HOUSTON (AP) — A high school hit hard by Hurricane Harvey is getting a new playing surface thanks to the Houston Texans. The Texans said Monday that they’re donating the turf they played on at NRG Stadium last season to C.E. King High School after its field was destroyed in flooding from Harvey, which hit […]
Hurricane Harvey
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Hurricanes also slammed U.S. economy; 33,000 jobs lost in September
In this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, photo, Phil Wiggett, right, a recruiter with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, looks at a resume during a job fair in San Jose, California. On Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, the U.S. government issues the September jobs report. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. shed 33,000 jobs in September because of […]
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Help for hurricane victims
As part of Spirit Week, students at the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School held a bottle drive to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. The students raised $931.26 and the teachers donated, bringing the total to $1,011.26. Margie Bickford, member of the Central and Mid Coast Maine chapter of the American Red Cross, […]
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Live hurricane updates: Irma surges up the Gulf Coast of Florida
The eye of Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. A rough surf surrounds Boynton Beach inlet in Boynton Beach, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local): 6:50 p.m. Florida officials are urging people to stay in their homes and shelters, even if it looks […]
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Hurricane aid measure grows to $15 billion as Irma bears down
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have almost doubled the size of the disaster relief package for Harvey to more than $15 billion, a first installment to help communities in Texas rebuild from the storm — and stock reserves for looming damage from Hurricane Irma. The must-do legislation, paired with a short-term increase in the government’s […]
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Congress to vote on Donald Trump's $7.9B Harvey relief bill
In this Sept. 5, 2017, photo, a worker walks past a pile of debris outside a business damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Spring, Texas. With federal disaster reserves running out, the House is swiftly moving to pass President Donald Trump’s request for a $7.9 billion first installment of relief for […]
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Illustrated explainer: Harvey's lasting legacy is in the water
Hurricane Harvey began with raging winds, but its legacy will be water. Seemingly endless, relentlessly insidious water — a staggering 40 inches or more that swamped parts of Houston in just five days. Harvey scooped tons of water from the sea and hurled it down on the nation’s fourth-largest city, drowning vast swathes of the […]
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Maine gas prices average $2.71 per gallon after Harvey
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices in northern New England have seen one their largest weekly jumps, after Hurricane Harvey shut down much refinery capacity. The latest survey from GasBuddy shows average retail gasoline prices in New Hampshire rose 37.4 cents per gallon in last week, averaging $2.68 on Monday. In Vermont, the average price […]
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Help for victims, not crooks
Crooks and thieves are ugly opportunists, and they’re leaping on the opportunity that is Harvey. Earlier this week, Attorney General Janet Mills issued a warning about making online donations to hurricane victims because fraudulent websites have sprouted up to scam us. These crooks are only too happy to take the money you intend to give […]
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Harvey to hit East Coast at the gas pumps
Motorists from Maine to Florida will soon feel the wrath of Hurricane Harvey without seeing a single raindrop. Fuel prices at the pump are likely to climb after Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. gasoline conduit, was forced shut its main diesel line late Wednesday and planned to halt its gasoline line Thursday because about half […]