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Hurricane approaching Bahamas, Florida on alert

05 October 2016, 10:08

Florida and parts of North Carolina have declared states of emergency . Evacuations were being ordered Wednesday from Florida to SC. The track has remained basically unchanged for several days. If it continues to move to the west, toward the coast, ...

MI announced as noon kickoff on November 26

05 October 2016, 10:07

What can this team do? Nebraska loves those terms when it already has as many regular-season wins as it claimed all last season. After the then-No. 1 University of Nebraska fell in a stunning 1-3 loss to Ohio State University, the championship discus...

Hurricane Matthew to have devastating impact on Haiti

05 October 2016, 09:58

Officials warned the death toll could still rise. The full scope of the damage, both human and material, remained unclear. "We're just doing our best to stay calm", said Jenniflore Desrosiers early Tuesday as she huddled with her family in her frag...

Oklahoma Supreme Court Throws Out Abortion Law

05 October 2016, 09:54

There are, as it happens , a few cases involving racial discrimination claims that have made it onto the SCOTUS docket: one involving consideration of race in a Texas death penalty case; another revolving around racially discriminatory utterance...

Showalter explains why Britton didn't pitch

05 October 2016, 09:57

Bringing in Britton didn't guarantee a win for the Orioles, but if the closer had been able to get through the heart of the Toronto lineup, Baltimore's lineup - which has some firepower of its own - might have scored against Francisco Liriano .

Matthew powers towards Bahamas and Florida

05 October 2016, 09:56

The Washington Post reports that the extent of the destruction in Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest nation, is still unknown after Matthew struck with 145 miles per hour winds. North Carolina residents especially along the coast should pay c...

NTSB: 1st black box recovered from train crash not working

05 October 2016, 09:50

The crash has also put a renewed focus on New Jersey Transit, an organization some critics say has been " systematically starved " by Christie's cuts and a lack of state transportation funds. Sixteen of the injured remained hospitalized, two in inten...

Mall of America will be closed on Thanksgiving

05 October 2016, 09:42

Most national retailers have not yet announced their Thanksgiving or Black Friday hours. In recent years, the shopping center was open on Thanksgiving Day. Over 1,200 employees who work directly for the mall will get the day off. Some shops, rest...

Key bridge case witness: 'Traffic problems' email no joke

05 October 2016, 09:38

The governor was also told that the Port Authority was not returning the Fort Lee mayor's phone calls, according to former official David Wildstein , who said Bill Baroni - then Christie's top appointee at the Port Authority - made the remarks to ...

Pence forced to defend Trump during VP debate

05 October 2016, 09:40

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Mike Pence was calm and steady in the face of Democrat Tim Kaine's fiery and frequent challenges. Kaine repeatedly tried to hold Pence accountable for Trump's most explosive statements, opening the debate by calling him...

President Obama adds Cleveland rally to Ohio campaign swing

05 October 2016, 09:36

At the White House, Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said it was not "exactly clear what argument" Bill Clinton was making in MI. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment but not yet received a response. "They're eminently fixable problems in...

US Vice Presidential debate: Mike Pence calls Vladimir Putin a bullying leader

05 October 2016, 09:24

Some of the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's comments and the "insult-driven campaign" was also a topic of discussion. Pence offered softer rhetoric when describing the controversial policies at the core of Trump's campaign - his promises to buil...

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to three British scientists

05 October 2016, 09:25

Michael Kosterlitz, 73, is a physics professor at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and now a visiting lecturer at Aalto University in Helsinki. In the 1980s, Thouless explained that the precise integers attained in a previous experiment f...

Hillary Clinton narrowly leads Donald Trump in key battleground state Ohio

05 October 2016, 09:26

Portman has significantly outraised his Democratic opponent, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, in a race once viewed as a pre-eminent Senate battleground that even Democrats now concede they are unlikely to win. The Republican incumbent is favored by ...

