Sandy aid package moving toward House votes
The House moved toward action Tuesday on a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeast lawmakers hoped could be approved despite ...
Conservatives chip away at $50b Sandy aid package
House conservatives opposed to more deficit spending tried Monday to chip away at the $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package by requiring ...
Critics complain Sandy aid tied to other projects
Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern ...
Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, ...
Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf
A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ...
House sets vote for Sandy aid after criticism
The House is headed for a vote on aid for Superstorm Sandy victims after House Speaker John Boehner mollified Republicans from New York and New Jersey ...
Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday
Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery.
Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill
The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats.
Texas builds 'hurricane domes' for double-duty
Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching ...
Correction: Peru Quake Unreadiness Story
In a story that moved Dec. 9 and 23 about earthquake readiness in Lima, Peru, The Associated Press incorrectly listed the year and the magnitude of ...
Peru's capital highly vulnerable to major quake
The earthquake all but flattened colonial Lima, the shaking so violent that people tossed to the ground couldn't get back up. Minutes later, a 50-foot ...
Crowd-funding draws donations for Sandy relief
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, some who lost their homes or businesses have turned to crowd-funding websites to elicit a faster and more direct ...
Amid Newtown tragedy, scam artists creep in
The family of Noah Pozner was mourning the 6-year-old, killed in the Newtown school massacre, when outrage compounded their sorrow. Someone they ...
Senate turns to Sandy aid bill Monday
The Senate will be turning its attention to a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims next week while President Obama and ...
Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package
Senate Democrats on Wednesday finished cobbling together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by ...
NOAA chief says she will leave in February
The woman who was a key figure in the federal government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Wednesday she will leave her ...
Numb, hopeful, families endure post-Sandy recovery
It's been more than a month since Sandy, the superstorm combining a hurricane, a nor'easter and surging full-moon tides, tore through the Northeast, ...
NY mostly ignored reports warning of superstorm
More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a ...
Obama request for Sandy aid could face hurdles
President Barack Obama's proposal for $60.4 billion in federal aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy adds a huge new item to an end-of-year ...
Obama asks Congress for $60.4B in Sandy aid
President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in ...
Safety, need compete in typhoon-hit Philippines
The Philippine government's geological hazard maps show why this farming community was largely washed away by a strong typhoon: "highly susceptible ...
About 350 die in Philippine typhoon, 400 missing
A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 ...
Powerful typhoon kills at least 74 in Philippines
Torrential floods from a powerful typhoon engulfed emergency shelters and an army truck carrying soldiers and villagers who were fleeing their homes ...
Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7
One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and ...
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