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FEMA has approved 1,670 disaster assistance applications for CNMI survivors, releasing $5.5 million in individual assistance as of May 12, according to FEMA External Affairs Officer Veronica Verde.
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On today's news: FEMA Reports from CNMI, Samaritan’s Purse provides medical care in Saipan, & Senator introduces bill to establish local disaster relief fund
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Health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC of a virus strain with no known vaccine.
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The splashy nighttime phenomenon will be best observed on Saturday and Sunday nights
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A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and controversial rescue effort after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany's Baltic Sea coast, Danish authorities said Saturday.
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In Sri Lanka, the islanders revere elephants. But for farmers, there's rising tension that's leading to more fatal encounters — for both humans and hungry pachyderms.
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President Trump's troop withdrawal threat rattles residents of a small Bavarian town reliant on U.S. military personnel and their families for both income and friendships built over decades.
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In the five years since his last album, the Chattanooga rapper retreated from the public eye after a very private betrayal. He emerges with raw new music in pursuit of a warts-and-all self-acceptance.