Aug 30 More vaping illnesses reported, many involving marijuana By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday they are looking at 215 possible cases across 25 states. Continue reading
Aug 30 Climate activist Greta Thunberg leads protest near UN By Associated Press The protest was the New York edition of the 16-year-old Swedish activist's weekly Fridays For Future — the student school strikes she's inspired in about 100 cities worldwide. Continue reading
Aug 30 U.S. service member killed in combat in Afghanistan, NATO confirms By Associated Press A statement from the NATO Resolute Support mission says the death occurred on Thursday, but provides no other details. Continue reading
Aug 30 Jim Leavelle, lawman pictured at Lee Harvey Oswald’s side, dies at 99 By David Warren, Associated Press Jim Leavelle was photographed escorting President John F. Kennedy's assassin moments before Oswald was fatally shot. Continue reading
Aug 30 Thousands of iPhones infected with spyware, researchers find By Frank Bajak, Associated Press Security experts are calling the just-announced vulnerability, which Apple fixed in February, the worst yet affecting iPhones. Continue reading
Aug 30 Electric bicycles could be coming to national park trails By Ellen Knickmeyer, David Sharp, Associated Press Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has signed an order that classifies e-bikes as non-motorized bikes, allowing the-bikes on every federal trail where a regular bicycles can go. Continue reading
Aug 30 Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Companies are being forced to choose between supporting the Trump administration's deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers. Continue reading
Aug 30 WATCH: Florida preps for an ‘absolute monster’ Hurricane Dorian By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press The storm is expected to strengthen into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane and slam into the U.S. on Monday somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 3:17 All of Florida should prepare for hit from strengthening Hurricane Dorian, officials say After missing Puerto Rico, Hurricane Dorian veered toward the U.S. Virgin Islands, battering them with drenching rains and strong winds. The Category 1 storm now appears to be headed for Florida, but its path is difficult to predict. Still, Florida… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 10:53 Why Ken Cuccinelli says Trump’s immigration policies are ‘consistent with the law’ The Trump administration’s latest move on immigration sparked outrage and confusion when it was announced, but Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says the reaction was unwarranted and that "all the same people still become citizens."… Continue watching