Florence’s deluge tests South Carolina infrastructure

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September 15, 2018

Florence’s deluge tests South Carolina infrastructure

The state’s infrastructure failed under historic flooding in 2015.
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September 15, 2018

No evidence Massachusetts gas blasts were intentional, investigator says

Officials are also looking into the response to the catastrophe by Columbia Gas.
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September 15, 2018

Florence parks over Carolinas; rivers swell as second phase begins

The storm’s death toll climbs to 15 and about 740,000 homes and businesses remain without power.
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September 15, 2018

Family won’t take in Elizabeth Smart kidnapper

Days before Wanda Barzee is released from prison, fears loom about whether she remains a threat.
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September 15, 2018

Family of fatally shot black man doubts Dallas officer’s explanation

But experts on police training are split about her credibility.
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September 15, 2018

China cracking down on religions

All five officially tolerated by leaders are experiencing draconian treatment from the government.
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September 15, 2018

Canadian pot users could get flagged at U.S. border

The nation is scheduled to legalize recreational use of the drug next month.
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September 15, 2018

Typhoon Mangkhut kills 12 in Philippines

Most of them died in landslides and houses that got pummeled by the storm’s fierce winds and rain.
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September 15, 2018

Pope pays tribute to priest slain by Mafia

The Rev. Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Puglisi was declared a martyr by the Vatican and beatified in 2013.
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September 15, 2018

After Manafort guilty plea, talk turns to what he knows

He was among the participants in a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting in New York with Russians and Trump’s oldest son and son-in-law that was arranged for the campaign to receive derogatory information about Democratic president nominee Hillary Clinton.