A hurricane’s track is critical: Even a small deviation from its projected path can make a big difference in the destruction left behind from wind and water. So, when Hurricane Irma took a last-minute detour inland as it churned up the west coast of Florida, many communities were spared the […]
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Gay rights pioneer Edith Windsor, whose lawsuit against the federal government helped pave the way for same-sex marriage nationwide, has died at 88. Windsor is survived by her second wife, Judith Kasen-Windsor, whom she married last year. Grand Marshall Edith Windsor smiles as she rides in a convertible during the […]
President Trump’s top priority is now tax reform, and he is intent on making sure that this effort does not go the way of health-care reform: a failure to secure enough votes from members of his own party. So he’s wooing Democrats. On Tuesday evening, the president and vice president […]
The German Chancellor, 63, appeared to be letting off steam at the campaign event in Berlin with German jazz singer Uschi Brüning. Mrs Merkel appears determined to pull in votes for the upcoming elections on September 24 in any way possible – even revealing her singing chops to do it. […]
Mrs Merkel previously threatened the UK with cuts in access to the EU’s single market if Britain does not want to comply with the four European Union freedoms. But it was hoped the tough stance could be softened if Ms Merkel agreed a coalition deal with the centrist FDP after […]
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a horror character called Slender Man who she thought was real, her attorney told jurors Tuesday. The defense is trying to convince jurors that Anissa […]
CUDJOE KEY, Fla. — Weary residents in the Florida Keys, eager to assess their hurricane-ravaged homes, may not see electricity return for at least another week — and those are the lucky ones. About 25 percent of homes in the chain of islands were completely destroyed and another 65 percent […]
The world is getting not one, not two, but three new iPhones. The trio of devices, which come 10 years after the first iPhone was released, made their debuts on Tuesday during an event at Apple’s brand-new campus in Cupertino, California — and stayed true to the leaks. The new […]