Damage from the flooding was widespread, with the southeastern region of the state being hit the hardest. Walls of water came crashing into towns and small communities leaving ruin and heartbreak in their wake.

The justices voted 5-3 in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.

As results poured in, a picture emerged of a sharply divided nation.

A vote to leave the EU would destabilize the 28-nation trading bloc, created from the ashes of World War II to keep the peace in Europe. A "remain" vote would nonetheless leave Britain divided and the EU scrambling to reform.

The justices' one-sentence opinion on Thursday effectively kills the plan for the rest of Obama's presidency.

Pope Francis is making his first foray into the former Soviet Union with a weekend visit to Armenia, a year after he riled Turkey by declaring the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians genocide and amid fresh tensions with rival Azerbaijan.The Vatican has long cheered the Armenian cause,