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Real-life heroes do exist. And they look a lot like our fictional ones. Scarlett Johansson has rallied her fellow Avengers (you might even say assembled) to participate in an event from which the proceeds would go toward relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory is still reeling from the destruction inflicted by Hurricane Maria, which […]
Thomson Reuters BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rain and lower temperatures are helping emergency teams in Portugal and Spain fight the forest fires that killed at least 40 people over the weekend. Civil Protection authorities say wildfires in Portugal were under control by Tuesday morning, after at least 36 people died and dozens were injured. Portugal, […]
CHRISTIAN Eriksen ensured Tottenham Hotspur ended their Wembley hoodoo with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, after three Premier League games at their temporary home without a victory. Tottenham were not at their best and rode their luck at times, but for manager Maurico Pochettino the victory will come as a welcome relief, while […]
AP Photo/Jae C. HongWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new package of U.S. disaster assistance sailed through the House of Representatives on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump expressing impatience with having to devote federal resources for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico’s recovery effort. The Republican-controlled House voted 353-69 to approve $ 36.5 billion in emergency relief for Puerto […]
Stephen Colbert on Thursday got a last-minute assist from Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda in his fundraising efforts to help Puerto Rico rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Maria. VIDEOSSNL Premiere: Alec Baldwin’s Trump Hangs Up on Puerto Rico in Cold Open Kroll, who called in from Argentina for the #PuberMe grand finale, acknowledged “it’s a shame we […]
SHUTTERSTOCK Deborah Alma travels the country as the Emergency Poet MANY of us have not picked up a poetry book since we left the classroom and – to be honest – considered it more of a pain than a pleasure even then. But why not take down that anthology gathering dust on the shelf and […]
REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins President Donald Trump’s visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday showed a deep disconnect between his vision of the federal disaster response to the territory’s devastation after Hurricane Maria and the reality being reported on the ground. Beyond his odd insistence that everything is going great, Trump’s lecturing tone struck a nerve. He actually […]
Visiting Puerto Rico to survey the devastation from Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump praised the local and federal relief efforts that he said made the loss of life much smaller than during 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. The opposition Democrats have accused the Trump administration of a slow and inadequate response to disaster relief on the island, […]
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Kevin Mazur/Hand in Hand/Getty Images LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A cadre of Hollywood celebrities gave passionate speeches, moving performances and hit the phones on Tuesday at a live televised telethon to raise funds for the survivors and victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Celebrities including George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Hanks, […]
