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Puerto Rico Relief: Trump Declares Major Disaster After Series Of Earthquakes
Island officials were quick to thank the president for the designation, which makes residents eligible for more financial assistance from FEMA. They were just told aid for 2017 hurricanes is coming.
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TSA Says It Seized A Record Number Of Firearms At U.S. Airports Last Year
The Transportation Security Administration said 87% of the guns taken at U.S. airport checkpoints in 2019 were loaded. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International had the most firearms confiscated: 323.
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Months After Blowing Deadline, Trump Administration Lifts Hold On Puerto Rico Aid
HUD says it is releasing more than $8 billion in aid to Puerto Rico aid. The deadline to do so was in September. The aid is for rebuilding after devastating Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck in 2017.
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Scores Of People In Puerto Rico Remain Without Shelter, Power Days After 6.4 Quake
Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's estimate. But there are hopeful signs. Puerto Rico's utility says roughly 80% of its customers have their electricity back.
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National Security Adviser Defends Briefing On Iran Criticized By Lawmakers
Lawmakers say Trump administration officials have evaded questions about the president's ability to attack Iran. In an interview with NPR, Robert O'Brien said officials can't discuss "hypotheticals."
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Canada 'Shocked And Saddened' After Jet Crash Kills 63 Canadians
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the plane crash in Tehran that killed 176 people "heartbreaking." One newspaper reported that nearly half of the Canadians who died are from the Edmonton area.
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Mike Pompeo On Drone Strike That Killed Iran's Top Military Leader: 'We Got It Right'
"Every target that's being reviewed, every effort that's being made, will always be conducted inside the international laws of war," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said of potential strikes on Iran.
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Ex-Kentucky Gov. Defends Controversial Pardons For Child Rapist, Murderer
Matt Bevin told Kentucky station WHAS Thursday: "If you had been repeatedly sexually violated, as a small child, by an adult, there are going to be repercussions of that physically and medically."
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Southwest Airlines Nixes Boeing 737 Max Planes From Its Fleet Until April
Southwest said its decision is "based on continued uncertainty" about when the FAA will allow the Max planes return to service. Boeing's 737 Max fleet has been grounded worldwide since March.
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On His Way Out, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Pardons Murderers, Rapists, Hundreds More
In one case that has drawn particular attention, Bevin pardoned a convicted murderer whose family raised big money to pay off the former governor's campaign debt.