Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 140 mph (225 kph) winds and potentially ruinous rains. Florence… Read More
MGM offers to deal to mass shooting survivors they’re suing
MGM Resorts International drew criticism Tuesday for saying hundreds of survivors of the Las Vegas mass shooting, who are being sued by the casino operator, could opt to have the money that will be used to serve them a lawsuit instead donated to a charity. The company in July sued… Read More
CBS’ Gayle King calls on network to release Moonves’ misconduct report
CBS News anchor Gayle King says the network should release its report on sexual misconduct allegations against former chief executive Leslie Moonves, who was ousted on Sunday. King, speaking Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” said that “I don’t know how we move forward if we at CBS don’t have full… Read More
Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper to be freed 5 years early
A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will be freed from prison more than five years earlier than expected, a surprise decision that Smart called “incomprehensible” on Tuesday. Wanda Barzee, 72, will be released Sept. 19 after the Utah Board of Pardons and… Read More
Maui hunkers down as Tropical Storm Olivia heads towards the island
Maui hunkered down for heavy rains and powerful winds as a gradually weakening tropical storm barreled toward Hawaii, while Honolulu hoped it would be spared the worst. Forecasters said Tropical Storm Olivia could dump 5 to 10 inches (12 to 25 centimeters) of rain, with some places getting as much… Read More
Americans remember 9/11 seventeen years later
Americans were commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims Tuesday, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation’s biggest city. Margie Miller was among the thousands of 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others who gathered on… Read More
GET OUT! Millions ordered evacuated ahead of Hurricane Florence
As mandatory evacuations begin for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans have been preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Experts and authorities are warning residents not to risk it, and evacuate inland as soon as… Read More
Donald and Melania Trump pay tribute to 9/11 victims
President Donald Trump is marking 17 years since the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became a Sept. 11 memorial. Trump and his wife, Melania, were participating in Tuesday’s somber remembrance in Shanksville. It’s where a commercial airliner crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, after… Read More
Case of Dallas police officer shooting neighbor heads to grand jury
The case against a white Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black neighbor will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges than manslaughter, the district attorney said Monday as an affidavit provided a fuller description of the officer’s account. Lawyers for the… Read More
[Weather alert] Florence rapidly intensifies into category 3 hurricane
Florence rapidly intensified into a fearsome category 3 hurricane on Monday and could strike a direct and dangerous blow to the Carolinas later this week, possibly as a category 4, forecasters said. The first impacts were already being seen on barrier islands as dangerous rip currents and seawater flowing over… Read More