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Euroviews. Jamie Lee Curtis: Parents, put down your cell phones | View

The solution to kids' obsessions with their phones starts with a look in the mirror.

16 September 2018

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Flooded town of New Bern, N.C., turns a corner

"The worst of the storm is behind us," said a spokeswoman for the coastal town.

16 September 2018

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Some return to areas damaged by Florence, but serious threat persists

"I cannot overstate it: Floodwaters are rising, and if you aren't watching for them, you are risking your life," North Carolina's governor said Saturday.

16 September 2018

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Relentless rain threatens North Carolina agricultural town

"Usually we'd be cleaning roads and done by now," Burgaw Fire Capt. Nick Smith said. "But we're still in the throes of it."

15 September 2018

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FEMA to test 'Presidential Alert' system next week

Experts expressed little concern that the wireless emergency alerts could be used for political purposes.

15 September 2018

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Watch: Some Amish opening up to modern technology

Across America, new economic pressures are leading to bold conversations inside Amish communities about how much of the outside world to let in.

14 September 2018

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Nearly 40 fires and explosions erupt in Massachusetts

State police said the fires broke out across a wide swath in the city of Lawrence and the town of North Andover.

14 September 2018

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Woman feared deportation if her family sought shelter during hurricane

The woman's youngest daughter told her: "I don't want to go to a shelter because I don't want to be separated from you."

14 September 2018

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FEMA evicts Hurricane Maria evacuees as Florence hits and Trump tweets

"From day one it was hell," said a working mother of three who is about to lose her Orlando hotel room and can't find an affordable apartment.

14 September 2018

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Holdouts hunker down as Florence nears Carolina coast

Florence begins its descent upon North Carolina

14 September 2018

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Euroviews. The US isn't close to becoming another Poland or Hungary - yet | View

Professor Krugman is right to be concerned given President Trump's ongoing attacks on democratic norms in the US and the Republican party's complicity in those attacks, but I don't agree that we are close to becoming another Poland or Hungary.

13 September 2018

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CBS News fires '60 Minutes' executive producer Jeff Fager

Fager, a former chairman of CBS News, said the firing was not because of recent allegations of inappropriate touching.

13 September 2018

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Evacuate or stay? For nursing homes in storm's path, decision isn't easy

"You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't," said a researcher who found evacuating increases the likelihood of death 90 days after a storm.

13 September 2018

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Six dead in California shooting spree

Authorities said they believe there's a connection between the gunman and the victims.

13 September 2018

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'Miracle' boy survives after metal skewer impales head

A 10-year-old who fell face-first onto a meat skewer over the weekend, is expected to make a full recovery, to the surprise of his family and medical team.

12 September 2018

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Watch: Colorado armed robbery goes wrong

A man's attempt at an armed robbery at a store near Denver, Colorado didn´t quite go as planned.

12 September 2018

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Venezuelans show support for Maduro at 'anti-imperialist' march

Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas on Tuesday (September 11) to protest alleged U.S. interference in their country and show their support for the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

12 September 2018

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North Carolinians brace for arrival of hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Carolina in six decades, howled closer to shore on Tuesday (September 11), threatening to unleash deadly pounding surf, days of torrential rain and severe flooding.

12 September 2018

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FEMA issues dire warnings ahead of strongest hurricane 'in decades'

"We cannot stress the importance to our citizens that are in evacuations to heed the local and state warnings," a FEMA official said.

11 September 2018

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California challenges world with 100 percent green power goal

Climate change is "a real and present danger to California and to the people of the world," Gov. Brown said.

11 September 2018