The Latest: Ferry services resuming in North Carolina

North Carolina transportation officials say ferry service for the public has resumed for several more coastal routes
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The Latest: 8 Virginia tornadoes linked to Florence

The National Weather Service has confirmed that the remnants of Hurricane Florence spawned a total of eight tornadoes in Virginia earlier this week
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The Latest: Court ordered transfer of patients who drowned

Authorities say the mental health patients who drowned in a South Carolina sheriff's department van were on a court-ordered transport when they were swept off t
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The Latest: Florence now a Category 2 storm, still dangerous

Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm but it is still considered an extremely dangerous and life-threatening storm
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The Latest: Trump says 'protection of life' a priority

President Donald Trump is urging those living in the path of Hurricane Florence to comply with all evacuation orders and emergency instructions
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The Latest: Subtropical Storm Joyce forms in north Atlantic

Yet another storm has formed in the Atlantic
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The Latest: Florence now Category 3 storm, still 'dangerous'

Hurricane Florence has gotten a little bit weaker but it remains a very large and dangerous storm
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The Latest: Stations running out of gas amid evacuations

Motorists trying to get away from the path of Hurricane Florence are learning that some service stations are running out of gasoline
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The Latest: Mississippi National Guard deploying help

Georgia's governor has declared a state of emergency for all 159 counties in the state as forecasters now predict Hurricane Florence will affect the state
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The Latest: Georgia declares state of emergency

Georgia's governor has declared a state of emergency for all 159 counties in the state as forecasters now predict Hurricane Florence will affect the state
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Cruise ship regains power, will be docked overnight

The U.S. Coast Guard says a cruise ship that became disabled off the Massachusetts coast is docking in Rhode Island and must be inspected before it can continue
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New California bridge getting sensors to measure earthquakes

A replacement bridge under construction at the nation's second-busiest port isn't just a crucial route for cargo trucks and Southern California commuters _ it's
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Sensors on new California bridge to record earthquake data

A replacement bridge under construction at the nation's second-busiest port isn't just a crucial route for cargo trucks and Southern California commuters _ it's
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Airside airport hotels

At several dozen major world airports, you can find overnight accommodations airside-- post security and post immigration. Airside hotels cater to two groups: T
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A geezer in Germany

Many years ago, I wrote that Germany should be "off limits" to economy travelers because of its high costs. Now, however, the cost of traveling in Germany compa
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Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Some planes have cameras in their seat-back entertainment systems
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Correction: Travel-Portugal-Black History Month-Lagos

Correction: Travel-Portugal-Black History Month-Lagos-Slavery story
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Portuguese town opens window to its slave-trade history

Lagos, a Portuguese beach town of charming coastlines and sandstone cliffs, is also the birthplace of the African slave trade in Europe
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New York museum exhibit marks Jackie Robinson centennial

Exhibit on Jackie Robinson opens at Museum of the City of New York on centennial of birth of man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier
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Seeking the mystery of vortexes in Sedona, Arizona

The sleepy Arizona town of Sedona has long been a quiet refuge for hikers, romantics and soul searchers
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US Border Patrol Museum opens a world on the evolving agency

A museum dedicated to the U.S. Border Patrol looks at how it has evolved along with the nation's views on immigration
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White deer have unusual home in upstate NY _ old Army depot

Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is home to the largest white deer herd in the world; a tour of the grounds of the old military storage facility that is t
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White deer have unusual home in upstate NY _ old Army depot

Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is home to the largest white deer herd in the world; a tour of the grounds of the old military storage facility that is t
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Trump to visit Florida, Georgia; search ongoing for missing

Upon touring the damage in several towns along Florida's Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by Hurrican
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Latest: 25 hospitalized, 5 serious, after LA highway crash

Authorities say 25 people were transported to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a crash on a Los Angeles highway involving a bus and multiple cars
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Officials fear Hawaii hotel worker strike could go into 2019

Officials worry a strike of some 2,700 Marriott hotel workers in Hawaii could continue well into next year
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Investigators close case in fatal Alaska plane crash mystery

Federal investigators have closed their investigation into a decade-old fatal plane crash mystery on an Alaska island
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Heavy snow blankets Colorado, Wyoming in early season storm

Residents in Colorado and Wyoming woke up Sunday to find that an early season snowstorm blanketed their homes and roadways with up to a foot of snow and sent te
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Wind, rain nixes Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta farewell launch

Bad weather has cancelled the farewell launch on the final day of this year's Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Boy, 13, expected to recover from California shark attack

Hospital officials say a 13-year-old boy is expected to recover after a shark attacked him while he dived for lobsters for lobsters in Southern California
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As immigrants flow across US border, American guns go south

Gun-control advocates and some experts say the very violence that immigrants are fleeing is carried out by American guns that are smuggled over the border
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Southern California beach still closed after shark attack

A stretch of Southern California beach is still closed to surfers and swimmers a day after a 13-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while diving for lobsters
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