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Want to help after Harvey? A guide to donations
The recovery from Harvey will be long and expensive. Want to help? Local and national charities are asking for donations after the storm slammed Texas and Louisiana, leaving countless residents — and pets — displaced from their homes. While the urge to donate clothes and other supplies is natural, money is the best way to contribute during times of disaster, charities and philanthropy experts say. And donating directly through a website gets money to a charity faster than a text donation, even though the text might seem easier. Here’s how Read More
Russian theater director who irked establishment given house arrest
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A theater director whose edgy work angered traditionalists in the Russian establishment was placed under house arrest on Wednesday in a fraud case his supporters say is part of a government crackdown on artistic freedoms. Ignoring character witness statements in his favor from high-profile figures in the arts world and an offer from one to pay any amount of bail, a Moscow court ruled award-winning director Kirill Serebrennikov should be placed under house arrest until Oct. 19 ahead of his trial on embezzlement charges. The director, who
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