Texas and Louisiana brace for more coastal flooding and damaging storm surge from Tropical Storm Beta.
Author: David Baratz, USA TODAY
Early season September snowstorm blankets Colorado
An early season winter storm in September brought more than five inches of snow to areas along Colorado’s front range.
Lookie loos: Tokyo installs transparent public toilets
Transparent public toilets in Tokyo feature smart glass which turns opaque when locked as part of a program to dispel public toilet misconceptions.
US Postal Service in the spotlight as demand rises for ‘vote by mail’ options
The success of the 2020 presidential election could come down to a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service.
Japan commemorates 75th anniversary of Nagasaki atomic bombing
Japan observed the 75th anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki, three days after a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Hiroshima commemorates 75th anniversary of atomic bomb attack
Japan marked 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima on Aug, 6, 2020, scaling back ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photos show aftermath of the Beirut blast
A massive explosion shook Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 wounding a number people and causing widespread damage.
Rep. John Lewis funeral honors civil rights icon
Former President Barack Obama will give the eulogy for Rep. John Lewis. Former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will attend the service.
Tensions high in Portland after reports of federal agents detaining protesters
Lawmakers and activists expressed outrage over reports that federal agents circulating in unmarked cars were detaining protesters in Portland, Ore.
See Comet Neowise before it’s gone for 6,800 years
The newly discovered Comet Neowise is streaking past Earth, providing a celestial nighttime show, for the first time in 6,800 years.