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Dorian: Forecasters say Bahamas faces record hurricane

8:56 pm September 1, 2019

Miami: The National Hurricane Center says the northwest Bahamas is facing its strongest hurricane in modern times as Hurricane Dorian’s maximum sustained winds reach a monstrous 180 mph (285 kph). The Category 5 storm has also grown in size, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 45 miles (75 kilometers) from its center, located about […]

Hurricane Dorian: Florida’s fate may be a matter of miles

Dorian closes in on Bahamas as dangerous Category 5 storm

8:46 pm September 1, 2019

Mclean’s Town Cay, Bahamas: An already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Dorian’s maximum sustained winds […]

Hurricane Dorian strengthens to Category 2 storm

2:16 pm August 30, 2019

Miami: Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Thursday as it barreled toward the US state of Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm’s maximum sustained winds have reached 105 miles per hour (165 kilometers per hour), putting it in the second category of a five-level scale, according to an advisory from […]

One by one, Jeffrey Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

10:55 pm August 27, 2019

NEW YORK: One by one, more than a dozen of Jeffrey Epstein’ accusers stood before a judge and poured out their anger toward the financier Tuesday, taking advantage of an extraordinary opportunity to be heard in court after his jailhouse suicide denied them to chance to testify against him at his sex-trafficking trial. “He robbed […]

Britain’s Prince Andrew denies witnessing Epstein abuse

8:29 pm August 24, 2019

London: Britain’s Prince Andrew insisted on Saturday that “at no stage” during his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein did he “witness… any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest”. The prince, Queen Elizabeth II’s second son, is under heavy fire over his relationship with the disgraced US financier, and admitted in […]