The powerful Typhoon Nesat that forced about 300,000 people to evacuate an island in southern China appeared to be sweeping away from the country toward Vietnam Friday.
Research in Motion rebuffed speculation that it was following HP's footsteps in abandoning its poor performing Playbook tablet, but the move highlights its difficulties penetrating Apple's dominant market position.
The storm has already caused significant damage in the Philippines –killing at least 39 people and rendering another 45 missing -- and also shut down activity on Hong Kong.
Tropical Storm Ophelia is expected to become a hurricane late Friday as it heads on its projected path toward Bermuda an on to Newfoundland, Canada.
Pending sales of existing homes fell in August to their lowest level in four months as Hurricane Irene held back sales in the Northeast, data from a real estate trade group showed on Thursday.
Two economic reports released Thursday may give encouragement to the U.S. stock market's bull, or those who calculate the market is headed higher -- initial jobless claims plunged 37,000 to 391,000 last week and U.S. GDP in second quarter was revised slightly higher, to 1.3 percent from 1.0 percent.
Typhoon Nesat, known as Typhoon Pedring to locals when it hit the Philippines earlier in the week, has reached China. Markets and schools were shut in Hong Kong and the storm is moving across the coast to the Hainan Province.
Typhoon Nesat hit Hainan Island in South China on Thursday after it had struck Hong Kong forcing markets, schools and businesses to close in one of Asia's most important financial centers.
Scientists warn that change in solar activity will increase space radiation that could be hazardous to astronauts and airline passengers in the near future.
As the recovery process in the Philippines continues on Wednesday from deadly Typhoon Nesat, forecasters are warning that another new storm is headed toward the Philippines.
Residents of the Philippines' capital city, Manila, began cleaning up after Typhoon Nesat brought widespread flooding that killed 21 people and left over two dozen missing.
Tropical Storm Ophelia reformed in the Atlantic, joining Tropical Storm Philippe. Here's a look at their projected paths.
Typhoon Nesat's path drove it off of the Philippines and into the South China Sea on Wednesday, but many parts of the country are still unsafe.
Another haboob, or dust storm, swept across Arizona Tuesday afternoon near Phoenix, causing a multi-car accident on Interstate 10 that injured a dozen people. The dust storm prevented highway patrol officers from clearing the car crash that blocked eastbound lanes on I-10 near Picacho Park for several hours.
Michael Jackson was beleaguered by the pressures of his comeback tour, which forced him to take a desperate action leading to his death, a Los Angeles court was told on the first day of his doctor's homicide trial.
The strong solar storm that reached the Earth on Monday has shrouded our planet with cosmic rays and high-energy particles that can prove to be hazardous to astronauts and airline passengers in coming days, space scientists have warned.
Images of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital and rehearsing the day before his death, along with recollections of the singer as a troubled lost boy, made for a heart-wrenching opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.
The first day in the trial of Conrad Murray, doctor to Michael Jackson, for the King of Pop's June 2009 death, began Tuesday, showcasing a shocking photo of Jackson's dead body and a recording of his voice in a drug-induced slur.
Grim photos of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital bed juxtaposed with a picture of the Thriller singer rehearsing the day before his demise brought an emotional opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.
Typhoon Nesat killed at least 16 people when it made landfall in the Philippines Tuesday morning, and at least eight more were missing.
A gigantic solar flare that erupted Saturday just won't quit and is forecasted to continue to dazzle sky watchers in Asia and Europe with aurora light shows Tuesday evening.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia look to reform over the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Philippe churns in the open Atlantic.
