Walker says wall along Canadian border worth reviewing

Walker says wall along Canadian border worth reviewing
Katrina anniversary brings tears, gratitude to tiny Mississippi town
Hurricane Ignacio at peak strength, moves closer to Hawaii
'Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82
Fan dies after falling from upper deck at Turner Field
Police investigate motive in ambush of Houston area deputy
Sharper forecasts may help avert repeat of Katrina disaster
Two dead, massive outages after windstorm slams Washington state
Hurricane Ignacio strengthens but forecast to just miss Hawaii
Republican Christie proposes tracking immigrants like FedEx packages
Sarah Palin gushes over Donald Trump in highly-anticipated interview

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:40 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is putting a new twist on the topic of securing the border, a staple among the GOP candidates running for president, by pointing north.

Katrina anniversary brings tears, gratitude to tiny Mississippi town

Posted: 29 Aug 2015 05:40 PM PDT

While the narrative for New Orleans after a decade has become one of rebirth and renewal, the same cannot be said for small Pearlington, Miss. that saw just as much devastation. Many here acknowledge that Pearlington may physically never be the same. But just as Katrina broke their buildings, townspeople say one unexpected positive note is that the unity required for the recovery also broke a longstanding racial divide.

Hurricane Ignacio at peak strength, moves closer to Hawaii

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:10 AM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — The Big Island and Maui are under a tropical storm watch as a Category 4 hurricane approaches Hawaii.

'Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:55 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — There was the blind man who had the disastrous experience of regaining his sight. The surgeon who developed a sudden passion for music after being struck by lightning. And most famously, the man who mistook his wife for a hat.

Fan dies after falling from upper deck at Turner Field

Posted: 29 Aug 2015 08:17 PM PDT

This is the second major incident involving a fan falling from the upper deck at Turner Field in the last three years.

Police investigate motive in ambush of Houston area deputy

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 11:05 AM PDT

HOUSTON (AP) — The man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a uniformed suburban Houston sheriff's deputy will be arraigned this week, jail records show.

Sharper forecasts may help avert repeat of Katrina disaster

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 05:09 AM PDT

By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - The science of predicting hurricanes has come a long way since Katrina caught New Orleans officials off guard 10 years ago. A range of technological advances, from a new generation of satellites to supercomputers and unmanned drones, promises more-accurate forecasts that would increase public officials' confidence in weather experts' advice. If authorities were quicker to heed warnings about the devastating potential of Katrina before it made landfall in Louisiana on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, some of the nearly 1,800 lives that were lost may have been saved, forecasters speculate.

Two dead, massive outages after windstorm slams Washington state

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:34 AM PDT

(Reuters) - A powerful windstorm toppled trees, killing two people in Washington state as work crews scrambled on Sunday to restore power to 450,000 customers, a TV report showed. A father driving with his three-year-old daughter in Gig Harbor, just west of Tacoma, was killed on Saturday when a tree fell on his car, KOMO 4 TV reported. Within two hours, a falling branch struck and killed a 10-year-old girl in Federal Way, just east of Tacoma, the television station reported. Gusting winds were blamed for massive power outages affecting as many as 450,000 customers. ...

Hurricane Ignacio strengthens but forecast to just miss Hawaii

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:58 AM PDT

Packing potentially destructive winds of 140 miles per hour (220 kph), the hurricane was about 450 miles (720 km) east of Big Island of Hawaii moving north-northwest at 9 miles per hour (15 kph), the center said. With hurricane force winds extending 30 miles (45 km) from its center, waves as high as 20 feet (4 meters) could be expected on Sunday and Monday, along with sustained winds of 39 miles per hour (63 kph), he said.

Republican Christie proposes tracking immigrants like FedEx packages

Posted: 29 Aug 2015 04:31 PM PDT

(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Saturday if he were elected president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages. Christie, who is well back in the pack seeking the Republican nomination for president, told a campaign event in the early voting state of New Hampshire that he would ask FedEx Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith to devise the tracking system. Immigration has become a top issue in the Republican campaign, with front-runner Donald Trump vowing to deport all of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants and to build a wall along the southern border.