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A slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee churned towards the Gulf Coast on Saturday bringing bands of heavy rain and strong wind gust that knocked out power to thousands of people in Louisiana and Mississippi. Lee is also dumping heavy rains on the southern parts of Mississippi and Alabama. It is reported that approximately 38,000 people in Louisiana had lost power at one point because of Tropical Storm Lee.

A major highway closed by a wildfire was reopened on Saturday but officials warned smoke or firefighting could bring fresh closures and motorists should avoid the immediate area.

Hundreds of firefighters battled to protect a community in the path of a wildfire raging out of control on Friday in a mountain pass outside Los Angeles that has already forced the evacuation of 1,500 homes.

Tropical Storm Lee stalls off the coast and drenches New Orleans while Hurricane Katia is still a mystery.

Tropical Storm Lee knocked out power early on Saturday for more than 38,000 customers, primarily in the New Orleans area, said a utility company that provides power for most of Louisiana.

The New Orleans region braced for Tropical Storm Lee on Saturday, with the morning marked by some evacuation orders, flooding and tornado warnings.

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Astronauts experience bone and muscle loss in the weightlessness of space, and now the first study of returning space travelers' eyes suggests that prolonged amounts of time in orbit can take a significant toll on vision, although the long-term effects aren't clear.

Firefighters on Saturday made progress in containing a fast-moving brush fire along Cajon Pass, which has spread to 1,200-acres. The fire closed Interstate 15 for parts of Friday and left some people in bumper-to-bumper traffic later on, but was flowing Saturday morning.

A medical report submitted this week argues that former French president Jacques Chirac is mentally unfit to face trial, his lawyers said on Saturday, two days before he is due to face charges of misusing public funds.

The three-day weekend is here and it's time for you do-it-yourselfers to get those long-awaited home projects done. The good news is, if you choose to get things done this weekend it is the perfect time because there are lots of sales going on.

Friday, the identity behind the wheels of Joe Senser's SUV involved in a hit-and-run was revealed.Amy Senser, Senser's wife, was driving when she hit and killed a pedestrian on Aug.23, Senser family's attorney Eric Nelson said.

After its long survival for 3.7 million years, the fossil of a species of wooly rhinoceros finally saw the light of day as it was uncovered in Tibet's Zanda Basin, a hotspot where scientists expect for most unexpected discoveries to come from.

It was Joe Senser's wife, Amy Senser, who was identified as the driver of the SUV that hit and killed a pedestrian last week, said Senser family's attorney on Friday.

A woman found hanged, bound and nude at the estate of a prominent pharmaceutical executive in July -- two days after the fatal fall of the executive's young son -- committed suicide, police said on Friday.

Scientists announced on Friday that a satellite orbiting Mars has discovered that a huge crater on the red planet was once a water-filled lake.

The death of a woman found hanged, bound and nude in July at the estate of a prominent pharmaceutical executive -- two days after the fatal fall of his young son -- was ruled a suicide, police said on Friday.

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Casey Anthony’s lawyer argued in a hearing on Friday against the repayment of $517,000 that was associated with her murder trial after the Orlando mother was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

A spaceship funded by Internet billionaire, Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, crashed during a test flight in West Texas.

Casey Anthony's lawyer on Friday accused prosecutors of being sour grapes because they are seeking to force his client to pay back $517,000 spent investigating the Caylee's disappearance.

Less than 24 hours after he scored an early release from an Arkansas minimum-security prison, federal agents remanded T.I. back into custody on Thursday because of an issue with his style of transportation to a halfway house in Atlanta.

Six years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans may need to brace for Tropical Storm Lee, which is inching northward up the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and is expected to creep upon the coast of southern Louisiana this weekend.

A major fire spanning more than 500 acres along Cajon Pass has led evacuation orders, closed down the Interstate 15, and created long delays for motorists who may want to head to Las Vegas over the Labor Day weekend. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of the nearby community of Oak Hills.

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A fast-moving brush fire along Cajon Pass has consumed about 500 acres, damaged one home and closed down Interstate 15, officials said on Friday.

A brush fire broke out in the middle of a major California interstate on Friday and spread to a nearby neighborhood, threatening homes and forcing the highway's closure.

Oakland will be hosting International Cannabis & Hemp Expo, the first marijuana street fair that will take place in the country ever since medicinal marijuana was legalized more than 15 years ago.

Tropical Depression 13 has now upgraded to Tropical Storm Lee and is threatening to bring heavy rainfall to the New Orleans areas over the Labor Day weekend, as bands of thunderstorms pass over the region in the next couple of days. Lee is located just 200 miles southeast of Cameron, La., and 210 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Lee is now packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving northwest at 2 mph.