More than 1 million customers are without electricity in Southern states on Thursday in the wake of devastating storms with tornadoes which have officially killed 305 people, mostly in Alabama.
Tornadoes and thunderstorms, termed catastrophic by U.S. President Barack Obama, that swept across the southern United States the past few days, left a trail of death and destruction - properties worth millions of dollars were damaged, nearly 300 people are dead and hundreds of thousands injured.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has shut down its undamaged Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in northern Alabama, cooling its reactors after power transmission lines into the plant were knocked out by severe storms in the state.
Alabama officials have declared an emergency at a nuclear power plant in the northern part of the state and have started shutting it down in the aftermath of severe storms and tornadoes that have pounded the state.
Alabama's state emergency management agency said Thursday that it had confirmed 128 deaths from severe and deadly storms which have included tornados and ravaged Southern states in recent days.
American Pharmacies, a member-owned independent pharmacy cooperative based in Texas, is taking on Humana and Walmart via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for discriminating against some pharmacies in Humana’s new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP).
The National Weather Service predicted severe thunderstorms and chances of tornadoes across six southern states Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday, as severe weather continues to impact the region.
International Business Times spoke to Dilshod Achilov, a professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, Tenn., to discuss Turkey’s evolving role in the Middle East, how it is handling the revolutions in the Arab world and its chances for accession into the EU.
A pair of air traffic controllers have been fired and officials are probing a Monday landing incident involving First Lady Michelle Obama, as weeks of embarrassing sleeping incidents and procedural gaffes have prompted a top-to-bottom review of federal air traffic controller training.
As the search for the missing Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo goes on, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and other law enforcement agencies is seeking public assistance in finding the 20-year old girl.
National Weather Service has predicted strong tornadoes and large hail may develop over parts of the south today through tonight and areas most likely will affect include Mississippi and Alabama.
Holly Bobo, a 20-year old nursing student who was abducted in a home invasion Wednesday, has been dragged in to the woods by a camouflaged person.
The French government has officially started enforcing a ban on the wearing of veils. The new law has enraged some Muslim groups who claim they are being “stigmatized,” while supporters of the ban say it is needed to better integrate foreign immigrants into the broader society.
The tiny nation of Lebanon, squeezed between Syria to the east and Israel to the south remains untouched by the spirit of revolution sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa.
I have noticed that the vast majority of people protesting in the streets of these strife-torn countries in the Arab world appear to be well-fed, well-clothed, with many carrying cell phones, riding on motorbikes, driving cars, etc.
A professor from the University of Tennessee analyzed the economic impact of the loss of bats in North America in agriculture and found it to be roughly $22.9 billion a year, with the extremes ranging as low as $3.7 and $53 billion a year.
A University of Cambridge scholar has released a happiness map of countries, based on a study of tweets made by citizens on the popular social media platform Twitter; Germany emerges at the top of the table.
International Business Times spoke to Dilshod Achilov, a professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, Tenn., for his thoughts on Syria.
Brown-Forman Corp. has authorized its Board to repurchase up to $250 million of its outstanding Class A and Class B common shares through November 30, 2011.
As the western powers and some of their allies in the Middle East impose a no-fly zone over Libya in an effort to protect civilians from Moammar Gaddafi’s armies, many questions have been raised about the campaign and its long-term implications.
The beleaguered head coach is fired after a tumultuous season
The Tennessee Volunteers face the Michigan Wolverines from Charlotte in the Second Round