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2018 hurricane forecast: NOAA predicts active Atlantic season
There is only a 25 percent chance of a below-average season, forecasters said. Harvey , which drenched Texas, cost US$125 billion and was the second-most expensive hurricane in United States history, after 2005's Katrina which cost US$161 billion. [Full Article...]
Judge sides with parents, boots adult son from NY home
Rotondo is far from the only older child still living at home in the United States: according to a Pew Research Center study, almost a third of 18 to 34-year-olds lived with their parents in 2016. Official eviction proceedings were launched earlier this month. Speaking after the hearing, Mr Rotondo told WSTM: "I just wanted a reasonable amount of time to vacate, with consideration to the fact th... [Full Article...]
Irish Students Offered Grants to Fly Home and Vote 'Yes' to Abortion
Yes vote supporters at a Diaspora Downunder Dollars for Choice event in Melbourne. "Yes" campaigners like Coveney have argued that with over 3,000 women travelling to Britain each year for terminations and others ordering pills illegally online, abortion is already a reality in Ireland . [Full Article...]
Two in Critical Condition in Shooting at Indiana School
The Associated Press also reported the story, citing seventh-grader Ethan Stonebraker, who said the class was taking a test when the suspected shooter walked in late, pulled out a gun, and opened fire. "I just want to get my arms around my boy", she told WTHR-TV. She didn't know the seriousness of their injuries. Police were monitoring the situation and there is no evidence to suggest the thre... [Full Article...]
Coat of Arms is revealed for the new Duchess of Sussex
The Coat of Arms for the Duchess of Sussex , as she is now formally known, includes symbols that invoke the former actress' background and look to her future. The duchess has also been assigned a coronet bearing fleurs-de-lys and strawberry leaves. The new design was given directly to Markle, whose father, Thomas Markle, did not attend her nuptials, marking a break in royal tradition. [Full Article...]
USA and North Korea Are Talking Again, Summit May Still Happen
We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Trump described the cancellation of the summit as "a tremendous setback" for North Korea and warned that the U.S. In a letter to the North Korean leader, Mr Trump wrote: "The Singapore summit, for the good of both parties, but to the detriment of the world, will not take place". [Full Article...]
Australian grandmother accused of drug trafficking in Malaysia to be hanged
Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto , 54, from Sydney, was caught with methamphetamine in her bag as she caught a connecting flight to Melbourne in 2014, but she maintains she was conned into the situation by an online boyfriend. "And that's the tragedy - this is a very innocent person, in my opinion, who's had to suffer an terrible lot for being a victim of a crime", she said. [Full Article...]
Rachel Dolezal, Who Pretended to Be Black, Is Charged With Welfare Fraud
Local reporters who went to her Spokane home seeking comment said she declined to say anything and closed the door. In addition, the Department requests Nkechi Diallo be disqualified from receiving Food Assistance for at least a 12 month period for breaking a Food Assistance rule on goal. [Full Article...]