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NORFOLK, Va. >> Hermine continued Monday to twist hundreds of miles off shore in the Atlantic Ocean and was expected to keep swimmers and surfers out of beach waters because of its dangerous waves and rip currents on the last day of the long holiday weekend. “We’re not looking at a landfall,” said Deis Feltgen of the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, adding Hermine is just sitting and pushing the water up along the coast making storm surge a great conce. It was expected to stall over the water before weakening again. Goveors all along the Easte Seaboard aounced emergency preparations. A tropical storm waing was in effect from New York’s Long Island to Massachusetts. Tropical storm-...

DEKLE BEACH, Fla. >> Tropical Storm Hermine was intensifying Saturday as it moved slowly up the Atlantic Coast with heavy rains, wind and storm surges making a mess of the holiday. Hermine (her-MEEN) already caused 2 deaths, damaged homes and businesses and left hundreds of thousands without electricity from Florida to Virginia. “This is not a beach weekend for anyone in the Mid-Atlantic to the northeast,” said Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. At 2 p.m. Saturday, Hermine was centered 90 miles east of Duck, North Carolina, with top sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), moving east at 10 mph (17 kph). Tropical Storm Waings were in effect as fa...

WILMINGTON, N.C. >> Donald Trump said Tuesday that Second Amendment advocates might find a way to stop Hillary Clinton from rolling back gun rights if she’s elected, setting off a political firestorm as Democrats quickly accused him of encouraging violence against his opponent. Speaking at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, the Republican nominee said incorrectly his general election opponent wants to “abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment.” He continued: “By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.” Trump did not elaborate on his meaning. But within minutes, Clinton’s campaign and ...

PHOENIX — Storms hit areas of the Southwest again on Wednesday, but with less intensity than a day earlier when monsoon rains swamped the desert region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Forecasters waed of the potential of more flooding in six states — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Califoia, particularly in washes and streams. Rain fell in the Four Coers region but there were no reports of flooding or mudslides. More intense monsoon rain was expected in that area through Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Flood watches in effect covered large swaths of desert and forests and cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson and Albuq...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — DC and Marvel went head-to-head at Comic-Con Inteational as the two comic book giants revealed plans and footage from upcoming films Saturday. Marvel Entertainment went heavy on the aouncements while Waer Bros. Pictures showered fans with trailers for their upcoming films including those in the DC Comics universe. While WB released their footage to the public immediately after revealing it at their Hall H panel, Marvel held back on sharing some of theirs, keeping it exclusive to the fans at the San Diego Convention Center. Marvel Studios might have taken a year off from Comic-Con, but it came back with a pow Saturday with a star-filled presentation offering exclusive looks ...

WASHINGTON >> When he pays tribute to fallen police officers in Dallas on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be aiming to comfort the mouing and calm the angry. After a week of rising racial tensions in a restless summer, Obama will step into a storm of strong emotions about race, justice, policing and guns in America. Defusing those tensions will take a deft hand and carefully chosen words, navigating between the opposing pressures of protesters and police, blacks and whites, Republican and Democrats. For Obama, it’s a task he’s attempted throughout his presidency — with mixed results. He has had to address the nation after violence with exhausting frequency. In speeches in Tucson,...

Gilbert Raul Rubio, convicted in 1998 of murdering a Long Beach man and Downey high school teacher, was found dead Thursday in his cell at San Quentin, jail officials said. Rubio, 55, faced execution for the 1998 robbery and murder of George Blackwell, a 46-year-old vice principal at Downey’s Warren High School, who was shot several times in his Long Beach home. Jail officials said Rubio was found unresponsive in his solely-occupied cell during a security check at 6 a.m. A cause of death will be determined by the Marin County Coroner. Rubio was sentenced to death on Sept. 20, 2000, by a Los Angeles County jury after being convicted of first-degree murder with the use of a firearm with the s...

Gilbert Raul Rubio, convicted in 1998 of murdering a Long Beach man and Downey high school teacher, was found dead Thursday in his cell at San Quentin, jail officials said. Rubio, 55, faced execution for the 1998 robbery and murder of George Blackwell, a 46-year-old vice principal at Downey’s Warren High School, who was shot several times in his Long Beach home. Jail officials said Rubio was found unresponsive in his solely-occupied cell during a security check at 6 a.m. A cause of death will be determined by the Marin County Coroner. Rubio was sentenced to death on Sept. 20, 2000, by a Los Angeles County jury after being convicted of first-degree murder with the use of a firearm with the s...

Gilbert Raul Rubio, convicted in 1998 of murdering a Long Beach man and Downey high school teacher, was found dead Thursday in his cell at San Quentin, jail officials said. Rubio, 55, faced execution for the 1998 robbery and murder of George Blackwell, a 46-year-old vice principal at Downey’s Warren High School, who was shot several times in his Long Beach home. Jail officials said Rubio was found unresponsive in his solely-occupied cell during a security check at 6 a.m. A cause of death will be determined by the Marin County Coroner. Rubio was sentenced to death on Sept. 20, 2000, by a Los Angeles County jury after being convicted of first-degree murder with the use of a firearm with the s...