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Floodwaters recede in central Texas after days of severe rain

10/18/2018, 1:56:20 AM
Texas experienced days of severe flooding caused by heavy rain in central Texas. Flood waters finally began receding Wednesday. The aftermath of the flooding included two fatalities and a collapsed bridge. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann joined CBSN to provide updated details on the flooding.


Houses intact after Hurricane Michael were often saved by low-cost reinforcements

10/18/2018, 12:34:19 AM
Florida instituted a stricter building code after Hurricane Andrew, but homes built beyond those standards survived Michael. ✔ The group, which uses funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, puts the cost of bringing a house up to statewide standards at $9,200 ✔ And there was, of course, the incalculable savings in worry ✔ Julie Tate in Washington contributed to this report


West Coast quake warning system now operational, with limits

10/18/2018, 12:23:30 AM
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities but not for mass public notification, officials said Wednesday. "We're making a large change from a production prototype in pilot mode to an open-for-business operational mode," Doug Given, earthquake early warning coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey, told a press conference at the California Institute of Technology.


Fury as aid charities will receive £1million handout to help them root out sex pests

10/18/2018, 2:50:59 AM
OUTRAGE erupted last night after ministers announced taxpayers’ money will be spent helping charities identify sex pests. Aid Secretary Penny Mordaunt will unveil a new £1million package of support… ✔ Tory MP Andrew Bridgen blasted: Following the recent Aid sex scandals any Charity which is unable or unwilling of its own volition to put in place measures to protect the recipients of their aid from sexual abuse by their own staff , should not be in receipt of any taxpayers money and indeed should be shut down immediately


Honduran migrants defy Trump to continue long march north

10/18/2018, 1:49:16 AM
undefined ✔ On Monday, a large contingent of police on the Guatemalan border tried to turn them back, but after an hours-long standoff, the marchers prevailed and managed to reach Esquipulas ✔ In addition, 68 percent of Honduras' nine million population live in poverty, according to the UN


World Robot Summit gets underway in Tokyo

10/18/2018, 3:40:26 AM
World Robot Summit 2018 featuring competitions and an exposition kicked off in Tokyo on Wednesday. ✔ The five-day event aims to highlight a world where humans and robots can co-exist and cooperate ✔ The World Robot Expo, which features advanced robots and robotic technologies, provides a glimpse of robots working at present and in the future ✔ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next   >>| 1/12 Next


Xinjiang geopark to boost tourism

10/18/2018, 2:01:17 AM
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has officially opened its first global geopark, turning an abandoned mine area in Keketuohai into a sustainable tourism destination that will improve local living standards. ✔ Keketuohai was once a celebrated mine area in China, and rare metals were mined there for more than half a century ✔ The local government will introduce professional management and operation services, brand resources and technology to build a first-class global geopark and tourist attraction, which is set to offer visitors sightseeing opportunities, as well as provide scientific knowledge, said Sun Yujiang, deputy Party secretary of Fuyun county, which encompasses the park


Trump blames wildfires on California forest policy, threatens to withhold funds from state - Los Angeles Times

10/18/2018, 3:47:00 AM
Escalating his criticism of California’s fire management strategy, President Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold unspecified funding from the state. ✔ The real problem, he said, would be in the national forests, which are not under Cal Fire’s jurisdiction ✔ Critics say it also driving a U.S. Forest Service plan to allow commercial logging of healthy green pine trees for the first time in decades in the Los Padres National Forest north of Los Angeles, a strategy the agency says will reduce fire risk


Key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi case worked at Australian medical institute

10/18/2018, 2:22:34 AM
Salah Muhammad al-Tubaigy spent three months at the centre, where he observed autopsies ✔ A key suspect in the reported torture and murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked in Australia for three months at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, where he observed autopsies being performed ✔ Woodford said al-Tubaigy observed autopsies at the institute but was never involved in conducting any


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10/18/2018, 12:10:27 AM
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