Water was sold out at a grocery store in North Miami, Fla., on Friday as residents heeded warnings to stockpile a week’s worth of food and supplies before Hurricane Dorian arrives on Monday. Updated at 9:15 a.m. ET Hurricane Dorian, now a category 4 storm, was heading across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the … Continue reading "Hurricane Dorian Grows Into Category 4 Storm As It Heads Toward Bahamas, U.S."

South Korea has announced it will withdraw from a 2016 military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. Here, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, center, and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, trailing at left, walk in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday. Updated at 3 p.m. ET South Korea plans to terminate a military intelligence-sharing … Continue reading "South Korea To Scrap Military Intelligence-Sharing Agreement With Japan"

Local officials point to a .50-caliber assault weapon during a 2005 news conference in Chicago, a year before Cook County officials enacted an assault weapons ban. The law has been upheld by trial and appeals courts. On Thursday, a federal appeals court again kept the law in place. A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld … Continue reading "U.S. Appeals Court In Chicago Again Upholds Laws Banning Assault Weapons"

Brandt Jean, Botham Jean’s younger brother, hugs former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in court after saying he forgives her for killing his brother. Guyger received a 10-year prison sentence for murder. Updated at 7:16 p.m. ET Brandt Jean’s extraordinary response to a convicted murderer — he hugged Amber Guyger as she was sentenced for … Continue reading "Brandt Jean’s Act Of Grace Toward His Brother’s Killer Sparks A Debate Over Forgiving"

Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a new “Green Manufacturing Plan” on Tuesday as part of a broader “economic patriotism” platform that the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate will roll out in the weeks ahead. That platform will focus on more aggressively protecting American workers on issues like trade, currency manipulation and the moving of jobs overseas by … Continue reading "‘No loyalty or allegiance to America’: Warren targets multinationals in economic platform"

Tents at a temporary holding facility for migrants in El Paso, earlier this year. Under President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security focus has shifted increasingly towards immigration and border enforcement. The Trump administration’s decision to shift more than $100 million of federal disaster aid to help pay for more detention beds for migrants has … Continue reading "With Hurricane On Its Way, Trump’s Move To Shift Funds Puts Priorities In Question"

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang defended his proposed proto-universal basic income plan Sunday, rejecting suggestions that a campaign giving random families thousands of dollars was illegal. During the third Democratic debate Thursday, Yang announced he would give 10 random families $120,000 as a pilot for his keystone universal basic income proposal. The Yang campaign said … Continue reading "Andrew Yang defends random money giveaway"