Communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast distributed sandbags and closed beaches as Tropical Storm Bertha threatened to bring flooding and high winds Wednesday from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. Bertha was forecast to make landfall Wednesday night in the sparsely populated coastal part of Louisiana southeast of New Orleans, with wind the biggest threat, according
WASHINGTON– On one hand: a small community in rural Texas. On the other: the Trump administration. A small Texas town along the border with Mexico is fighting the government’s efforts to build a border wall across a levee system to protect the community. The city argued in court Tuesday that the wall could cause flooding
An attorney for Nolan Xavier Wells’ family says he will release the results of an independent autopsy into the 18-year-old’s death Wednesday morning. Preliminary findings will be made public during a news conference held at the NAACP’s annual National Convention in Chicago, according to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family. Wells’ parents
POWELL, Ohio– The sky was mostly clear and weeks of sweltering heat were finally over when José Mario Pineda Días, 33, and his 28-year-old wife, Marina Suyapa Regalado, set out with their two children to leisurely fish in an Ohio river. They were joined by a second Honduran couple and an adult friend. A photo
MADISON, Wisconsin.- A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, in which numerous candidates dropped out and re-entered the race, threatened to leave thousands of voters who already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state’s highest office. That possibility led the state Democratic Party on Tuesday to appeal to the state elections commission, urging
MIAMI– Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, their lawyer said Monday, suggesting their arrest in Miami was politically motivated. The Tates appeared in federal court Monday for the first time since their arrest Saturday and are in