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Ex-UN climate chief faces trial in India for sexual offenses
New Delhi, Sep 15 (AP/UNB) — An Indian court has ruled there is enough evidence to send former U.N. climate chief Rajendra Pachauri to trial on charges of stalking and sexual harassment in a case filed by a former female colleague in New Delhi.
Hurricane Florence: 5 confirmed deaths linked to storm
Virginia, Sept 15 (UNB) – Weather forecasters warn of the risk of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of North and South Carolina, and Virginia, from storm Florence, reports BBC.
Man arrested in connection with missing girl
Anchorage, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — Authorities have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl whose body was discovered near her hometown.
Toxic waste sites in Florence's path under close watch
North Carolina, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) – As Tropical Storm Florence spins inland, environmental regulators are monitoring more than three dozen toxic waste sites in the storm's path, as well as scores of low-lying water- and sewage-treatment plants at risk of flooding.
Trump claims Maria death toll rose 'like magic'
Washington, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is circling back to his claim that the death toll from Hurricane Maria last year was inflated and says the number rose to 3,000 "like magic."
North Carolina city gets 23 inches of rain
Wilmington, Sept 14 (AP/UNB) — One city in North Carolina has picked up more than 23 inches (58 centimeters) of rain in two days from Tropical Storm Florence.
Report: Most dams in Hawaii have 'high hazard potential'
Honolulu, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — The vast majority of Hawaii's state-regulated dams are considered to have "high hazard potential," according to a 2017 infrastructure report by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
San Francisco statue that some call racist is removed
San Francisco, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — A 19th century statue near San Francisco's City Hall that some said is racist and demeaning to indigenous people was removed early Friday.
US says ex-nuke site won't open to public, then says it will
Denver, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it will go ahead with plans to open a wildlife refuge at the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado, after briefly putting the opening on hold amid concerns about public safety.
Couple accused of abusing, imprisoning kids to stand trial
Lansing, Sept 15 (AP/UNB) — A Michigan couple will stand trial on accusations their five children were punished with whippings and confinement in a dark, locked bedroom described by one officer as a "dungeon."