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• White House renames Mount McKinley as Denali on eve of trip
• 'Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82
• Americans are 'cutting the cord'
• Walker says wall along Canadian border worth reviewing
• Sharper forecasts may help avert repeat of Katrina disaster
• Suspect in Houston officer shooting to appear in court Monday
• Two dead, massive outages after windstorm slams Washington state
• Hurricane Ignacio weakens as it moves closer to Hawaii
• Katrina anniversary brings tears, gratitude to tiny Mississippi town
• Fan dies after falling from upper deck at Turner Field
• Police investigate motive in ambush of Houston area deputy
• Republican Christie proposes tracking immigrants like FedEx packages

White House renames Mount McKinley as Denali on eve of trip Posted: 30 Aug 2015 04:26 PM PDT President Barack Obama will change the name of North America's tallest mountain peak from Mount McKinley to Denali, the White House said Sunday, a major symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of the president's historic visit to Alaska.

'Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82 Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:55 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — There was the blind man who had the disastrous experience of regaining his sight. The surgeon who developed a sudden passion for music after being struck by lightning. And most famously, the man who mistook his wife for a hat.

Americans are 'cutting the cord' Posted: 28 Aug 2015 01:12 PM PDT Dozens of apps, subscription services and devices can help you ditch your cable company without facing any FOMO. Cable companies are scrambling to catch up by building better bundles and providing more options to their consumers.

Walker says wall along Canadian border worth reviewing Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is putting a new twist on the topic of securing the border, a staple among the GOP candidates running for president, by pointing north.

Sharper forecasts may help avert repeat of Katrina disaster Posted: 30 Aug 2015 05:09 AM PDT By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - The science of predicting hurricanes has come a long way since Katrina caught New Orleans officials off guard 10 years ago. A range of technological advances, from a new generation of satellites to supercomputers and unmanned drones, promises more-accurate forecasts that would increase public officials' confidence in weather experts' advice. If authorities were quicker to heed warnings about the devastating potential of Katrina before it made landfall in Louisiana on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, some of the nearly 1,800 lives that were lost may have been saved, forecasters speculate.

Suspect in Houston officer shooting to appear in court Monday Posted: 30 Aug 2015 11:44 AM PDT The accused man, Shannon Miles, is scheduled to appear in Harris County District Court, records show. Miles is accused of shooting deputy Darren Goforth on Friday evening at a Houston gas station, sheriff's officials said. Goforth's wife, Kathleen, described her late husband as "an incredibly intricate blend of toughness and gentility" in a statement released to NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston.

Two dead, massive outages after windstorm slams Washington state Posted: 30 Aug 2015 08:34 AM PDT (Reuters) - A powerful windstorm toppled trees, killing two people in Washington state as work crews scrambled on Sunday to restore power to 450,000 customers, a TV report showed. A father driving with his three-year-old daughter in Gig Harbor, just west of Tacoma, was killed on Saturday when a tree fell on his car, KOMO 4 TV reported. Within two hours, a falling branch struck and killed a 10-year-old girl in Federal Way, just east of Tacoma, the television station reported. Gusting winds were blamed for massive power outages affecting as many as 450,000 customers. ...

Hurricane Ignacio weakens as it moves closer to Hawaii Posted: 30 Aug 2015 04:09 PM PDT KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Greg Colden, a farmer on Hawaii's Big Island, said he is most worried about the damage that more rain and sustained winds could do to the area as Hurricane Ignacio passes by this week.

Katrina anniversary brings tears, gratitude to tiny Mississippi town Posted: 29 Aug 2015 05:40 PM PDT While the narrative for New Orleans after a decade has become one of rebirth and renewal, the same cannot be said for small Pearlington, Miss., which saw just as much devastation. Many here acknowledge that Pearlington may physically never be the same. But townspeople say one unexpected positive note is that the unity required for recovery also broke a longstanding racial divide.

Fan dies after falling from upper deck at Turner Field Posted: 29 Aug 2015 08:17 PM PDT This is the second major incident involving a fan falling from the upper deck at Turner Field in the last three years.

Police investigate motive in ambush of Houston area deputy Posted: 30 Aug 2015 04:58 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — The man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a uniformed suburban Houston sheriff's deputy had a lengthy criminal record going back a decade, but never spent more than short stints in jail.

Republican Christie proposes tracking immigrants like FedEx packages Posted: 29 Aug 2015 04:31 PM PDT (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Saturday if he were elected president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages. Christie, who is well back in the pack seeking the Republican nomination for president, told a campaign event in the early voting state of New Hampshire that he would ask FedEx Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith to devise the tracking system. Immigration has become a top issue in the Republican campaign, with front-runner Donald Trump vowing to deport all of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants and to build a wall along the southern border.

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