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Air Force disputes Alaska crew favored Trump Scottish hotel

4:19 am September 9, 2019

Alaska: Military officials are disputing a report that claims a joint Air Force and Alaska Air National Guard unit on a routine mission to Kuwait went miles out of their way to spend the night at a resort in Scotland owned by President Donald Trump. Politico first reported that the military transport that took off […]

Marchers ask Trump to ‘liberate’ Hong Kong, as clashes erupt

4:06 am September 9, 2019

Hong Kong: Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged President Donald Trump to “liberate” the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday, but violence broke out later in the business and retail district as police fired tear gas after protesters vandalized subway stations, set fires and blocked traffic. Demonstrators […]

Hurricane Dorian still slamming eastern Canada at hurricane force

9:38 pm September 8, 2019

Toronto: The storm that has already walloped the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and North Carolina brought hurricane Dorian-force winds to far-eastern Canada on Sunday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. Dorian hit near the city of Halifax Saturday afternoon, ripping roofs off apartment buildings, toppling a huge construction crane and uprooting trees. There […]

NOAA chief thanks Alabama weather office in Hurricane Dorian forecast

NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim

3:48 am September 8, 2019

Washington: Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump’s statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. They say NOAA’s action risks the credibility of the nation’s weather and science agency and may even risk lives. […]

Dorian leaves North Carolina behind, aims wrath at Canada

3:38 am September 8, 2019

Nags Head, North Carolina: Skies cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday from North Carolina ’s Outer Banks, leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction wrought by Hurricane Dorian, which turned north and began lashing parts of eastern Canada. Dorian’s worst damage in the U.S. appeared to be on Ocracoke Island, which even in good weather is […]