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Angus King says he’ll vote against Trump high court pick Kavanaugh

The ads will appear online and on TV starting Wednesday, featuring ME women expressing concern about Collins's potential vote for Kavanaugh. He added the nomina...

Hurricane Florence - Stories from the front lines

It's possible that a storm surge between one and three feet may impact coastal Chesapeake Bay areas. By late last night, authorities in North Carolina repor...

Florence expected to become a 'hurricane' as it heads to US

East Coast, the U.S. hurricane agency said. Hurricane Florence is plowing toward the East Coast as a Category 4 storm with a 500-mile wing span, forcing dir...

Meteorologists watching Hurricane Florence closely, with potential for East Coast landfall

Formation chance in 48 hours was at 10 percent, and formation chance over the next five days was 50 percent. Forecast models have been inconsistent in determi...

Tropical Storm brings hurricane watch to US Gulf Coast

In addition to Gordon, Tropical Storm Florence is hovering over the eastern Atlantic but is not expected to make landfall. Sustained winds of tropical-storm-f...

Grassley: Kavanaugh Might Be ‘Most Qualified Nominee I Have Seen’

Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa declined to request Kavanaugh's staff secretary records, which cover a 35-month period of Kavanaugh's work ...

Senate Democrats Thought About Staging a Kavanaugh Walkout, Opted for Disruption Instead

As soon as Guttenberg said his name, Kavanaugh turned and walked away. "My mom taught me that judges don't deal in abstract theories; they decide real cases f...

Atlantic Hurricane Season Has Been Quiet:That's About to Change

The total rainfall for the year is at 33.23 inches nearly half of that rain coming in August. The predicted track would take the storm out over the central ...

Pelosi digs in against coal as Trump rolls back Obama emissions rules

The Obama administration held up the Clean Power Plan as a way to cut down global greenhouse gas emissions and make the US a leader in the fight against clima...

Subtropical Storm Ernesto forms in the central Atlantic

Given that some of the guidance (FSSE and HMON) are even higher than that, this seems like a reasonable forecast and is indicated below. The term "subtropical...

California Cancer Victim Awarded $289 Million Settlement from Monsanto over RoundUp

Last week a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company's popular Roundup weed ...

After short delay, Nasa launches mission to 'touch the Sun'

Knowing more about the solar wind and space storms will also help protect future deep space explorers as they journey towards the Moon or Mars. The findings w...

Perseid meteor shower lights up Georgia skies

The Perseids reach their peak in the early hours of August 13 when up to 70 per hour should be visible. This year was set to be an incredible display, as the ...

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower in Britain tonight

This year is an excellent one for the Perseids , because they will reach their maximum on a new moon weekend; without any bright moonlight, skywatchers will ...

NASA unveils astronauts who will relaunch human space flights from U.S.

As per IT House, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was launched on June 29, carrying a massive 2,697 kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station, which inc...

Calif. Vows to Fight Feds' Fuel-Efficiency Roll Back

Meanwhile, the US would increase its fuel consumption by about 500,000 barrels of oil per day, contributing to increased levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Joh...

Longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century visible in the Netherlands

Here, a partial lunar eclipse will happen near moon rise time , according to NASA . "A Blue Moon is the second full moon during a calendar month", said Duari,...

Storms, heavy rain continue Tuesday

Salina and the surrounding area should be getting a break from the usual hot, dry weather of July, according to the National Weather Service office in Wichita...

Blood moon likely on Friday as longest lunar eclipse takes place

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth's shadow blocks the sun's light, which otherwise reflects off the moon. Scientists say the longest total lunar eclipse of ...

Astronomers find 10 new moons around Jupiter, including 'oddball'

Astronomer Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science and his team were using the telescope to search the edge of the solar system for signs ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches spacecraft higher than ever

After reaching the edge of space, the capsule separated from the rocket booster and a few seconds later the escape motor fired, propelling the capsule laterally...

New Orleans zoo reopens after loose jaguar incident

Officials with the Audubon Zoo have announced that a fifth alpaca has died following yesterday's attack by a jaguar. A jaguar escaped from a zoo in New Orlea...

Beryl weakens to Tropical Storm

Up to four inches of rain is expected in Puerto Rico, with tropical storm conditions including high winds and heavy rain likely to hit Guadeloupe and Dominica o...

United States border agents are now boarding Canadian fishing boats looking for immigrants

The agency was conducting patrols to enforce immigration laws and other potential violations of federal law, the statement said, adding that among the Canadia...

Invasive plant can cause severe burns, blindness

That releases a sap that once on your skin, reacts to sunlight and creates serious and painful burns that can last for weeks. When these chemicals meet human sk...

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