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Protests in St. Louis after Jason Stockley not-guilty verdict — live updates
ST. LOUIS — Dozens of protesters faced off with police in riot gear in downtown St. Louis Friday after blocking a bus filled with officers. The protests came after a judge announced that former police officer Jason Stockley, who is white, was not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar…
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Banking on his base, Trump charts his own path forward
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is back where he belongs — triggering political earthquakes that threaten to tip Washington off its axis. One moment, Trump is presenting his impregnable political base with its biggest test yet as he edges toward a deal with Democrats on immigration — one that will test whether he or outraged…
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U.S. and Mexico set to sign landmark Colorado River water-sharing deal
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The U.S. and Mexican governments are close to signing a landmark Colorado River deal that will establish rules for sharing water over the next decade and lay out cooperative efforts intended to head off severe shortages. Mexican and American officials have scheduled a signing ceremony on Sept. 26 in Ciudad Juárez,…
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Devastation and death in wake of Hurricane Irma
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Florida residents struggling to put their lives back together in Hurricane Irma’s wake fell victim to new hazards, including oppressive heat, brush-clearing accidents, house fires and deadly fumes from generators. Five residents of a Hollywood nursing home that lost power in the storm died, authorities said Wednesday. They gave no immediate details…
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More than 12 million without power in Florida as Hurricane Irma’s effects linger
MIAMI — As Hurricane Irma dissipated into a tropical storm on Monday, Florida’s residents emerged to streets littered with debris and downed trees while nearly two-thirds of the state was left without electricity. The once-powerful storm left trailer homes sliced open like ripe melons, boats tossed upside down on roadways and centuries-old trees strewn across…
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UN Security Council steps up new North Korea sanctions
Major US allies in Asia welcomed today (12 September) the UN Security Council’s unanimous vote to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies to the reclusive North capped after it its sixth nuclear test. Japan and South Korea said after the passage of the US-drafted Security…
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Hurricane Irma: Florida braces for storm arrival
Wind gusts close to hurricane force are battering islands in Florida’s south as Hurricane Irma is due to hit the mainland in the coming hours. Water levels are already rising on the coast of the US state where a huge storm surge is expected. Some 6.3 million people had been told to evacuate, but the…
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Hurricane Irma will batter Florida and ‘devastate the United States,’ officials warn
Hurricane Irma swept across the Bahamas and Cuba on Friday as the deadly storm hurtled toward Florida’s doorstep and threatened to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation. As the weather forecasts and warnings from officials grew increasingly dire, hundreds of thousands of people across Florida fled their homes in an effort…
