Southeast News Southwest Virginia Flooding Damages Homes, Prompts Rescues WHITEWOOD, Va. (AP) — Flooding in a remote pocket of southwest Virginia has damaged more than 100 homes and left... Read More
News Uber Sued by More Than 500 Female Passengers Over Sexual Assault Complaints Uber Technologies Inc. is being sued by more than 500 women across the US who claim to have been assaulted... Read More
News Starbucks Closing 16 US Stores for Safety Issues Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors... Read More
International News Foundation: $250M Lawsuit Filed over Beirut Blast BEIRUT (AP) — Families of some of the victims of Beirut’s deadly port blast have filed a $250 million lawsuit... Read More
International News Wildfires Scorch Parts of Europe Amid Extreme Heat Wave LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A spate of wildfires is scorching parts of Europe, with firefighters battling blazes in Portugal, Spain... Read More
News 3 Charged in Scheme to Sell Stolen ‘Hotel California’ Notes NEW YORK (AP) — Three people were charged Tuesday in an alleged conspiracy involving the handwritten lyrics to the classic... Read More
West News New Mexico County Blasts US over Historic Prescribed Fire ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Commissioners in a northern New Mexico county urged U.S. forest managers on Tuesday to do a... Read More
Southeast News Feds Release 1st Report on W.Va. Fatal Helicopter Crash CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A helicopter crash last month that killed six people in West Virginia occurred when the aircraft... Read More
Texas / South Central News Freeport LNG Blast Created 450-Feet-High Fireball, Report Shows The explosion that shut the Freeport LNG natural gas export facility in Texas last month created a 450-feet-high fireball and... Read More
International News Tokyo Court Orders Ex-Tepco Execs to Pay $95B Damages over Fukushima Disaster TOKYO –– The Tokyo district court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 13... Read More