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US East Coast braces for 'direct hit' from Hurricane Florence

Boeing Co suspended work on Tuesday at the SC plant where it assembles 787 widebody jetliners, and a Volvo automobile plant in South Carolina's evacuation zone ...

Resistance Makes Rape Threat to Susan Collins Staffer over Kavanaugh Vote

Most senators' votes for or against Kavanaugh are foregone conclusions, but the Senate's two openly pro-abortion Republicans, Collins of ME and Lisa Murkowski ...

People flee as 'catastrophic' Hurricane Florence sweeps towards America

Compounding the issue of flooding is the type of summer North Carolina has had. The storm will likely dump between 20 and 30 inches (50 to 76 centimeters) o...

'Monster' Hurricane Florence takes aim at U.S. Southeast

More than 1 million residents have been ordered to evacuate from coastal areas of the three states, closing university campuses, schools and factories. Hurri...

SpaceX Launches New Communications Satellite, Sticks Rocket Landing

The rocket was carrying the Telstar 18 VANTAGE commercial communications satellite which was deployed approximately 32 minutes after liftoff to geostationary ...

Hurricane Florence Strengthens, Poses Major Threat to Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Centre said the storm winds have reached 75mph (120kph), which means it is now at hurricane strength. Hurrican...

Florence roars back to hurricane status

Hurricane-force winds could buffet the Carolinas by Wednesday night with landfall likely in SC and North Carolina on Thursday, followed by heavy rains that co...

Major Hurricane Florence Barreling Towards The Carolinas Amidst A Busy Tropical Atlantic

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Florence is rapidly strengthening and that swells generated by the storm are affecting Bermuda and portions of ...

"‘Life-threatening’ Florence spawns first hurricane watches, could bring 30" of rain

Over the weekend , the governors of Virginia , North Carolina and SC declared states of emergency , according to CNN . Officials in North Carolina have ...

Florence expected to become a 'hurricane' as it heads to US

Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Florence could strike a direct and risky blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week. People up...

Florence regains hurricane strength, on track to hit U.S. East Coast

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper urged his state's residents to get ready, noting the storm was generating swelling waves and unsafe currents. The Category ...

Evacuations in North Carolina as hurricane Florence roars closer

Interests from SC through coastal Virginia should continue to pay close attention to future forecasts. He also provided helpful pre- and post-storm tips to keep...

Residents prepare as hurricane near Hawaii strengthens

The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane watch for the island of Hawaii and Maui County, which includes the island of Maui and several smaller isla...

Hurricane Olivia's Forecasted Track Over Hawaii Holds

It was moving west toward the islands at approximately 14 miles per hour. "Now is the time to prepare". You saw what happened when (Hurricane) Lane became a tro...

Former Astronaut Doesn't Suspect Sabotage on Russian Module

More than 170 million pieces of space debris circle in the earth's orbit and a collision with the ISS appeared to be inevitable. The air leak in the Soyuz spa...

Flash flood watch in effect Friday night along Interstate 95 corridor

Even more rain is expected as Gordon's moisture is expected to continue interacting with a Midwest cold front. Some higher amounts could be received in some are...

State of emergency declared in Va. in advance of tropical storm

The Miami-based centre defines a major hurricane as one with a wind speed greater than 177 km/h. The National Hurricane Center forecasts Florence to intensi...

Hurricane Florence To Bring 2 More Storms Behind It

East Coast this weekend as the storm swirls across the Atlantic, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center . It had maximum sustained winds...

Local officials keep eye on Tropical Storm Florence

The storm's path has indeed proven tricky to predict: While previous tracks called for Florence to take a more north-northwesterly approach, the latest track s...

SC nominee evasive on scope of Trump's presidential power

The official said Kavanaugh has not discussed the Mueller investigation with that attorney. Kavanaugh: As I sit here today as a judge, I would listen to a...

Klobuchar Questions Kavanaugh On Presidential Privilege

He condemned the spate of USA school shootings, but defended an opinion he wrote questioning whether semi-automatic rifles could be banned. Booker said in t...

Tropical Storm Gordon moves over land near AL-MS border

A turn toward the north-northwest and north is forecast to occur on Friday . "Everyone has actually been pretty well behaved and we haven't had to pull anybo...

Geoff Diehl sneers as Elizabeth Warren cheers for Kavanaugh protesters

It's not just what a law review article says". Brett Kavanaugh , a federal appeals court judge, will face at least four days of intense questioning before th...

Tropical Storm Gordon takes aim at Gulf after soaking South Florida

A tropical storm warning is in effect for, Alabama-Florida border to Okaloosa-Walton county line. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says the city has "the...

5 takeaways from the Brett Kavanaugh hearings so far

Kavanaugh , a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, supported a petition from the broadband industry for the full court to rehear the case that...

"Handmaids" are protesting at Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing

Kavanaugh sat, fingers intertwined, quietly staring ahead at the committee members as audience members screamed while being dragged out of the hearing room. "A...

State of emergency in USA states, as tropical storm grows in strength

Film and TV productions in New Orleans are shutting down early as Tropical Storm Gordon bears down on the Gulf Coast. The storm , which at 5 a.m. These l...

U.S. Gulf Coast bracing for Hurricane Gordon as storm nears

Meteorologists were also tracking Tropical Storm Florence Monday, which was moving west with sustained winds of almost 70 mph about 1,400 miles east of the Le...

Almost 90 elephants found dead near wildlife park in Botswana, conservationists say

Mike Chase, director of Elephants Without Borders , says poachers are turning to Botswana after killing large numbers of elephants in nearby Zambia and Angol...

The ISS Sprung a Leak But There's Nothing to Panic About… Probably

It was found in the most recent Soyuz capsule, which is one of two docked at the space station and is home to three Americans, two Russians and a German. The ...

Tropical Storm Gordon has formed

It is moving to the west-northwest at 18 miles per hour. The system could dump 2 to 4 inches of rain over parts of the Bahamas, the Florida Keys and South Flo...

Leak detected aboard space station, but NASA says astronauts are safe

However, the cabin crew wasn't in any kind of danger. The 250-mile-high outpost is home to three Americans, two Russians and one German. The first to take c...

California lawmakers vote to pass toughest net neutrality law in the nation

The senate voted to save net neutrality back in May after the Federal Communications Commission led by Trump-appointee Ajit Pai repealed Obama-era regulatio...

Tropical disturbance to drench Florida, and Florence may form in eastern Atlantic

It's been a quiet hurricane season, and so far the threat of a major hurricane hitting Florida has been downgraded. An area of disturbed weather is associated...

NHC: 50% chance of weather system developing into tropical depression

Skies will become partly cloudy as we head toward daybreak with temperatures dropping into the mid-70s. Expect an increase in clouds during the mid day and an i...