Accuser’s Story of Attack Roils Plan for Kavanaugh Vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation for the Supreme Court is taking an uncertain turn as Republican senators express concern over a woman's private-turned-public allegation that a drunken Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes at a party when they were teenagers. The White House and other Kavanaugh supporters had dismissed…
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Flooding Fears Surge As Rivers Rise; Wilmington Cut Off
By CHUCK BURTON , Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding from Florence spread across the Carolinas on Sunday, with roads to Wilmington cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swamping entire neighborhoods miles inland. "The risk to life is rising with the angry waters," Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the…
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Police: Man Dies After Shark Attack off Cape Cod
WELLFLEET, MA (AP) — A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital, becoming the state's first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years. The 26-year-old man from Revere succumbed to his injuries following the attack off Newcomb Hollow Beach in…
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Former Colorado Nuke Site Opens to Public as Wildlife Refuge
DENVER, CO (AP) — Cyclists and hikers explored a newly opened wildlife refuge at the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado on Saturday, while a protester in a gas mask brought signs warning about the dangers of plutonium. With no fanfare, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opened the gates of Rocky…
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Florence Pours on the Rain in the Carolinas; Death Toll at 5
NEW BERN, NC (AP) — Thousands of people living near North Carolina's rising rivers were ordered evacuated Saturday as hurricane-turned-tropical storm Florence practically parked itself over land and poured on the rain Saturday, raising fears that the state could be in for the most destructive flooding in its history. The death toll climbed to at…
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