All About: Hurricane Florence, Nick Carter, Elizabeth Smart

Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday they would not charge Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter over a 2003 sexual assault accusation because it fell outside the California statute of limitations.

Trump promises all-out response to Hurricane Florence

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the federal government would spare no expense in responding to the likely damage from Hurricane Florence, which is forecast to slam the Carolina coast later this week. "Any amounts of money, whatever it takes, we're going to do it," Trump told reporters at the White House as he met with top aides and federal disaster officials.

New Hampshire swing district a fresh test for women's rise in U.S.

New Hampshire voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to pick candidates for a congressional seat that in this decade has flipped four times between the two major parties - and the same two people - in the latest test of the rising appeal of women nominees. Eleven Democrats, including three women, and six Republican men are seeking the seat that will open when Democratic U.S. Representative Carol Shea-Porter retires in January. Democrats can ill-afford to lose the spot as they head into November's election looking to gain 23 seats needed to take a majority in the House of Representatives and serve as a check on Republican President Donald Trump's agenda.

'Monster' Hurricane Florence to pound U.S. Southeast for days

Powerful Hurricane Florence grew larger on Tuesday and is expected to bring days of rain, deadly flooding and power outages lasting weeks after it slams into the U.S. Southeast coast later this week. Winds and massive waves will pound coastal North and South Carolina when Florence makes landfall on Friday, and its rains will take a heavy toll for miles inland, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned.

Backstreet Boys' singer Nick Carter will not be charged in sex case

Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday they would not charge Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter over a 2003 sexual assault accusation because it fell outside the California statute of limitations. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office said it had reviewed the accusation by a woman who was 18 years old at the time but said the statute of limitations had expired in 2013.

Utah woman who helped abduct 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart to be released

A street preacher's wife who helped abduct 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will walk out of a Utah prison next week after serving 15 years for her part in a kidnapping that focused national attention on the issue of crime against children. Smart was taken at knifepoint from the bed she shared with her younger sister. Nine months later, a passerby spotted her walking down the street with her two captors and notified police.

Supreme Court nominee emails reignite Democratic query on past testimony

A Democratic senator on Tuesday raised new questions about whether U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has accurately described his role in a controversial judicial nomination when he worked for then-President George W. Bush. Emails previously withheld as "committee confidential" but released by the office of Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, suggest that Kavanaugh, a White House lawyer at the time, cast light on his involvement in the nomination of William Haynes, a controversial Department of Defense lawyer, for an appeals court position.

Trump cites 'American defiance' in 9/11 tribute to victims

President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised the men and women of United Flight 93 for saving countless lives when they struggled with hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001, and called the field where the plane went down a monument to "American defiance." Commemorating the 17th anniversary of the attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and struck the Pentagon outside Washington, Trump said the nation shared the grief of the family members whose loved ones were lost that day.

U.S. forecasters say flooding possible this week along Texas coast

A tropical storm may form off the Texas Gulf Coast by Friday, bringing heavy rains to areas already drenched in the past few weeks, U.S. government and private forecasters said on Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said a tropical wave on the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico had a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone within five days.

Gunman opens fire at Los Angeles-area hospital; no injuries

A gunman opened fire on Tuesday at a Los Angeles-area hospital, causing police to evacuate two buildings and shut down surrounding streets before arresting a suspect, but there were no reports of injury. Police did not identify the suspect in the shooting that took place shortly before midday at Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center in Downey, some 15 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, and did not discuss a motive for the gunfire.

Trump wins dismissal of 'inciting to riot' lawsuit over 2016 rally

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday won dismissal of a lawsuit in which three protesters accused him of "inciting to riot," after they were roughed up at a March 2016 campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky during Trump's White House run. By a 3-0 vote, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the protesters did not state a valid claim under Kentucky law against Trump or his campaign, and Trump's speech was protected by the First Amendment because he did not specifically advocate violence.