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ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IS RISING IN AMERICA. AND MINORITIES AND THE POOR PAY THE PRICE
At a campaign stop in Ohio back in August 2016, President Trump asked minorities What do you have to lose ?... READ MORE›
NURSING HOMES RETHINK SHELTER-IN-PLACE REGIMEN AFTER DEATHS LAID TO HURRICANE-EVACUATION DELAYS
DALLAS - Murky water started seeping into a Port Arthur, Texas, nursing home four days after administrators decided to shelter in place... READ MORE›
TRUMP RETURNS TO TEXAS FOR HARVEY BRIEFING, POLITICAL FUNDRAISING
He ended up going out in the flooding during Hurricane Harvey and rescued about 300 people stranded in their homes in the Houston area... READ MORE›
IN 'ENERGY CITY' USA, HURRICANE HARVEY'S FURY IS STILL LINGERING
Nearly two months after Harvey inundated Port Arthur, a crucial hub of the global energy industry, the city of 55,000 is struggling to recover... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN GUN-REFORM LEADER URGES TRUMP TO 'GET REAL'
The Australian government banned automatic and semi-automatic firearms, and instituted a buyback scheme in which civilians would be paid to hand in such weapons... READ MORE›
AMERICANS OWN 42% OF 650 MILLION CIVILIAN FIREARMS
Las Vegas 59, Orlando 49, Virginia Tech 32, Newtown 26 -- the number of people killed in mass shootings in the United States is growing... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO THE U.S.
Australia's experiences with gun law reform have become a frequent point of reference in the ongoing debate about mass shootings in the United States... READ MORE›
OIL EDGES OFF RECENT HIGH AHEAD U.S. STOCK DATA, OPEC MEET
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 30 cents at 55.20 a barrel by 2 30 p.m... READ MORE›
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WHY ARIZONA DOESN'T OBSERVE DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME
PHOENIX -- On Sunday, America moves its clocks forward in an effort to save daylight... READ MORE›
AS HOUSTON COPES WITH CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, MORE THAN 1,000 DIE IN INDIA MONSOON
India is used to regular flooding during monsoon season from June to September, especially in Mumbai, where millions live in shantytowns with poor drainage... READ MORE›
HARVEY'S MADE THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT CHEMICAL A RARE COMMODITY
Ethylene and its derivatives account for about 40 percent of global chemical sales, said Hassan Ahmed, an analyst at Alembic Global Advisors... READ MORE›
HARVEY AFTERMATH: HOUSTON 'OPEN FOR BUSINESS'; OTHER CITIES SUFFERING
Nearly a week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, desperate residents remain stranded without food and water in the wake of unprecedented flooding... READ MORE›
TEXAS CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLODES AFTER HARVEY
Smoke and a double explosion were reported in the early hours of Thursday at the Arkema SA chemical plant in Crosby, some 25 miles from Houston... READ MORE›
'CATASTROPHIC FLOODING' PERSISTS EVEN AS HOUSTON WATERWAYS RECEDE
Residents are rescued from a Port Arthur, Texas nursing home on Aug. 30, 2017 as waters rise from tropical storm Harvey... READ MORE›
HARVEY AFTERMATH: MORE FLOODING THREATENS BEAUMONT
Floodwaters are receding in parts of southeast Texas, but the situation remains grim in Beaumont as fears grow over flooding from the Neches River... READ MORE›
NRA TO AUSTRALIA: YOUR GUN LAWS ARE A MISTAKE
The shooting that changed Australia a victim is rushed to hospital after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996... READ MORE›
TRUMP SEES 'A LOT OF LOVE' IN HARVEY-RAVAGED HOUSTON BEFORE LANDING IN LOUISIANA
Trump sees 'a lot of love' in Harvey-ravaged Houston before landing in Louisiana... READ MORE›
MASS SHOOTINGS PREVENTABLE? THESE COUNTRIES HAVE TRIED
According to the Small Arms Survey 2007 Guns and the City, there are almost 32 firearms per 100 people in Norway... READ MORE›
HOUSTON FIREFIGHTERS BEGIN BLOCK-BY-BLOCK SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS, BODIES
Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana and Texas were without power on Thursday, utilities reported... READ MORE›
HARVEY HITS LOUISIANA AS TEXAS HUNTS FOR SURVIVORS
On Wednesday, Harvey went on to swamp a stretch of coast from Port Arthur, Texas, to Lake Charles, in neighbouring Louisiana... READ MORE›
A NEWLYWED, YOUNG DAD AMONG THOSE SLAIN IN DALLAS
Five police officers were killed in downtown Dallas late Thursday in an ambush-style assault... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN CALLS FOR U.S. TRAVEL WARNING AFTER CALIFORNIA SHOOTING
Fischer urged Canberra to consider its formal travel advice for Australians planning to visit the U.S... READ MORE›
HARVEY'S RAINS SHUT IN MORE U.S. REFINERIES, SENDING FUEL PRICES HIGHER
Marathon Petroleum Corp's MPC.N Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas, cut production by half, sources familiar with plant operations said... READ MORE›
SCARY STREETS: WHICH ARE THE WORLD'S MOST HAUNTED CITIES?
