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Over a million told to flee as Hurricane Florence stalks US East Coast
Hurricane Florence has the potential to bring catastrophic flooding to areas of the eastern United States already soaked by heavy rain
Travel: Head for the Outer Banks, just like Blackbeard did
With its white beaches and crab shacks, the North Carolina coast rivals the Caribbean. Douglas Rogers picks its most alluring spots.
‘He just shot him in the back’
US police officer Walter Scott faces the death penalty for killing a man he’d stopped for a broken car light.
North Carolina shootings related to parking dispute
The preliminary police investigation into the killing of three Muslim students indicates a dispute over condominium parking motivated the shootings.
UN ambassador outraged over Sudan bible school attack
Sudan’s military bombed a Bible school built by a US Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives.
Hurricane Irene sends Americans fleeing
Hurricane Irene blasted ashore near Cape Lookout, North Carolina in a weakened but still massive category one storm that has sent Americans fleeing.
Dozens killed as tornadoes lay waste to southern US
US authorities rushed aid to southern states after powerful tornadoes cut through the region, killing 44 people and reducing entire towns to rubble.
Isabel pounds the United States
Hurricane Isabel has plowed into North Carolina’s Outer Banks with 160 kph winds and pushed its way up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, weakening to a tropical storm by…