North Carolina’s coast has been deluged by the fifth historic flood in 25 years
Parts of southeastern North Carolina were still underwater Tuesday after a storm that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name dropped historic amounts of rain on an area that has suffered floods of a lifetime at
Railroads and regulators must address the dangers of long trains, report says
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As freight trains have grown ever longer, the number of derailments related to the forces created when railcars push and pull against each other also increased, so the National Academies of Sciences said
KEYWORD NOTICE – Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking conviction upheld, appeal planned
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. The decision by the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court
KEYWORD NOTICE – Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, when gay men and lesbians were prohibited from serving openly in the U.S. military and no state had legalized same-sex marriages, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to
Schools reopen in a Kentucky county where a gunman wounded 5 on an interstate highway
Schools reopened with extra security on Tuesday in the rural Kentucky county where a gunman who remains at large opened fire on an interstate highway, hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five people. As authorities continue searching
Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he’s posting the mugshot of any
US watchdog warns banks about customer consent for overdraft fees
(Reuters) – The top U.S. regulator for consumer finance on Tuesday published legal guidance that it said would help stop banks from charging overdraft fees to customers who had not genuinely consented to the practice. Federal law
Trump and Harris hitting battleground states even as Sunday’s attack continues to roil the race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential election campaigning revs back up Tuesday, with Donald Trump heading to Michigan and Vice President Kamala Harris answering questions at a forum for Black journalists in Pennsylvania — even as authorities continue to
Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris resume campaigning after apparent assassination attempt
The presidential campaign is moving forward after another apparent attempt on Donald Trump ‘s life. Trump was safe after the incident in Florida and praised the Secret Service for protecting him but didn’t shy away from blaming
Florida will launch criminal probe into apparent assassination attempt of Trump, governor says
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida law enforcement will launch a criminal investigation of the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. DeSantis’ announcement means a state-level probe will run