Ayotte 'role model' comment about Trump in debate sets off internet firestorm

05 October 2016, 09:15

Hassan said . You are reading news and information on LongIsland.com, Long Island's Most Popular Website, Since 1996. "Think about it: @realDonaldTrump calls Latinos rapists, African Americans thugs, & women fat pigs, & Kelly Ayotte thinks he'...

Bernie Sanders: Yes, My Supporters are Suckers Who Want Free Stuff

05 October 2016, 09:04

In the hacked audio, released last week by the Washington Free Beacon, Clinton told a anxious donor that Sanders was lapping her with young voters - "children of the Great Recession " - because they had bought into a "false promise" of a Sanders p...

Man with machete at University of Colorado apprehended

05 October 2016, 08:55

At some point, police say he went into the Champions Center, prompting officers from the Boulder Police Department and CU to respond. "He was directed to put the weapon down and refused and it's believed, in the interest of public safety, that he w...

Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US's East Coast

05 October 2016, 08:45

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in 66 of his counties Monday in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew's arrival. Delta Air Lines announced it was waiving change fees for some flights in the Caribbean and Florida.

Libertarian Gary Johnson gets the most backing of Harvard Republican Club members

05 October 2016, 08:42

You know there's a reason that those types of statements aren't said , even if believed, in politics. "I recognized in 2012 that 30 percent of Republicans believe the scourge of the earth is Mexican immigration, and it is my voice in 2012 saying t...

Joe Scarborough Calls Gary Johnson 'Completely Ignorant' After 'Another Aleppo Moment'

05 October 2016, 08:41

Any continent. Canada, Mexico, Europe, over there, Asia, South America, Africa: Name a foreign leader that you respect", Matthews said as Johnson continued to fumble for an answer. "I know , I know ", said Johnson. Johnson's complete and utter ...

LAPD releases video from fatal South LA police shooting

05 October 2016, 08:33

All then disappear from view because they were no longer within the range of the surveillance camera. Protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday for the third straight night, KNBC-TV reported. Police became suspicious of Snell after stop...

The Key Moments From the Vice Presidential Debate

05 October 2016, 08:22

Donald Trump during his campaign has called Mexicans rapists and criminals. "He's broken his first promise", Kaine said of Trump's refusal to release the returns. THE FACTS: While it's true that Trump has spewed scores of one-liners considered ...

2 in custody after shots fired at officers in Boston

05 October 2016, 08:19

Part of the Needham Heights Commuter Rail Line was shut down as police continue to search for the second person. Both Boston police and State Police were involved in the gun fight. The gunfire reportedly broke out on Newburg Street shortly after ...

5 ways to improve voting security in the US

05 October 2016, 08:10

Former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler identified almost 5,000 noncitizens in Colorado who voted in the 2010 general election. Officials said the county has held many relatively glitch-free elections since then, and expansion of the capac...

Mother of Vet Who Suffered From PTSD Has Harsh Words for Trump

05 October 2016, 08:09

Department for Veteran Affairs says . "And they see horror stories". Trump then addressed the rash of veteran suicides and said "we're going to address that very strongly". Of course, Trump didn't mean to insult the troops, but, in an attempt ...

Sharapova has doping ban reduced

05 October 2016, 08:05

Her appeal against the two-year suspension originally imposed by an independent International Tennis Federation tribunal was, though, only "partially upheld", according to the legalistic ruling. "Under no circumstances, therefore, can the player be c...

Warnings issued for Florida as Hurricane Matthew turns from Cuba

05 October 2016, 08:01

A two-metre high storm surge is expected to sweep coastal towns in Florida , North Carolina and SC in the coming days. "It's time to take note: We have a hurricane that seems to be hugging the coastline and steering towards South Carolina", Gov.

The USA's Ryder Cup victory in numbers

05 October 2016, 08:00

In the midst of it all, Reed danced and screamed "Come on!" and fist-pumped, mimicked the elaborate bow McIlroy made to the crowd on Friday, wagged his finger after holing a birdie putt on top of McIlroy's - and the Irishman responded by cupping his ...

Last night's Pence-Kaine debate