$2 million in preservation grants aim to highlight diversity

Twenty sites that show the country's diversity and the fight for equality are vying for $2 million in preservation grant funding
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Southern California-Las Vegas train back on track after sale

A plan to build a high-speed train between Southern California and Las Vegas is back on track now that a private rail company has taken over the project
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WHAT'S HAPPENING: Rain, floods still in Florence's forecast

The forecast for Florence has not changed, unfortunately: It's still raining, and rivers are still rising
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Before and after a storm, the supply stores are critical

Before and after a hurricane, Ace is the place. And Home Depot and Lowe's. And many other building supply and hardware outlets.
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The Latest: Florence forecast to bring on new river flooding

National Hurricane Center: Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Florence are producing flash flooding, major river flooding in southeastern parts of North Carolina
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The Latest: Record flooding expected on Cape Fear River

Record flooding expected on North Carolina's Cape Fear River in coming weeks after persistent heavy rains from Florence
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Florence pours on the rain amid fears of catastrophic floods

Florence pours on the rain as fears of catastrophic river flooding rise in the Carolinas with storm barely moving
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The Latest: Utility: Slope collapses at coal ash landfill

Duke Energy says heavy rains from Florence have caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station outside Wilmington, North Carolina
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Death toll rises to 11 as Florence pours on the rain

The death toll from Hurricane Florence has risen to seven in North and South Carolina
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The Latest: Authorities say overall death toll rises to 11

Authorities say three more people have died in North Carolina as a result of Florence, bringing overall death toll to 11
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Death toll rises to 8 as Florence pours on the rain

The death toll from Hurricane Florence has risen to seven in North and South Carolina
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The Latest: Florence barely crawling across South Carolina

All storm surge warnings have been discontinued as Tropical Florence is slowly plodding inland
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The Latest: Outer Banks spared the worst of Florence

Many residents who evacuated North Carolina's Outer Banks ahead of Hurricane Florence are making their way back onto the barrier islands, which were spared from
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The Latest: Mandatory evacuation for Cape Fear River

A mandatory evacuation order has been put in place for anyone who lives within a mile of the banks of North Carolina's Cape Fear River and Little River
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The Latest: Storm causes first fatality in South Carolina

Officials in South Carolina are reporting the state's first fatality due to Florence, bringing the storm's overall death toll to at least five
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The Latest: Storm forces road closures in North Carolina

Portions of eastern North Carolina's two interstates are closed because of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Florence's torrential rains and may not re-open bef
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The Latest: Virginia-based Navy ships return to port

The Navy says almost 30 Virginia-based ships and 128 aircraft sent away from their bases in the Hampton Roads-area because of now-Tropical Storm Florence have b
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Florence pours on the rain in the Carolinas, swelling rivers

Emergency workers in the Carolinas are going door to door urging people to flee Florence's rising floodwaters and rescuers are using boats to pluck others from
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The Latest: Florence weakens; flooding still a major threat

Tropical Storm Florence continues to weaken as it dumps dangerous amounts of rain across the Carolinas
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The Latest: Hundreds rescued amid Hurricane Florence

Swift-water rescue teams are assisting residents of one historic North Carolina community swamped by Hurricane Florence
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4 dead as Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

Four deaths have been blamed on Hurricane Florence as the storm pushes its way across the Carolinas with heavy rain and the potential for epic flooding
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The Latest: Florence downgraded to tropical storm

Forecasters say Florence is now a tropical storm but will continue to threaten North and South Carolina with powerful winds and catastrophic freshwater flooding
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The Latest: Hurricane Florence claims 2 lives

A mother and infant in North Carolina are dead after a tree fell on their home - the first two fatalities of Hurricane Florence
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'Uninvited brute': Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

Hurricane Florence's top winds make it just a Category 1 storm _ but its biggest threat comes from heavy rainfall
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The Latest: North Carolina flooding to get worse

A weakening Hurricane Florence is almost at a standstill over southeastern North Carolina
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The Latest: Florence grounds more than 2,100 flights

Flights are grounded at several airports in the Southeast as Hurricane Florence barges through the region
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The Latest: Feds suspend immigration arrests in hurricane

U.S. immigration officials say they won't do any active enforcement during evacuations or in shelters during Hurricane Florence
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The Latest: NC governor says Florence 'wreaking havoc'

North Carolina officials say parts of the state could experience a once-in-a-millennia flood as Hurricane Florence dumps rain for days to come
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The Latest: NC TV station evacuates newsroom in flooded city

Rising water forced a North Carolina TV station to evacuate its newsroom in the middle of Hurricane Florence coverage
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The Latest: Rivers rise from rain and storm surge

Rivers are rising on the north side of Hurricane Florence as the storm swirls counter-clockwise, pushing a surge of ocean water far in from the coast
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The Latest: Florence's eye moves offshore toward S. Carolina

Forecasters say the eye of Hurricane Florence is wobbling slowly southwestward just off the coast of southeastern North Carolina, near the border with South Car
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The Latest: 400,000 lose power, many flooded by Florence

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Florence has finally made landfall near Wrightsville, North Carolina
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