A motorist shot during an altercation with police on a Hurricane Matthew evacuation route in South Carolina has died.

USA: New Orleans police are investigating an armed robbery in which the assailant walked away with only 35 cents. Two men, aged 33 and 29, were robbed by a man armed with a semi-automatic gun in the city’s Carrollton area.

Two young Middle Eastern men arrested in South Carolina near a navy base after police found a suspicious item in their car were charged today with possession of an incendiary device, authorities said.