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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

               

Houston furniture store owner opens stores to Harvey victims: Part 2 Video

Transcript for Houston furniture store owner opens stores to Harvey victims shelters across Houston. Stadiums, convention centers, churches embracing the suddenly homeless, and one man opened the doors to his store. An act of generosity that made perfect sense. Ab’s Matt Gutman is inside that story. Matt? Reporter: What could be a softer crash pad than a furniture store that has model bedrooms? Not every store would be happy with evacuees sprawling all over thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, but not everybody is mattress Mack. Reporter: This is Jim Read More

               

New Uber CEO promises change, sees IPO in 18-36 months

SAN FRANCISCO/GEORGETOWN, Del. (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi told employees on Wednesday the ride-services company would change its culture and may go public in 18 to 36 months. Khosrowshahi, who led travel-booking site Expedia Inc for 12 years, made the remarks as he introduced himself to Uber’s workforce on Wednesday during an all-staff meeting at its San Francisco headquarters. His plans include rebuilding Uber’s culture and growing market share as well as possibly conducting an initial public offering in 18 to 36 months, according to Read More

               

Houston mayor defends decision not to issue evacuation order

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner argued on Sunday that an evacuation of Harris county, which is currently seeing “unprecedented” flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, would have led to a far worse calamity for area residents. “If you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. Especially when it’s not planned,” Turner said during an update Sunday on the city’s response to Hurricane Harvey. Turner argued that an evacuation order has to be “very well-coordinated all the way from Houston Read More

               

David Letterman returns to television with 2018 Netflix series – world news headlines from reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than two years after signing off from “The Late Show,” David Letterman is returning to television with a six-episode talk show on Netflix, and said that Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump would be top of his wish-list. Letterman, 70, will host the yet-to-be-titled series, which will feature interviews with “extraordinary people” and segments from the field “expressing his curiosity and humor,” Netflix (NFLX.O), said in a statement. The show will premiere next year. “Here’s what I have learned, if you retire to spend Read More