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Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida

The day after Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana, Delaney Nolan spent hours biking around New Orleans, handing out money to people who needed to pay for supplies or for the hotel rooms where they’d taken shelter. Once the cash ran out — banks were closed, and ATMs were empty or no… Read More

Stunned Northeast digs out from Hurricane Ida — 25+ dead

A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers, tornado damage, and continuing calls for rescue Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, filling low-lying apartments with water and turning roads into car-swallowing canals. In a region that had been warned… Read More

Al Capone’s former South Florida home slated for demolition

The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans. The Miami Herald reported Thursday that the new owners of the nine-bedroom, Miami Beach house plan to demolish it after buying it for $10.75 million this summer. Urgent: Common prescription… Read More

Ida recovery uneven across Louisiana

The power outages after Hurricane Ida are making the sweltering summer unbearable in much of New Orleans. But that misery is compounded in some areas outside the city by a lack of water, flooded neighborhoods and severely damaged homes. Four days after the Ida struck, the storm’s lingering effects were… Read More

Kamala Harris sounding alarm bells, leaves Dems scrambling

Voters from the City of Philadelphia and from suburban Bucks County, Pa. — two Democratic strongholds that were critical to President Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral college — were recently interviewed by The Los Angeles Times about the current administration. And it’s big trouble for top Democrats. Voters were… Read More

Biden admin: We may provide bombs for Taliban

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it’s “possible” the Biden administration will seek to coordinate bombing attacks with the Taliban on strikes in Afghanistan against mutual enemies. Milley did not elaborate, and his comment Wednesday did not appear to suggest immediate plans to work… Read More

[Insane videos] New York smashed by deadly Hurricane Ida

The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City, with at least nine deaths linked to flooding in the region as basement apartments suddenly filled with water and freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars. Water poured into subways tunnels as catastrophic flooding, which scientists have… Read More

Judge conditionally approves settlement with OxyContin manufacturer

A federal bankruptcy judge gave conditional approval Wednesday to a sweeping settlement that will remove the Sackler family from ownership of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and devote potentially $10 billion to fighting the opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the past two decades. If it withstands appeals,… Read More

After years of drought, the U.S. Southwest experiences monsoon flooding

After two bone-dry years that sank the U.S. Southwest deeper into drought, this summer’s rainy season unleashed with fury. Monsoon storms have brought spectacular lightning shows, bounties of wildflowers and mushrooms, and record rainfall to the region’s deserts. They’ve also brought destruction, flooding streets and homes, and leading to some… Read More