Author: Jeff Martin
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Storms bring tornadoes, floods, power outages across the U.S.
ATLANTA • Potent thunderstorms have been blamed for one death and left more than 200,000 people without power across the southern United States — and fierce winds were expected to wallop parts of several states as new storms form Thursday, forecasters said. Fallen trees ripped down power lines and crashed into buildings along a line…
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Historic flooding in US this spring possible, forecasters say
The stage is set for unprecedented major flooding this spring for most of the nation, U.S. weather officials said Thursday. More than 200 million Americans are at risk for some kind of flooding, with 13 million of them at risk of major inundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its spring weather outlook…
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23 dead, dozens missing in tornado-blasted Alabama community
BEAUREGARD, Ala. • Rescue crews using dogs and drones searched for victims amid splintered lumber and twisted metal Monday after the deadliest U.S. tornado in nearly six years ripped through a rural Alabama community. At least 23 people were killed, some of them children. Dozens were missing in Lee County nearly a day later, according…
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Oprah, Pence offer competing versions of ‘Georgia values’
MARIETTA, Ga. • In a rousing speech in the Republican-leaning suburbs of Atlanta, Oprah Winfrey urged voters Thursday to make history by backing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in next week’s election. Winfrey called Abrams a “changemaker” who represents the values of all Georgians. “I am here today because Stacey Abrams cares about the things…
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s words still inspire nearly 50 years after his death
ATLANTA — Though his voice was silenced nearly 50 years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of nonviolence still resonates and inspires. Decades ago, the famed civil rights leader – also regarded as one of America’s greatest orators – recalled driving one night from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, with his brother A.D. at…
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Delta: Probe uncovers ‘criminal scheme’ to scam pet owners
ATLANTA — A bogus pet-shipping website that tricks people into thinking they’re dealing with Delta Air Lines is also linked to a scam that preys on people hoping to buy dogs such as Chihuahuas, poodles and corgis, the airline says in a court filing. Delta, one of the world’s largest airlines says its wide-ranging investigation…
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U.S. buildings, NFL stadium check panels amid fears of fire
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the “stunning visual effect” its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that “soars 33 stories into the air.” Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used…
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Musician collapses during birthday concert finale and dies
ATLANTA — When Col. Bruce Hampton slowly fell to his knees during the finale of his star-studded birthday concert, fans and musicians alike thought it was another one of his quirky performance acts. Fourteen-year-old guitar phenom Brandon “Taz” Niederauer tore into a blistering solo as the 70-year-old man lay motionless at his feet, his arm…
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Alabama band to march at Trump inauguration, igniting controversy
The liner Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her doomed maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. (AP)