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MIAMI (AP) — The race to flee Hurricane Irma became a marathon nightmare as more than a half-million people were ordered to leave South Florida on Thursday. With the storm barreling toward the tip of Florida for perhaps a catastrophic blow this weekend, normally quick trips turned into daylong journeys on crowded highways amid a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The five living former U.S. presidents said Thursday they would team up to create the “One America Appeal” to raise money for storm recovery as Texas and Louisiana seek to regroup from Harvey and Florida and the Atlantic coast brace for Hurricane Irma. The hurricane recovery effort was announced by former presidents […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Heavy winter snow and a very wet spring in the Western U.S. generated predictions the 2017 wildfire season would be tame. But it’s shaping up to be one of the worst in U.S. history in land burned. Across the region, smoky haze in cities and towns prevented people from going outside […]
If you thought Martin Luther King Jr.‘s son Dexter would be a Trump hater as far as 45’s stance on the dreamers, think again. Dexter King, MLK’s youngest child, spoke to a photog at LAX, who assumed he wouldn’t be down with Trump. Oops! Photog guy was wrong. King says he wants to cut Trump a […]
In Atlanta, a pizza delivery driver says three teenage boys robbed and nearly killed him while he was out on delivery. According to police, a 16-year-old called Marco’s Pizza in College Park for a delivery to an abandoned home. The victim 20-year-old King Melton showed up with the pizza when he was attacked. In an […]
Southern California drivers will soon get a chance to drive Obama Highway. Lawmakers on Tuesday approved naming a portion of Highway 134 as President Barack H. Obama Highway, according to Los Angeles Times. The stretch will run between Interstate 210 and Highway 2. Obama used to live in Pasadena and attended Occidental College in Eagle […]
In Naples Florida, a man has been convicted of brutally killing his wife and five children. According to CBS News, 41-year-old Mesac Damas plead guilty to six counts of first-degree murder on September 5, 2017, which would have been the first day of jury selections. He is looking at a possible death sentence which he […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma has killed at least 10 people as the dangerous Category 5 storm continued its destructive march across the Caribbean early Thursday. At least eight people were killed and 23 injured in French Caribbean island territories, France’s interior minister said. Speaking Thursday on French radio France Info, French […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds late Wednesday, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm. Florida rushed to prepare for a possible direct hit on the Miami area by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A mid-September conference on historically black colleges and universities remains on track, the White House said Wednesday, despite reports that it has been postponed. Omarosa Manigault Newman, an assistant to President Donald Trump and communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison, said the summit has been moved to the […]
Spelman College is setting a precedent for historically Black colleges and universities across the country. On September 5 it was announced that the all-women’s college will openly admit trans women into their school for the 2018 to 2019 school year. The current president of the school, Mary Schmidt Campbell, made the announcement via a letter […]
Five nurses at the Denver Health Medical were suspended for three weeks after opening a body bag and looking at the genitals of a deceased man. According to KMGH news, the nurses were admiring the patient’s genitals and were disciplined. A Denver Health spokesman said the incident was reported after another nurse overheard a comment […]
