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Houston gets a small break from rain as Trump heads to Texas

The forecast Houston is getting a bit of a break from the relentless rain. Forecasts call for only 2 to…

August 29, 2017

Scientists say warming makes storms, like Harvey, wetter

Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision to rescue stranded residents as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey…

August 29, 2017

Already-pardoned Arpaio asks judge to undo conviction

The former Arizona sheriff struck a defiant tone in insisting he “didn’t do anything wrong” and questioning whether his judge…

North Korea fires missile over Japan in aggressive test

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile traveled around 1677 miles and reached a maximum height of 341 miles…

More chaos in Houston as floodwaters rise to roof lines

The nation’s fourth-largest city was still largely paralyzed, and there was no relief in sight from the storm that spun…

Kenya bans plastic bags, may fine violators up to $38,000

The ban applies to the use, manufacture, and importation of plastic shopping bags and gives a minimum fine of about…

Tense, peaceful exchanges among Berkeley rallies protesters

Police set up barricades around a city park where the right-wing rally billed “No to Marxism in America” and a…

August 27, 2017

Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

The incessant rain covered much of Houston in turbid, gray-green water and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat.…

August 27, 2017

Harvey rolls over Texas coast, smashes homes and businesses

The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun across hundreds of miles of coastline where…

August 26, 2017

Texas mayor says Harvey devastated his city

Rockport Mayor Charles “C.J.” Wax told The Weather Channel on Saturday that some homes and businesses were heavily damaged or…

August 26, 2017

Palace suspect drove at U.K. police, went for 4-foot sword

A police cordon outside Buckingham Palace where a man was arrested after an incident in London on Friday. A man…

August 26, 2017

Trump setting records for low presidential approval

President Donald Trump came into office as the most unpopular new president in the history of modern polling. Things have…

Hurricane Harvey has Texas in crosshairs

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned that the monster system would be “a very major disaster,” and the forecasts drew fearful…

Police boost patrols around home of Powerball winner

Mavis Wanczyk, a hospital worker from the western Massachusetts town of Chicopee, was announced Thursday as the winner of the…

Trump administration imposes sweeping sanctions on Venezuela

The sanctions Trump signed by executive order prohibit financial institutions from providing new money to the government or state oil…

Hiker tells harrowing tale of being struck by lightning

The 31-year-old Austrian teacher, an avid hiker, had just reached the 9,000-foot summit of a Northern California mountain range ahead…

Harvey close to major hurricane strength as refineries shut

Evacuations begin across southern Texas

Trump attacks Republican leaders over debt ceiling

On Twitter, Trump said he had asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan to attach legislation…

August 24, 2017

Wet weather erases drought, dryness in New Mexico

Weekly reports on the impacts of drought across the United States show New Mexico is free from any of the…

August 24, 2017

Boat accident in northeastern Brazil kills at least 22

Navy Lt. Col. Flavio Almeida told The Associated Press that the vessel went down on the Bay of All Saints…

August 24, 2017

A tale of two Trumps

24 hours, a pair of wildly different speeches from president

August 23, 2017

Groups make last-minute push to save national monument areas

The deadline for Zinke to announce his recommendations is Thursday, following a four-month review of 27 sites ordered by President…

August 23, 2017

Jury refuses to convict in Nevada ranch standoff

men who came to Clive Bundy’s defense set free

Trump protesters flood downtown Phoenix

exchanged between Trump supporters

Afghanistan vets reassured

commits to long war with Monday night speech

Critics: Pardon would nix chance to hold Arpaio accountable

hints that he may pardon controversial sheriff

In chaotic meeting, Charlottesville votes to shroud statues

protesters demand mayor’s resignation

Officials say Trump’s Afghan plan involves 3,900 more troops

Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, U.S. President Donald Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war…

US notes NKorea ‘restraint,’ points to possible dialogue

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday, to discuss Afghanistan.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press…