As Hurricane Florence took hold of the Carolinas in mid-September, partisan talk swirled like the winds. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blamed the Trump administration for listening to “naysayers” who didn't want to switch to clean energy. Fossil fuels, she told reporters, absolutely contributed to the severity of the hurricane: “This is something that we have to look at in a big way, and it’s not served by denial of the facts.”

When lawmakers passed a law six years ago allowing microbreweries to serve their products in-house and sell more beer to go, they hoped to give New Jersey’s fledgling craft beer industry a boost. But microbreweries in the state have now become too active in the eyes of some, prompting the state to crack down on the number of events they can host each year.

The highly-anticipated second installment of “Making a Murderer” has an official Netflix premiere date, the streaming giant announced Tuesday. Part 2 will debut on Oct. 19. The first installment of the Emmy-winning documentary series followed the journey of Steven Avery. Avery was convicted of sexual assault and attempted murder in 1985, but was exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 18 years in prison.

A Middle Tennessee girl's ex-boyfriend is behind bars after he and a friend allegedly tried to light her on fire. According to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, the 15-year-old girl's 17-year-old boyfriend sloshed gasoline on her, ignited a lighter, then threatened to burn her. Police say the boy forced himself into the Fall Creek Drive home and demanded $300 from her. He also threatened to "cut her head off" in front of her grandmother and a roommate, each also in the home at the time.

A wild scene unfolded in Winder over the weekend – a Georgia State Patrol car slammed into the front of a house after a high-speed chase, while the renter was sitting on the porch. Luckily, Steven Wilhelm said he was able to jump out of the way and run inside seconds beforehand. “I don’t even think he touched the brake, so I took off into the house,” Wilhelm said. “I no more than closed the glass door and he was up on the porch.”

Following the devastating news of a massive layoff that occurred just this week at Telltale Games with no severance pay and no warning, news continues to pour out regarding the sudden shutdown and the situation surround what went down. Despite the Co-Founder stating they had "no choice" in the matter, the gaming community continues to rile up support - especially in light of a recent report that states the company hired a sleuth of new employees a week before the shutdown with some even having to relocated halfway across the country.

A large section of an Australian beach suddenly collapsed into the sea due to erosion, authorities said on Monday. The landslip, up to 300 metres wide, took place at Inskip Point in Queensland, reports news agency BBC. The authorities were however, not sure whether the incident took place on Sunday or Monday. "It's likely this erosion has been caused by the undermining of part of the shoreline by tidal flow, waves and currents," Queensland's Department of Environment and Science said in a statement.

An American president got laughed at during a speech to the UN General Assembly today.

Mr. Cosby was convicted in April of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a woman he had mentored.

Belinda Bingham was lying on the floor with blood streaming from her throat when husband Neil turned around from baiting his line. A 10-kilogram, metre-long mackerel had launched itself from the ocean, at a height of more than a metre and a half, and cut her throat. "It sure had some momentum. It just knocked me off my feet. [I] didn't see it coming, didn't see a thing," Mrs Bingham said.

Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who faces a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of Botham Jean, has been fired, the Police Department announced in a news release Monday. Chief Renee Hall fired Guyger, 30, during a hearing Monday morning. The news release said an internal affairs investigation concluded that Guyger "engaged in adverse conduct" when she was arrested for manslaughter for fatally shooting Jean at his South Side Flats apartment on the night of Sept. 6.

The father and son who killed their neighbor in a fight over trash have been re-arrested after a judge increased their bond to $250,000. "Both John and Michael Miller’s bonds were originally set at $25,000 each by a Justice of the Peace," said Abilene Police Chief Stan Standridge. "They then bonded out immediately, which was a great concern to both myself and our community. Taylor County District Attorney, Jim Hicks, filed a Motion of Insufficiency of Bond this afternoon to address the Department and public’s concern."

The parent company of Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings is acquiring burger chain Sonic in a deal valued at $2.3 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday. The deal, which will pay Sonic shareholders $43.50 per share in cash, assumes all debt and represents a 19 percent premium on Sonic's Monday close.The company's stock rose more than 18 percent Tuesday, hitting an all-time high of $44.87 per share.

Motorola One Power is geared up to launch in India on September 24, 2018. The smartphone by the leading Lenovo-owned company is built on Google’s Android One programme that significantly send…

The New York Times Company is asking a judge to order the Federal Communications Commission to turn over information related to possible Russian meddling in the agency's recent net neutrality proceeding. "The request at issue in this litigation involves records that will shed light on the extent to which Russian nationals and agents of the Russian government have interfered with the agency notice-and-comment process about a topic of extensive public interest: the government’s decision to abandon...

Police in Texas are searching for two women who allegedly attacked a restaurant server and punched a baby while fighting over a plate. When officers arrived at the El Matador Restaurant in Denton Tuesday, the two suspects had already left the establishment, KDFW reported. The waitress told police that two women had asked for an extra plate and then became angry over how long they had to wait for it.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, is resigning Monday, according to Axios, which cited a source familiar with the matter. NBC News' Pete Williams, however, reported that Rosenstein would not resign of his own accord, after his off-the-cuff comments about President Donald Trump were revealed last week. He will only depart if the White House fired him, and will refuse to resign if asked to do so, Williams reported.

