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September 26, 2017

Fight over young immigrants ensnares aviation bill

In a fight with the GOP over immigration, House Democrats on Monday blocked a bill to extend federal aviation programs and ...

September 26, 2017

Puerto Rico is in the dark in wake of Hurricane Maria

Every night since Hurricane Maria hit, Miguel Martinez and his family have slept on mattresses on the porch to escape the ...

September 26, 2017

Puerto Rico remains dark as damage assessments begin

Most of Puerto Rico has been without lights or air conditioning for five nights and is looking at many, many more. Nearly all ...

September 25, 2017

Defense Department: Hurricane relief around-the-clock

The U.S. Defense Department was working around the clock to deliver humanitarian assistance to Puerto Rico and the U.S.

September 25, 2017

Jennifer Lopez donates $1M to Puerto Rico relief

Jennifer Lopez has pledged $1 million toward hurricane relief efforts in her family's native Puerto Rico. Lopez announced ...

September 25, 2017

Pelosi: Deploy military to ease crisis in Puerto Rico

The top Democrat in the House Monday called upon President Donald Trump to deploy the military to help with the humanitarian ...

September 25, 2017

Puerto Ricans hunt for precious Wi-Fi and cell signals

Margarita Aponte and her relatives cleared the road in front of her house with two oxen, then drove an hour from her ...

September 25, 2017

EPA clarifies earlier FEMA statement on Texas toxic sites

The Environmental Protection Agency said Sunday it has recovered 517 containers filled with unidentified, potentially ...

September 25, 2017

Immigrants touched by Mexico quake, try to help from afar

When Luis Ramirez finally reached his mother after the powerful Mexico earthquake, he learned her home was so badly damaged ...

September 24, 2017

Official: Hurricane Maria set Puerto Rico back decades

Puerto Rico's nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said Sunday that Hurricane Maria's destruction has set the island ...

September 24, 2017

Aid begins to flow to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico

Large amounts of federal aid have begun moving into Puerto Rico, welcomed by local officials who praised the Trump ...

September 24, 2017

New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico

A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, toppling already damaged homes and a highway ...

September 24, 2017

EPA removes waste at Texas toxic sites, won't say from where

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has recovered 517 containers of "unidentified, potentially hazardous material" ...

September 24, 2017

Damage in Puerto Rico strains relief efforts by agencies

Federal agencies grappled Saturday with the vast scale of the disaster in Puerto Rico left by Hurricane Maria, the third ...

September 23, 2017

The Latest: Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic should watch Maria

The Latest on Maria (all times local): 4:55 p.m. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says people along the Carolinas and the ...

September 23, 2017

Puerto Rican players across MLB help after Hurricane Maria

It's been three days since Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico and Carlos Beltran still hasn't been able to get in touch ...

September 23, 2017

FCC head: Storms teach lessons on emergency communications

Ajit Pai has been to Texas and Florida in recent weeks to learn what lessons hurricanes Harvey and Irma have to offer about ...

September 23, 2017

Dam failing as scope of Puerto Rico's disaster becomes clear

Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and said they could not ...

September 23, 2017

Elderly deaths: Call for generators in Florida nursing homes

After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida's nursing home ...