast on Sunday with destructive winds and torrential rains that flooded streets and highways throughout the region as the fast-moving Category 1 storm made landfall.
