Despite sunny forecast, South Carolina ordeal far from over
It will take weeks for the state to return to normal after being hit by a record rainstorm.
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Oregon shooter rants in writings about having no girlfriend
Details have emerged from a manifesto left behind by the gunman who killed nine people.
U.S. investigators head to Florida to probe ship lost in hurricane
Federal safety investigators traveled to Florida on Tuesday to investigate the U.S. container ship lost at sea after being hit by powerful Hurricane Joaquin, leaving one person confirmed dead and 32 others missing. The team from the National Transportation Safety Board left Washington for Jacksonville, Florida, where the El Faro had departed from last week en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, before disappearing in what maritime experts called the
Philadelphia college on lockdown after reports of gunman on campus
The Community College of Philadelphia was on lockdown on Tuesday following reports of a person with a weapon on campus, police said. No shots were fired and there were no reports of any injuries, said Tanya Little, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia Police Department. The Community College of Philadelphia, the largest public institution of higher education in Philadelphia, has about 15,000 full-time students.
South Carolina still gripped by floodwaters after record rain
Residents in flood-plagued South Carolina grappled with the damage wrought by historic rains on their homes, roads and water supplies but welcomed predictions of sunny skies in the state on Tuesday. Emergency management officials said about 300 state-maintained roads and 160 bridges remained closed. “This is a great example of why you should NOT drive around a road barricade,” the South Carolina Emergency Management Division tweet said.
Hillary Clinton slams Benghazi committee as a political ploy
Afghan forces called for hospital airstrike, U.S. general says
Afghan forces called in a US airstrike on a Kunduz hospital that killed 22 people, the top American commander in Afghanistan said Monday, after medical charity MSF branded the incident a war crime. General John Campbell’s statement marks the first US military acknowledgement it was behind Saturday’s devastating raid in the northern Afghan city which triggered international outrage. “We have now learned that on October 3, Afghan forces advised that
Hillary Clinton Tears Up While Unveiling Gun Control Plan
Less than one week after the deadly shooting at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Hillary Clinton on Monday unveiled a series of gun control measures she would enact as president, including renewed calls for universal background checks and a crackdown on the sale of guns on the Internet. After rolling out her policies, the Democratic presidential candidate invited the mother of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in
Megalala rolls back the years
Megalala rolled back the years as he chalked up the 19th success of his career at the age of 14 at Brighton.
Burgess 'will remain in union'
England head coach Stuart Lancaster is convinced Sam Burgess will remain a rugby union player despite growing speculation he will return to rugby league after the World Cup.