Maria empties Carolina coast; millions suffer in Puerto Rico
The Associated Press Thousands of visitors abandoned their beach vacations and evacuated North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday as a weakening Hurricane Maria moved northward…
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Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico
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Maria smashes Dominica, now menaces other islands
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with 160 mph winds, ripping the roof off even the prime minister’s residence and causing what…
Maria grows to a Cat 2, nears already battered Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria strengthened into a Category 2 storm on Monday and pushed toward the Leeward Islands in the eastern…
Protesters smash windows in 2nd violent night near St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protests turned violent for a second night near St. Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the…
St. Louis braces for more protests over cop’s acquittal
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of people protesting the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal shooting of black man…
Improvised bomb injures 22 on London subway train
LONDON (AP) — A homemade bomb exploded on a packed London subway train during rush hour on Friday, leaving 22 people injured, police and health…
School shooting: A gun jams, and a student tries to help
ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) — Armed with a pistol and rifle, classmates say the shooter’s face “was passive” in the hallway of a high school in…
Post-Irma Florida: Scenes of wreckage mix with signs of hope
LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Parts of Florida inched back toward normalcy on Wednesday with workers restoring power, clearing roads and replenishing gas supplies,…
Access restored to residents of Upper Florida Keys
MIAMI (AP) — Residents were allowed to return Tuesday to some islands in the hurricane-hit Florida Keys as officials pieced together the scope of Irma’s…
Now a tropical storm, Irma hits Florida with wind, flooding
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A weakened but still dangerous Irma pushed inland Monday as it hammered Florida with winds that created hazards for rescuers and…
US commemorates 9/11; thousands expected at ground zero
NEW YORK (AP) — While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the anniversary…
Cuba surveys toppled houses, flooded cities in wake of Irma
CAIBARIEN, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Irma ripped roofs off houses, collapsed buildings and flooded hundreds of miles of coastline as it raked Cuba’s northern coast…