The third-most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in recorded history left a wide path of destruction across Florida and Georgia, destroying homes and shopping centers and felling trees that killed at least two people. And it’s not done yet. Hurricane Michael finally weakened to a tropical storm on… Read More
Limo company operator charged in connection with deadly crash
A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges. Nauman Hussain, 28, showed little emotion as he was arraigned Wednesday evening in an Albany-area court, and… Read More
Search for 4 missing men in West Texas ends today
The search for four people missing after a West Texas recreational vehicle park was overrun by raging floodwaters has ended for the day. Searchers used a helicopter, drone and crews in boats and walking the river banks on Wednesday. Authorities say they still haven’t found any sign of the three… Read More
Election day terror bombing plot uncovered by FBI
Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a 200-pound (90-kilogram) bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day on the National Mall in Washington. Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan, was charged Wednesday with unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device and interstate transportation and receipt of an… Read More
WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Michael batters Florida Panhandle
Gaining fury with every passing hour, Hurricane Michael closed in Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle with potentially catastrophic winds of 150 mph, the most powerful storm on record ever to menace the stretch of fishing towns, military bases, and spring-break beaches. With more than 375,000 people up and down the… Read More
Officials reveal what ignited deadly California blaze
Two sagging Pacific Gas & Electric power lines made contact, sparked and ignited a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and injured a firefighter, officials said Tuesday. The finding adds to the growing financial liability of PG&E over wildfires in the state. Its equipment has been blamed… Read More
Storm-ravaged Carolinas brace for Hurricane Michael
In the storm-weary Carolinas, Hurricane Michael’s approach is stoking fresh fears among homeowners who still have tarps on their roofs or industrial dehumidifiers drying their floors from destruction left by Hurricane Florence. Thousands of homes in North and South Carolina were damaged when the September hurricane smashed trees into rooftops… Read More
[Weather alert] Deadly Hurricane Michael slams into Florida
Michael swirled onto the Florida Panhandle as a still-growing Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, pushing a storm surge onto the coast’s white-sand beaches and lashing the coast with tropical storm-force winds and rain in its final hours before making landfall. The unexpected beast quickly sprang from a weekend tropical depression and… Read More
Limo driver’s family said he was assigned unsafe vehicle
Relatives of the limousine driver involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York said Tuesday they believe he was unwittingly assigned an unsafe vehicle. The family of Scott Lisinicchia released a statement through a lawyer shortly after another attorney representing the limousine company, Prestige Limousine, said… Read More
Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley resigns
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is resigning, and will leave her post by the end of the year. President Donald Trump has plans to name her successor in the coming weeks. “I have given everything I’ve got these last eight years,” she said, referring to her six years as South Carolina… Read More