NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide…
(CBS Newspath) -- EYE OF IDA: NOAA Hurricane Hunters flew into the eye of Ida Sunday morning before the category 4 hurricane made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. SEE ALSO: Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans,…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Ed Asner, the blustery but lovable Lou Grant in two successful television series, has died. He was 91. Asner’s representative confirmed the death in an email Sunday to The Associated Press. Asner was a journeyman…
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas-area man who got a shot to protect against the coronavirus ended up giving his bank account a huge shot in the arm. The man has won the $1 million grand prize in a…
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden has met in private with the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as the remains of their loved ones returned to…
(AP) --- As governments, corporations and charity groups rush to get their citizens and employees out of Afghanistan, dozens of Afghan people got help to flee their country from Instagram influencer Quentin Quarantino. The alter ego of 25-year-old Tommy Marcus…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A judge ruled Tennessee Valley Authority does not have to sell an unfinished Alabama nuclear plant to a company, but must refund millions over the aborted deal. The ruling issued Thursday is a victory to the…
(AP) --- Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new COVID-19 infections and carry out contact tracing efforts that were once seen as a pillar in the nation’s pandemic response.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials are evaluating the future of a 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City known as the Vessel after a string of suicides. The honeycomb of platforms and staircases closed last month after a…
(AP) --- NBA referees will all be vaccinated against the coronavirus this season. The NBA announced Saturday that it has struck a deal with the National Basketball Referees Association on that requirement. Part of the referees’ agreement with the NBA…
