DENVER— A regional task force reports that officials eradicated a record number of marijuana plants being grown on Colorado public land in 2017.. The Denver Post reports the number of illegal marijuana plant grows has been increasing since the state began legal recreational marijuana sales in 2014.. Information from: The Denver Post,...
DETROIT— General Motors is recalling about 41,000 pickup trucks and police sports utility vehicles because of loose brake pedals. The recall covers 2015 through 2016 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 pickup trucks, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 special service pickup trucks and some Chevrolet Tahoe sports utility vehicles made for police...
Sept 15- U.S. power companies said more than 870,000 homes and businesses, mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina, were without power on Saturday after Florence hit the Southeast coast. Tropical Storm Florence dumped "epic" amounts of rain on North and South Carolina as it trudged inland on Saturday, triggering dangerous flooding, toppling trees, cutting...
WILSON, N.C., Sept 15- Tropical Storm Florence dumped "epic" amounts of rain on North and South Carolina as it trudged inland on Saturday, triggering dangerous flooding, toppling trees, cutting power to nearly a million homes and businesses while causing at least five deaths. "This system is unloading epic amounts of rainfall, in some places measured in feet and not...
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump's former chief strategist says he's surprised the# MeToo movement hasn't had more impact on corporate America. Steve Bannon says he thinks Time's Up is "the single most powerful potential political movement in the world." His comments came the same week Les Moonves stepped down as head of CBS Corp. and the network fired "60...
Sept 15- U.S. power companies said more than 974,000 homes and businesses, mostly in North Carolina and South Carolina, were without power on Saturday after Florence hit the Southeast coast. Tropical storm Florence lumbered inland on Saturday, knocking down trees, flooding rivers, and dumping torrents of rain in the Carolinas, where five people have died.
WASHINGTON— In a stormy week, President Donald Trump blustered and distorted reality, denying massive deaths from a hurricane that scientists believe to be one of the nation's deadliest and blowing out of proportion U.S. economic growth and his role in spurring it. He's insisting the federal response to Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico last September, was "...
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept 15- Tropical Storm Florence trudged inland on Saturday, flooding rivers and towns, toppling trees and cutting power to nearly a million homes and businesses as it dumped huge amounts of rain on North and South Carolina, where five people have died. The National Hurricane Center said the storm would dump as much as 30 to 40 inches of rain on the...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.— A NASA satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earth's ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and vegetation was launched into polar orbit from California early Saturday. The melt from those ice sheets alone has raised global sea level by more than 1 millimeter a year recently, according to NASA. According to NASA, it will...
PORTLAND, Maine— Maine's scallop fishermen are looking at another year of conservative management, and members of the industry say that could be the best way to make sure the fishery continues rebuilding. Maine is known for producing scallops that are somewhat bigger than other East Coast states, and some are plucked from the icy waters by hand during winter.
RALEIGH, N.C./ NEW YORK, Sept 14- Tropical Storm Florence could taint North Carolina waterways with murky coal ash and toxic hog waste as heavy rains test environmental rules written with milder weather in mind, carrying the risk of contaminating water with bacteria like salmonella, officials said on Friday. Florence would not be the first test of North Carolina...
It diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, but forecasters said the 350- mile-wide storm's slow progress across North and South Carolina could leave much of the region under water in the coming days. "This storm is relentless and excruciating," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told CNN late on Friday. A mother and baby were killed when a tree fell on...
Washington and Beijing are not likely to undo a lot of the positive benefits that each country experienced due to globalization, Axel Weber, chairman of UBS, told CNBC at the annual Singapore Summit.
It diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, but forecasters said the 350- mile-wide storm's slow progress across North and South Carolina could leave much of the region under water in the coming days. "This storm is relentless and excruciating," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told CNN late on Friday. A mother and baby were killed when a tree fell on...
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept 14- Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Friday, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc. Though Florence's shrieking winds diminished from hurricane force as it came ashore, forecasters...
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept 14- Florence barreled into the Carolina coast and moved inland on Friday, knocking down trees, overflowing rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leading to the death of five people before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc. A mother and her baby died when a tree fell on their home in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Sept 14- Campbell Soup Co and hedge fund Third Point LLC on Friday filed preliminary proxy materials urging the food company's shareholders to vote in favor of two entirely different slates of board nominees. Third Point, run by billionaire investor Daniel Loeb, launched a proxy fight last week to replace Campbell's 12- member board. Third Point's 12- person...
RALEIGH, N.C./ NEW YORK, Sept 14- Tropical Storm Florence could taint North Carolina waterways with murky coal ash and toxic hog waste as heavy rains test environmental rules written with milder weather in mind, carrying the risk of contaminating water with bacteria like salmonella, officials said on Friday. Florence would not be the first test of North Carolina...
ALCANTARA SPACE CENTER, Brazil, Sept 14- Brazil is ready to launch small commercial rockets from its space base near the equator as soon as it agrees to safeguard U.S. technology that is dominant in the industry, the Brazilian Air Force officer managing the space program said on Friday. Major Luiz Fernando Aguiar said Brazil wants to get a piece of the $300 billion-...
Federal Reserve Today in Washington. 17- Sep Norway Auction of Treasury bills 17- Sep Belgium OLO Auction 17- Sep Netherlands DTC Auction 18- Sep Germany Auction of 2- year Treasury notes 18- Sep Japan 1- year discount bill auction 18- Sep Spain Auction of 3- and 9- month Treasury bills 19- Sep Germany Auction of 10- year Federal bonds 19- Sep Sweden Auction of...
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