Japan's space agency (JAXA) has made history by successfully landing two robotic explorers on the surface of an asteroid. The two small "rovers", which were despatched from the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft on Friday, will move around the 1km-wide space rock known as Ryugu. The asteroid's low gravity means they can hop across it, capturing temperatures and images of the surface.

Valentino Dixon, whose art featured in a golf magazine, is a free man after 27 years behind bars.

An umbrella caused a brief evacuation of the North Merritt Island Publix on Friday morning when it was mistaken for a gun, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. A call to 911 reported a man had entered the store about 11:30 a.m. with a rifle slung over his shoulder, prompting a large response of about 10 Brevard County sheriff's deputies. The store is at 1850 N. Courtenay Parkway.

Amazon first introduced its line of “Alexa Gadgets” — devices that are meant to enhance Echo devices in “fun and playful” ways — with the $20 Echo Button last year, but since then, there hasn’t been much movement on other Alexa Gadgets. That changes today, though, with the Alexa Gadgets Toolkit beta that will give tools to developers to create their own Echo-connected accessories.

As Hurricane Florence barreled toward the Carolina coast, Tammie Hedges took action to protect pets that might have otherwise been caught in the storm – a decision that led to her arrest. Hedges, a resident of Waynes County, North Carolina, was taken into custody Friday after providing care to more than two dozen animals – 17 cats and 10 dogs – for owners who had to evacuate before the storm hit. "The owners got to evacuate. They got to save themselves. But who’s going to save those animals? That’s what we did," Hedges said. "We saved them."

If you’re a tenant who shares your building with other renters, you’ll likely have to hold off on sparking up in celebration of legalized marijuana next month. When recreational cannabis becomes legal on Oct. 17, one of the few places Canadians can legally smoke will be in private homes. For renters who live in multi-dwelling buildings, where they’re allowed to light up is a bit more complicated.

The Seattle Times reports that Allen’s donation to the Mount Baker Family Housing development is the largest funding piece for the project. Allen has been partnered with the project throughout its design process. Mercy Housing Northwest and Mary’s Place will help run the eight-story complex a block away from the Mount Baker Link light rail station. Half of the units are reserved for homeless families. The other half will be for low-income families of three.

A corn maze that has become an Oklahoma tradition around autumn is now honoring a legendary Oklahoman. P Bar Farms announced that it is honoring Oklahoma astronaut Thomas P. Stafford with their latest corn maze design. This year’s corn maze design spans across 10 acres with over 3.5 miles of twists and turns, and will include questions where you can test your space knowledge. In fact, this year’s maze was captured approximately 400 miles above the Earth from a satellite.

Google is allowing hundreds of companies to scan people’s Gmail accounts, read their emails and even share their data with other firms, the company has confirmed. In a letter to US senators Susan Molinari, Google’s vice president for public policy in the Americas admitted that it lets app developers access the inboxes of millions of users – even though Google itself stopped looking in 2017.

This summer’s statistics on electricity use and generation included a significant gem: Over the last 12 months, power generation from coal has dropped to a three-decade low. That was party-worthy news for the climate, for air quality, for folks who live near power plants, and for the natural gas industry, which is partly responsible for coal’s decline. Just days later, however, the Trump administration crashed the shindig, causing a major buzzkill.

A federal law now allows people to freeze and unfreeze their credit at credit bureaus for free. Before, it cost $3 to $12 a bureau in many states.

Talk to your grandparents about marijuana - before somebody else does. The latest release of a massive federal drug use survey shows monthly marijuana use has skyrocketed among older Americans. The past decade, in fact, has seen a sea change in the demographics of marijuana use: As recently as the early 2000s, teens were more than four times more likely to use marijuana than 50 and 60 somethings.

The first time John Turmel ran in an election, it was 1979 and his primary aim was to legalise gambling. While his door-knocking efforts earned him just 193 votes, the race marked the start of an obsession that would eventually launch the Canadian into the record books for having contested, and lost, the highest number of elections in the world.

The jokes include pot-shots at Soviet leaders both current and historic, and even one joke about Ronald Reagan that the president saw and found so funny that he began using it himself.

A man has been rescued from a ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two days after it overturned with the loss of at least 207 lives. The engineer, named locally as Alphonce Charahani, reportedly survived in an air pocket inside the MV Nyerere ferry, which capsized near Ukara island on its way from Bugorora on Thursday. He is said to be in a serious condition.

When the floodwaters from Hurricane Florence recede and rebuilding kicks into high gear, homeowners and businesses will face an additional burden as tariffs imposed by the Trump administration drive up the cost of construction materials.

A cache of Soviet jokes that was compiled by CIA agents during the Cold War has been released among a cache of declassified documents. All the jokes were told between Soviets but picked up by CIA operatives before being relayed back to Washington. The list was addressed to the Deputy Director of the CIA but it is believed to have been circulated among senior White House officials.

Kuo says that iPhone XS Max demand is "better than expected," with the 6.5-inch model outselling the iPhone XS by three to four times. He says the 256GB storage option is most popular, with the 512GB configuration subject to a "serious shortage" due to Samsung being the only reliable supplier.