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They booked a 5-day pleasure cruise, but wound up on a 2-week hurricane relief mission
About 70 people decided to take advantage of the luxury hurricane shelter at no extra cost.
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Trump gives a forceful first address to UN General Assembly
But Trump also praised U.N. programs.
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161 tech companies ask Supreme Court to strike down Trump travel ban
The companies filed an amicus “friend of the court” briefing Monday.
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With deadline near, Republicans’ last push to roll back Obamacare gains strength
Supporters of the Graham-Cassidy measure aim to bring it to the Senate floor next week.
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Navy’s most advanced submarines will soon be using Xbox controllers
To operate the periscopes aboard Virginia-class submarines.
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Trump may strip protections from 10 national monuments
But the impact on the West overall would be dramatic.
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Facebook is said to tell Mueller more on Russia ad spending
Facebook said it is cooperating with investigators and declined to comment further.
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Western states try to tame homegrown marijuana
Regulators in Oregon, Washington and Colorado are trying to tame what has proven to be an unruly crop…
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Hard-hit Virgin Islands residents feel like ‘bastard step-children’ of U.S. after Irma
Residents of these hard-hit and isolated islands worry they’ll continue to be invisible to a reeling mainland.
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Fla. nursing home where 6 died in heat had poor record with state regulators
The facility’s “overall rating was listed as “below average.”
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Why didn’t Hurricane Irma kill more Americans? Thank the meteorologists
In 1935, at least 408 people died when another cyclone slammed into the Florida Keys.
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Florida presses for federal dollars after Irma, but budget hawks resist
Conservative Republicans bristle at any new spending that doesn’t include corresponding cuts elsewhere.