Louisiana residents without flood insurance face uncertainty

Quenton Robins watched on Sunday morning as a giant metal claw clamped down on his mother's ruined belongings, snapping wooden cabinets with an audible crack as the operator of a giant mechanized arm slowly cleared a mound of debris from her yard in Baton Rouge. Five feet of water swept through the homes in the quiet Park Forest neighborhood just over a week ago, shocking residents who had been told they did not live in a flood zone.

Hillary Clinton’s 1995 Beijing speech was a – transformative’ moment…

Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech for the UN Fourth World Conference on Women. It was 1995, and it had been a bruising first few years in the White House: Troopergate, Travelgate, Whitewater.

Boaters In Hudson River Encouraged To Follow Coast Guard Protocols

Coast Guard crews are enforcing a safety zone surrounding 16 construction barge mooring locations at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction site. No unauthorized vessels are allowed in the safety zone, which encompasses all navigable waters within a 200-yard radius of the largest machine on the project, the I Lift NY super crane, legally registered with the U.S. Coast Guard as the Left Coast Lifter.

Judge sinks guilty sailor’s ‘Clinton defense’

A federal judge sentenced a Navy sailor to one year in prison Friday for taking photos in a classified area of a nuclear submarine, after the seamen had pleaded for leniency by citing the government's decision not to indict Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information. US District Judge Stefan Underhill did not directly address the Clinton comparison, but likened the sailor's offense to being pulled over for speeding on a highway, saying that just because other vehicles aren't stopped, doesn't mean you can get out of paying your ticket.

Faith and fairness comment

The late Dr. David O. Shipley was known by many to be a man of faith, choosing to dedicate his life and energy to the ministry. This calling required focus and the pursuit of an education, much of which was inspired by a lieutenant who Shipley encountered while serving in a segregated environment during World War II.

Cutter Healy to depart for 2nd mission to West Arctic

Petty Officer 2nd Class James A. Bowell directs Cutter Healy's man basket onto the ice off the Chukchi Sea, north of the Arctic Circle July 12. During Cutter Healy's first of three missions during their West Arctic Summer Deployment, a team of 46 researchers from the University of Alaska-Anchorage and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration studied the Chukchi Sea ecosystem. SEWARD, Alaska - Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Healy is set to depart Tuesday on a second Artic mission after mooring in Seward to disembark 46 researchers from the University of Alaska-Anchorage and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from its first mission.

Border Protection Unit making life hard for criminals

The Border Protection Unit at the Jamaica Customs Agency has reported success for the first quarter of the 2016-17 financial year. "We had, over the quarter, nine Proceeds of Crime Act forfeiture applications made before the courts and we are attempting to get the courts to forfeit almost US$190,000 that was taken from persons who were attempting to bring the money in through our airports," said Director of Cargo Imaging Kingsley Henry.