Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching basketball and volleyball games.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin electric generator manufacturer has employees working the weekend to ensure a steady flow of products to the East Coast where Hurricane Irene is bearing down. Forklifts are humming and trucks are on the move ...
By ALEX KENNEDY Associated Press Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices climbed toward $79 a barrel Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ida threatened oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Benchmark crude for December delivery was up $1.32 to $78.75 ...
Emily Wagster Pettus AP Writer Jackson, MS — On the morning the Walmart reopened last week in Pass Christian, rain canceled a small parade Mayor Chipper McDermott had planned, so folks stood inside the store and handed out gaudy Mardi ...
Cain Burdeau AP Writer Caminada Headland, LA — One of the nation’s most important economic assets — the booming oil hub called Port Fourchon — is turning into a sitting duck for hurricanes as the beach that protects it from ...
Alan Sayre AP Business Writer New Orleans (AP) — A deal approved this week to fill up an empty skyscraper and keep the city’s pro football team raises the bill of taxpayer-paid-for redevelopment projects in downtown New Orleans to $300 ...
Lisa Orkin Emmanuel AP Writer Miami — The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full. Officials on Tuesday ...