Financial turmoil engulfs Italy amid political uncertainty

Farmers on the Hawaiian island o... Farmers say Hawaii should brace for a shortage of its traditional crop taro after record-breaking rains flooded their fields on the island of Kauai last month. Farmers say Hawaii should brace for a shortage of its traditional crop taro after record-breaking rains flooded their fields on the island of Kauai last month.

Puerto Rico braces for hurricane season, 8 months after Maria

Eight months after being struck by Hurricane Maria, the island of Puerto Rico is bracing as another hurricane season while still cleaning up and restoring power. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season will see five to nine hurricanes with one to four major ones.

Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy was a TERRORIST attack, Police boss thought

'It wasn't really the vacation I was looking for': Mormon missionary, 26, jokes with President Trump as he and his ecstatic family thank him in the Oval Office after he helped secure his release from Venezuelan prison where he spent two years 'Get the f**k out of here, you don't deserve American food': Father pulls a stun gun and knife on four Muslim Egyptian exchange students in a McDonald's parking lot because he believed they 'killed' his Marine son in Afghanistan 'Our members are all shapes and sizes.

Travis 75th: Travis’ fleet of aircraft adapts with nation’s needs

More than 35 different types of airplanes have called Travis Air Force Base home since its inception, with the mission shifting to meet the nation's defense needs. Since 2006, the base has hosted three separate airframes, all of which have cargo capability.

Cajun Navy leader arrested on contractor fraud charge

CORRECTS SOURCE TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE INSTEAD OF LOUISIANA CORRECTIONS- This photo provided by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office shows Jon Bridgers. Bridgers, who founded Cajun Navy 2016, a volunteer flotilla renowned for responding to natural disasters, has been arrested on a charge he defrauded a customer who hired him to rebuild a home.

Thompson, 2 Democrats face off in 13th District

Democratic voters in parts of Cambria County will have a choice between two candidates vying to appear on the general election ballot against incumbent U.S. Rep. Glenn Susan Boser of Indiana County and Wade Jodun of Patton Township, Centre County, will face off in Tuesday's primary election, hoping for the 15th District's Democratic nomination. In the wake of the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to draw new congressional districts, Jodun relocated to Patton Township from Mill Hall.

FEMA Encourages People to Prepare Now for the 2018 Hurricane Season

With the 2017 historic hurricane season in the rearview mirror, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is asking residents in the southeast to begin preparing for 2018. "While the Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1, the best time to make preparations is now, before the Atlantic and Gulf become more active and a storm threatens," said FEMA Regional Administrator Gracia Szczech.

New York Corporate Leaders Create PAC to Boost Clout in Washington

Partnership for New York City , a civic group of more than 300 corporate chief executives, created a federal political-action committee to push for projects and legislation considered crucial to the economic future of the most populous U.S. city. The organization for several years has run a PAC empowered to make donations to state and local candidates.

Nine Puerto Ricans killed in final flight of 60-year-old C-130

A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed onto a highway in Georgia on Wednesday, and authorities said there are no survivors. The plane crashed onto state highway 21 moments after taking off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, narrowly missing people on the ground and sending an orange and black fireball into the sky.

Nine Puerto Ricans killed in final flight of 60-year-old military plane

Emergency personnel at the scene of the Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane that crashed near Savannah A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed on to a road in Georgia, and authorities said there are no survivors. The plane crashed moments after taking off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, narrowly missing people on the ground and sending an orange and black fireball into the sky.

Video captures fatal military plane crash in Georgia

A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed onto a highway in Georgia on Wednesday, and authorities said there appeared to be no survivors. The plane crashed onto state highway 21 moments after taking off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, narrowly missing people on the ground and sending an orange and black fireball into the sky.

Ex-lobbyist helped plan scuttled Pruitt trip to Australia, emails show

A Washington consultant who has lobbied for foreign governments in the past helped the Environmental Protection Agency prepare for a trip that administrator Scott Pruitt and his staff were to take last year, according to emails obtained by the Sierra Club and subsequently CBS News. According to those internal EPA emails, first reported by the New York Times , Matthew Freedman, the CEO of the firm Global Impact, Inc., was closely involved in the details of planning the trip, in which Pruitt was supposed to meet with Australian officials about environmental issues.

Military plane that crashed near Savannah was on final flight. No survivors found, officials say

Puerto Rico officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon there were nine people on board a C-130 Hercules military cargo plane that crashed on Georgia Highway 21 in Garden City around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to The Associated Press . The cargo plane was making its final flight into retirement Wednesday morning, Isabelo Rivera, adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard told the AP.

The ‘go-to lawyer’ for insurers fighting flood claims is this Metairie attorney: report

Flood insurance -- the costs, benefits, risks and rewards of the federally backed program -- is a familiar topic to Louisianians. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Louisiana Flood of 2016 drove home its advantages as well as its outrages -- the latest being that as much as two thirds of the money paid by property owners for coverage goes to private insurance companies and the lawyers who are hired to fight claims.

FEMA and Whole Community Participate in National Level Exercise 2018

Today through May 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be engaged in the National Level Exercise 2018. This event brings together more than 250 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments, private industry, and non-governmental and community organizations to test their emergency response to a simulated major incident.

Coal Ash Ponds Put our Waterways at Risk

Toxic ponds filled with billions of gallons of waste from coal plants across the United States pose a threat to hundreds of rivers and lakes, and millions of Americans who live near them. As the public comment period closes on the Trump administration's proposal to weaken current rules protecting waterways, Accidents Waiting to Happen: Coal Ash Ponds Put Our Waterways at Risk , a new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group, documents the toxic pollution threats from these poorly-regulated waste pits.

US pols seek to sway arrivals from Puerto Rico before vote

In this April 8, 2018 photo, Marisol Zenteno, right, from The League of Women Voters, registering Aida Merced Lopez, who moved to Miami from Puerto Rico in April 2017, during a festival in Kendall, Florida. "We are just working so the Puerto Rican community can have its voice heard," said volunteer Zenteno as she took a break from working a line of people waiting to buy pork and rice.