A Florida family’s call for help after Hurricane Michael left devastation across the state’s Panhandle region was answered on Saturday thanks to their niece’s keen eye when scanning satellite data. Amber Gee was scanning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s interactive aerial map to check on her grandmother’s property —… Read More
Sears, once a retail champion, declares bankruptcy
Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The question now is whether a smaller version of the company that once towered over the American retail landscape can remain viable or whether the iconic brand will be forced out of business…. Read More
Panhandle lacked strict building codes enforced on rest of the state
It was once argued that the trees would help save Florida’s Panhandle from the fury of a hurricane, as the acres of forests in the region would provide a natural barrier to savage winds that accompany the deadly storms. It’s part of the reason that tighter building codes — mandatory… Read More
Trump to visit Florida and Georgia to survey hurricane recoveries
Upon touring the damage in several towns along Florida’s Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by Hurricane Michael some of the worst he’s ever seen. On Monday, President Donald Trump plans to visit Florida and Georgia and see the recovery effort for himself. Trump… Read More
Leaked document reveals anti-conservative censorship plot
A leaked document has exposed the ugly truth about what passes “news” on the Internet – and it confirms all of your worst fears. Google, the largest internet company in the world, has a secret plan to control what you see and read. And it claims the time-honored and Constitutionally… Read More
Hurricane Michael spared most neighboring Gulf towns
The piano was washed into a ditch across the street. The dining room table became lodged against a neighbor’s tree. And the storm surge that gutted Rex and Nancy Buzzett’s home of 44 years scattered their other belongings as far as two blocks. “It busted through the windows, and once… Read More
Death toll rises as Hurricane Michael devastates the Southeast (pics)
Row after row of beachfront homes were so obliterated by Michael’s surging seas and howling winds that only slabs of concrete in the sand remain, a testament that this was ground zero when the epic Category 4 hurricane slammed ashore at midweek. The destruction in this and other communities dotting… Read More
Millions of Social Security recipients will get a boost in 2019
Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. It’s the biggest increase most retired baby boomers have gotten. Following a stretch of low inflation, the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2019 is the highest… Read More
Here’s the latest on Hurricane Michael (8 must see photos)
Search-and-rescue teams fanned out across the Florida Panhandle to reach trapped people in Michael’s wake Thursday as daylight yielded scenes of rows upon rows of houses smashed to pieces by the third-most powerful hurricane on record to hit the continental U.S. At least two deaths were blamed on Michael, and… Read More
Part of criminal case against Harvey Weinstein dropped
Manhattan’s district attorney dropped part of the criminal sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence emerged that cast doubt on the account one of his three accusers provided to the grand jury. The development was announced in court Thursday with Weinstein looking on. The tossed charge involves… Read More