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- Fayetteville flooding worse than Hurricane Matthew as Florence causes Cape Fear to surge
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 02:26 PMAfter Florence, flooding in and around the eastern North Carolina city of Fayetteville has surpassed that of Hurricane Matthew two years ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas day care owner arrested on charges she kept kids tied to car seats for hours
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 02:45 PMA day care owner in Mesquite, Texas, was arrested for allegedly tying kids to car seats for hours and giving them medicine to stay quiet.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senators: Natural gas pressure was 12 times normal level before Massachusetts explosions
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:30 PMSenators are demanding answers about what warnings Columbia Gas had of blasts that destroyed as many as 80 homes in and around Lawrence, Mass.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says Kavanaugh 'anxious' to testify
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:47 PMPresident Donald Trump says it's "terrible" that Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California didn't raise allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sooner but says he's "totally supporting" his nominee.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Man charged in Spanish golfer's murder
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 02:10 PMA homeless man attacked and killed a top amateur golfer from Spain who was playing a round alone near her university campus in central Iowa, leaving her body in a pond on the course, police said Tuesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Senators hope for "respectful" Kavanaugh hearing
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 12:37 PMRepublicans are forging ahead with plans for a hearing they had hoped to avoid on a woman's claims that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were high schoolers, hoping to salvage the judge's endangered Supreme Court nomination.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Haddish: 'I never was mad at Katt'
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:22 AMAt Primetime Emmys' Governors Ball, actress Tiffany Haddish says "I never was mad at Katt" Williams, following reports of a feud. (Sept. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More teens are vaping marijuana than we thought, researchers say
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:50 AMFor a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, researchers found that 8.9 percent students report smoking cannabis in e-cigarettes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mischievous bear gets head stuck in plastic globe
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 08:32 AMAuthorities in Wisconsin worked to free a bear cub, and posted a picture of the rescue online. Buzz60's Sean Dowling has more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Husband yanks leash attached to wife's neck at Pennsylvania fair, police say
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 09:02 AMWalter William Wolford Sr. said he put the leash on his wife because she has dementia and wanders from him.
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- Storm victims face uncertainty after Florence
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 02:32 PMA Jacksonville, N.C. man says his family home is a total loss after being struck by a fallen tree and soaked by flooding during Hurricane Florence. (Sept. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Senators seek alternatives to family separation
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:02 PMJustice Department and Homeland Security officials testified before the Senate Homeland Security committee on immigration policy and how the government handles migrant children on the border and deals with family separation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ancestry.com changed how it determines ethnicity and people are upset
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:33 PMAfter Ancestry rolled out a new update to its ethnicity estimate system last week, users noticed dramatic changes in their ethnic profiles.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hurricane rating system fails to account for rain
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:57 PMSeveral meteorologists and disaster experts say Florence highlights a problem with the way hurricane danger is rated. The current rating is based on wind strength, not rainfall or storm surge, which tend to be deadlier.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- George R.R. Martin: 'We're not done with Westeros yet'
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 12:17 PM"Game of Thrones" cast and creators celebrate their Primetime Emmy wins backstage. (Sept. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NC residents awed by rising rivers after Florence
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 12:52 PMHurricane Florence has claimed dozens of lives and an untold number of homes. Officials warn that by the time Cape Fear River crests in Cumberland County, N.C. on Tuesday, it will threaten to swamp anything within a mile on either side of it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- On the Carolina coast, Florence brought devastation: 'People are hurting'
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:45 AMTropical Storm Florence shattered the front windows of the Seaport Antiques, then sucked the roof off and dropped it in the parking lot next door.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sex and nature collide in Christopher Kane collection
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:52 AMChristopher Kane showcased his own sketches as part of his London Fashion Week show, which was inspired by "sexual cannibalism" and the power of the female. (Sept. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook under fire for job ads that let companies exclude women, other employment seekers
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 09:00 AMThree women have filed a complaint with the EEOC alleging they were shut out of job opportunities by Facebook ads targeted only to men.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Feds' new campaign against youth vaping 'epidemic' targets middle and high schoolers
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 09:11 AMThe FDA is launching a first-of-its-kind public service campaign against youth vaping on Tuesday that will try new ways of reaching young people.
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- Wilmington residents line up for water, food
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 02:32 PMStill stranded by Florence's epic floods days after the hurricane hit North Carolina, Wilmington residents lined up by the hundreds for free food, water and tarps as officials struggled to open new routes to one of the state's largest cities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Sen. Collins: 'Disqualifying' if Kavanaugh lied
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:12 PMRepublican Sen. Susan Collins says if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has lied about the sexual assault allegation against him from high school, it would be "disqualifying." She says Kavanaugh is "emphatic" that the accusation is false.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 100-year-old treasure washed up at this beach
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 01:31 PMA 1920s wood polish can was found during a beach clean up at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve near Montrose, Angus. The old wood polish was completely intact when it washed ashore.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elizabeth Smart on 'rollercoaster of emotion'; kidnapper Wanda Barzee to be freed Wednesday
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 02:04 PMWanda Barzee, 72, pleaded guilty to kidnapping in 2003 and was sentenced to concurrent, 15-year sentences. Her husband, 64-year-old Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life without parole.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fur ban: Los Angeles may become largest city yet to ban fur clothing
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 12:05 PMThe City Council will consider whether to ban fur products -- even lucky rabbit's feet
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - My first audition: Elizabeth Olsen
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:19 AMActress Elizabeth Olsen's first audition was for a Robert Rodriguez movie and her clearest memory was the director wearing "the coolest (shoes) I've ever seen." (Sept. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Daycare owner accused of drugging children, tying them up
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:30 AMThe owner of a daycare center in Mesquite, Texas is now under arrest, after she is accused of drugging children and tying them up.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - My first audition: Zendaya
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 10:57 AMActress and singer Zendaya started her career as a child and admits she was a "horrible" dancer at first. (Spt. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winkler's backstage Emmy advice: 'Be yourself'
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 08:37 AMActor Henry Winkler wins a Primetime Emmy, over 40 years after his first nomination, jokes about "wearing rubber pants in anticipation" of a win. (Sept. 18)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch: Island of fire ants floats through flood waters after Florence
Tuesday - 09/18/2018 - 09:33 AMLike after Harvey, ants have banded together to survive Florence. Touch them and they could "disperse and crawl up you," one expert has said.
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