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Florida families who have not evacuated prepare to weather Hurricane Irma Video
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Stricter building rules, rejected by Trump, helped Harvey-hit communities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Hurricane Harvey pummeled the Gulf coast in Texas, the city of Seabrook had an edge over flood-swamped nearby towns and the devastation in Houston, just a half-hour drive away. Years ago, the city imposed higher elevation standards for buildings that were stricter than existing federal guidelines on construction in flood-prone areas. Before leaving office, President Barack Obama sought to toughen those national rules, to bring them more in line with those in communities like Seabrook. President Donald Trump, however, revoked Obama’s executive order last month. Harvey, Read More
Houston police officer gets emotional with ‘Happy Birthday’ Video
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Floyd Mayweather defeats Conor McGregor by TKO in 10th round
LAS VEGAS — The most improbable fight, one between an all-time great in Floyd Mayweather and an opponent, Conor McGregor, making his professional boxing debut, ended in the most probable way. It ended with a dominant Mayweather stopping an outclassed McGregor by TKO in the 10th round of their massively hyped junior middleweight fight on Saturday night before 14,623 — well under capacity — at the T-Mobile Arena. Mayweather, who moved his record to a historic 50-0 with 27 knockouts, said after the fight he would return to retirement. “This Read More
Worst monsoon floods in years kill more than 1,200 across South Asia
BHUBANESWAR, India/DHAKA (Reuters) – The death toll from floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal has climbed above 1,200, officials said on Friday, as rescue workers scramble to provide aid to millions of people stranded by the worst such disaster in years. All three countries suffer frequent flooding during the June-September monsoon season, but international aid agencies say things are worse this year with thousands of villages cut off and people deprived of food and clean water for days. Government officials in India’s eastern state of Bihar said at least 379 Read More
George and Amal Clooney give $1 million to combat U.S. hate groups
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor George Clooney and his humanitarian lawyer wife, Amal Clooney, have donated $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a U.S. non-profit that monitors extremists and domestic hate groups, in response to protests in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month. An Aug. 12 rally in the town organized by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists led to counter-protests and the death of a woman when a car plowed into the crowd. The street battles triggered a political crisis for President Donald Trump, who praised “very fine people”
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