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Im andrea roane. President trumps candidate though continues to fill out the senate has confirmed South Carolina congressman Mick Mulvaney as budget chief and confirmation hearings for neil gorsuch are set to begin march 20th. Meanwhile the president is promising to ferret out low lying leakers whove been reportedly providing information to the media. As Craig Boswell reports, democrats say the bigger problem is what flynn did. Not how the country found out about it. Reporter were going to find ...

John berman has this monday off. Lets start in nepal where there is untold devastation from saturdays huge 7. 8 earthquake and the ongoing aftershocks. The latest government figures put the death toll at 3,482. Another 6,500 injured. The number of casualties is sure to rise once their are counted in the remote countryside. The frequent aftershocks threaten to topple more buildings. Terrified residents are sleeping in the streets in tent cities this morning. Standing by live in kathmandu is suma ...

Touched down near jackson, mississippi. Joining me on the phone Eric Carpenter lead forecaster for the National Weather service in jackson. How does it look . What can you tell us . Weve got several severe storms moving across central mississippi today. And weve had reports of possible tornadic damage. The most significant damage right now seems to be near rose hill where we have reports of mobile homes destroyed and significant structural damage. We also have reports of damage near mt. Olive as...

For now, marijuana use remains subject to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and veterans are still not able to obtain the drug from Department of Veterans Affairs doctors.

Speed cushions look like rectangular pads. On asphalt streets in Pasadena, asphalt itself is used to make them. On concrete streets, rubber ones are bolted on.

Assistant City Manager Rickelle Williams was appointed Wednesday at a contentious City Commission meeting.

Storms will be impacting parts of Mississippi this afternoon from the West and move across the state into Tuesday morning.

A call for more sand grows as the Orange County Transportation Authority grapples with addressing damage to tracks along eroding beaches and unstable cliffs.

Residents pick sides in what to do about an influx of storage, gas station, car wash and other businesses.

From the February 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.