To this day, it is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of miners who died in the brutal heat of the desert... READ MORE›
RETAIL U.S. GASOLINE PRICES SURGE ON HARVEY SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS
REUTERS Mohammad Khursheed In some Texas cities including Dallas, there were long lines at gas stations on Friday... READ MORE›
SEMPRA SNATCHES ONCOR FROM BUFFETT WITH $9.45 BILLION BID
The Sempra Energy building is pictured in San Diego, California March 10, 2015... READ MORE›
BLASTS ROCK TEXAS CHEMICAL PLANT AS HARVEY WEAKENS
Threat from tropical depression Harvey moves to near Texas-Louisiana line as death toll rises to at least 31... READ MORE›
JOHN HOWARD DEFENDS AUSTRALIA'S GUN RECORD ON US TV
It is incontestable that gun-related homicides have fallen quite significantly in Australia, incontestable, Mr Howard said... READ MORE›
U.S. FUEL SHORTAGES FROM HARVEY TO HAMPER LABOR DAY TRAVEL
Gasoline is very much a 'just-in-time' fuel, for as many million barrels as they think we have, said Patrick DeHaan, petroleum analyst at GasBuddy... READ MORE›
HOW KEYSTONE XL, THE PIPELINE REJECTED BY OBAMA, WENT AHEAD UNDER TRUMP
TransCanada proposes expanding an existing pipeline to transport oil from Hardisty, Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, to transfer Canadian tar sands oil to US refineries... READ MORE›
AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS PLUCK STRANDED SURVIVORS FROM HARVEY FLOODING
He also pledged to offer food and water to Harvey victims after his 920th Rescue Wing experience... READ MORE›
DO GUN CONTROL DEBATES CHANGE ANYTHING IN THESE COUNTRIES THEYDID
Here, GlobalPost takes a look at three cases in which gun laws were tightened following tragic shootings in Australia, Scotland and Finland... READ MORE›
TEXAS REFINERS SPARED BY HARVEY BRACE FOR STORM'S SECOND ROUND
Harvey initially reached the coast near Rockport, Texas, on Friday, and was quickly downgraded to a tropical storm from a Category 4 hurricane... READ MORE›
JUDGE REJECTS ISOLATION FOR U.S. NURSE WHO TREATED EBOLA PATIENTS
Only one person in the United States is currently being treated for Ebola, a New York doctor, Craig Spencer, who cared for patients in West Africa... READ MORE›
HOUSTON SEEKS TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR THOUSANDS, FACES YEARS OF COSTLY RECOVERY
Also Thursday, Houston public schools pushed back the start of classes by two weeks... READ MORE›
U.S. REFINERY STRIKE WIDENS TO INCLUDE NATION'S LARGEST PLANT
A Shell spokesman said the company was disappointed by the Port Arthur walkout and strike notices to the Louisiana plants... READ MORE›
NEWLYWED, IRAQ VETERAN AMONG THE 5 DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS KILLED
A newlywed and a Navy veteran of three tours in Iraq were among the five Dallas police officers killed in a sniper ambush on Thursday night... READ MORE›
ABCC PASSES LOWER HOUSE AS GUN DEBATE DERAILS PM
That attack also came from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott... READ MORE›