WASHINGTON (AP) — The havoc unleashed by Superstorm Sandy is bringing an unnerving pause to the presidential campaigning as President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney adjust the breakneck pace of the contest's final days to the anxieties and escalating emergency demands sweeping the Eastern Seaboard. Seven days before the election, both men and their […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge fire has destroyed at least 50 homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. More than 190 firefighters were trying to contain the blaze in the Breezy Point section and two people have suffered minor injuries, a fire department spokesman said. The fire was […]
Wireless providers are asking citizens in Hurricane Sandy’s path to text, don’t call. Cell phone experts believe that texting as opposed to calling can help customers save battery life as well as keep the network from getting congested. If customers have to take or place a call, they recommend keeping the conversation short. “Limit non-emergency […]
Hurricane Sandy is churning off the East Coast and is expected to join up with two other weather systems to create a huge and problematic storm affecting 50 million people. Here's a snapshot of what is happening or expected, state by state. CAROLINAS The storm lashed barrier islands off North Carolina and rendered several homes […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Sandy disrupted the campaign for the White House Monday, with President Obama rushing out of battleground Florida to get Air Force One safely back to Washington and monitor the storm. Republican nominee Mitt Romney was campaigning in the Midwest Monday out of the storm's path, but called off […]
Chris Paul tells you how black people prepared for Hurricane Sandy. Plus more on Lil' Wayne, Breast Milk, and Katt Williams. Listen to the "Morning Minute" here and read the full transcript below. — This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. […]
Chris Paul jokes with the crew about Lil' Wayne, preparing for Hurricane Sandy, and Katt Williams.
Sybil Wilkes discusses today's news headlines including the latest on Hurricane Sandy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I’m glad I voted on Sunday. Hurricane Sandy, a monster storm that is hammering the D.C. region with heavy rain and 90-mile-an-hour winds, forced the cancellation of early voting in D.C. and Maryland on Monday and Tuesday. “This is a serious, killer storm,” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D) said in news conference. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines hastily canceled flights in the Northeast Sunday as Hurricane Sandy moved up the coast. The massive storm threatens to bring a near halt to air travel for at least two days in a key region for both domestic and international flights. Major carriers such as American Airlines, JetBlue and Delta […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Utilities and governments along the East Coast are working to head off long-term power failures as forecasters predict a major storm to hit a region already skittish after foul weather in recent months that plunged residents into darkness for weeks. Power companies from the Southeast to New England are telling independent […]
