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MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s post-Irma recovery picked up momentum Friday as power outages dropped and schools made plans to reopen. But two new cases of carbon monoxide poisoning from temporary generators made clear that dangers remained nearly a week after the powerful storm hit. In Palm Beach County, a woman died and three men were […]
UPDATE: St. Louis Ex-officer has been acquitted in the death of Anthony Lamar Smith. ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge may be close to a ruling in the case of a white former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of a black man who was a drug suspect, and […]
After a white supremacist rally over the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the University of Virginia that sparked a violent protest in Charlottesville, Virginia cities across the nation have begun the removal of statues honoring Confederate leaders. However, the city of Philadelphia is still debating the removal of a statue of former Philadelphia […]
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of British police embarked on a massive manhunt Friday, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London subway train during the morning rush hour. The explosion — labeled a terrorist attack by police — wounded 22 people and ignited a panicked stampede to safety. Experts […]
Here’s the latest on Kenneka Jenkins the young lady from Chicago whose body was found in a hotel walk-in freezer last Sunday. According to a Chicago community activist on Thursday, surveillance video at the hotel in Rosemont, Illinois shows Jenkins entering a walk-in freezer … alone. That activist, Andrew Holmes, who has worked with many police agencies during […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The shrieks of children playing volleyball and the occasional barking of dogs echoed inside Puerto Rico’s largest convention center, transformed into a shelter for hurricane victims from other Caribbean islands as hundreds of families devastated by the Category 5 storm transition toward new lives. For many, that included tearful […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s lone black Republican urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to avoid inflammatory racial rhetoric such as his statement blaming “many sides” for the violence at a recent white nationalist protest in Virginia. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said he met for roughly a half hour with Trump and Vice […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an animated, campaign-style rally, Sen. Bernie Sanders unwrapped his plan to remake the nation’s convoluted health care system into federally run health insurance Wednesday — a costly proposal embraced by liberal activists hoping to steer the Democratic Party in upcoming elections. The Vermont independent’s plan would hand the government a dominant […]
In Port Everglades, FL, 10 petroleum companies got straight to work as they have reopened to get gas and fuel to back to people. Hurricane Irma swept through the state leaving costly damages behind and making the ability to drive around the state hard. However, water has receded enough to allow transports to begin. On Wednesday, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will hear directly from people affected by Irma’s fury as he makes his third visit in less than three weeks to the storm-wracked South. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, was scheduled to visit Naples and Fort Myers on Florida’s southwestern coast Thursday to meet with those affected […]
ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) — A student who opened fire in a hallway at a Washington state high school killed a classmate who confronted him Wednesday and wounded three others before being stopped by a custodian, authorities said. The suspect, who a classmate described as being obsessed with previous school shootings, was taken into custody. The […]
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior citizens amid power outages that could last for days. Hollywood Police Chief Tom Sanchez said investigators believe the deaths at the Rehabilitation Center at […]
