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Tropical storm Nanmadol headed for China on Monday, losing strength after drenching southern and eastern Taiwan, forcing evacuations, shutting businesses and disrupting transport, but causing no major damage or casualties.

Stetson Kennedy, who managed to infiltrate the highly secretive Ku Klux Klan 60 years ago and expose its workings and secrets, died on Saturday. He was 94 and had been in hospice care at a hospital near St. Augustine, Fla.

Astronomers have discovered the densest extrasolar planet made up of diamonds, lying 4000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Serpens (the Snake).

A photograph uploaded on Facebook of a white South African man posing like a hunter near an apparently lifeless body of a black child has created a furore as South African police try track him down.

Hurricane Irene's impact on New York City proved not as severe as feared, since winds did not reach hurricane force, above 74 mph.

Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan on Sunday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to millions.

Hurricane Irene surged through New York City on Sunday flooding waterfronts and low-lying areas, but America's most populous city avoided the mass devastation some had feared.Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday morning and was headed next to pass over parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Four woman have pleaded guilty for disfiguring a Banning Peach Queen beauty pageant winner in 2008, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

In Washington, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials said it would take several days to begin complete cost estimates of damage caused by the storm, and to determine how long it will take be before transportation systems in the East Coast Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Washington corridor will be back to full service.

Hurricane Irene had weakened to a tropical storm when it made landfall in New York City, with winds of 65 miles per hour. But further south, states were not so lucky. Power is out in many places and transportation is still hampered across much of the East Coast, and with major airport hubs downed, the ripple is affecting most of the world. Now focus turns to restoration and recovery as the weekend rolls in the business week. Join IBT staff as we live blog the recovery efforts and continued devel...

Even as rains and wind from Hurricane Irene's path began to lash the coast of North Carolina Friday, much of the Eastern seaboard braced for the massive storm as it targeted such major cities as New York and Boston Sunday morning.

Hurricane Irene had weakened to a tropical storm when it made landfall in New York City, with winds of 65 miles per hour. But further south, states were not so lucky. Power is out in many places and transportation is still hampered across much of the East Coast, and with major airport hubs downed, the ripple is affecting most of the world. Now focus turns to restoration and recovery as the weekend rolls in the business week. Join IBT staff as we live blog the recovery efforts and continued devel...

Hurricane Irene roared in to Connecticut as a tropical storm Sunday, killing at least 1 person and leaving about 500,000 homes without power. Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy urged Connecticut's resident to remain at home and not travel, as dozens if not hundreds of downed power lines, trees, and other road hazards exist.

Hurricane Irene caused a landfall in East Coast as hurricane-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and widespread power outages wrecked havoc.

Hurricane Irene attacks New York Sunday morning, whipping in the east coast with its scary wrath--powerful swirl of wind, heavy rain and strong wave.

Hurricane Irene downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday, making landfall in Coney Island, N.Y., sending sea water running across boardwalk and down some low-lying streets in Manhattan and other boroughs, as well as power outages.

While Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday morning, it hit New York City and New Jersey with wind, rain and flooding waters.

Hurricane Irene swept along the New Jersey shore early on Sunday, knocking down trees, flooding streets and leaving thousands of people without electrical power.Reports from the National Weather Service suggested that Irene fell short of the most dire predictions that it could drop up to a foot of rain and pack 75 mile per hour winds.

President Barack Obama declared August 26 -- the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote -- Women's Equality Day in a proclamation on Thursday.

Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 3.3 million homes and businesses along the U.S. East Coast, forced two nuclear plants to shut and idled oil ports and refining as it approached New York City early on Sunday.

Hurricane Irene battered New York with heavy winds and driving rain on Sunday, knocking out power and flooding some of Lower Manhattan's deserted streets even as it lost some of its power.

Hurricane Irene battered New York with heavy winds and driving rain on Sunday, shutting down the U.S. financial capital and most populous city, halting mass transit and causing massive power blackouts as it churned slowly northward along the eastern seaboard.

A 10-year-old Texas boy died of dehydration after his father and stepmother denied him water over a period of five days as a punishment for wetting bed, Texas police said on Friday.

Hurricane Irene battered New York with ferocious winds and driving rain on Sunday, shutting down the U.S. financial capital and most populous city, halting mass transit and causing massive power blackouts as it churned slowly northward along the eastern seaboard.

Brazilian scientists on Thursday discovered a gigantic underground river thousands of feet below the world's second longest Amazon River.

A 10-year-old Texas boy died of dehydration last month after his father and step mother kept water away from him for five days as a punishment for wetting his beds, Texas police said on Friday.

Hurricane Irene could end up shutting down New York City for days. The city's subway and mass transit system closed at noon on Saturday, and ahead of Irene's arrival Mayor Michael Bloomberg said subways weren't likely to be reopened on Monday. Without a functioning subway system, New York would remain at a virtually standstill.

Hurricane Irene began to pummel Virginia on Saturday night -- killing three and leaving millions without power -- yet Virginia's governor warned the worst is still to come.

U.S. airline, rail and transit systems in New York and other eastern cities initiated sweeping weekend shutdowns and slowdowns on Saturday as Hurricane Irene bore down on the region.