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'Despacito' singer Daddy Yankee donates $1 million to Puerto Rico
Jennifer Lopez, Tyler Perry and Sandra Bullock have each pledged $1 million toward hurricane relief in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. The list of celebrity donors also includes Salma Hayak,...
Pitbull offers up private jet for Puerto Rican cancer patients
The rapper's plane will be used to carry cancer patients from the hurricane-ravaged island to the US mainland.
Comic legend Stan Lee to raise money for Irma victims
“I feel there’s something everybody has to do to help the victims of the weather, of the hurricane,” Lee said.
J.Lo still hasn't heard from family in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico
The "Shades of Blue" actress recorded a heartfelt plea for donations.
Irma toppled NASA tree that orbited moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Winds from Hurricane Irma have toppled a tiny tree that orbited the moon and later grew at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Florida...
Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley have Kiss reunion for charity
The event was a hurricane relief benefit that Simmons helped organize for the Minnesota-based charity Matter.ngo.
Premature baby born during Irma found dead in mother's car
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say a baby born prematurely in Florida during Hurricane Irma was later found dead in its mother's car. The Palm Beach Post reports the...
Lush Caribbean islands turn brown after Hurricane Irma
Before Hurricane Irma hit Florida, it tore through the Caribbean, leaving islands -- once lush and beautiful -- brown and denuded. The Category 5 storm, one of the strongest ever...
Woman makes 'sexy' sign to get power back on after Irma
A Florida woman recovering from organ transplants came up with a bright idea to fix her power problem in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma: a “hot single female” sign in...
EPA chief acknowledges humans contribute 'in some way' to climate change
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt on Tuesday seemed to back off his earlier comments about climate change by acknowledging humans contribute "in some way" and suggested debating the issue....
Robert De Niro urges UN to help rebuild Barbuda post-Irma
De Niro recalled Barbuda as an "unspoiled beauty, a paradise found" on his first visit years ago. Now, he said, "we have a humanitarian crisis, an entire island destroyed."
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Dominica as Category 5 monster
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria intensified into a dangerous Category 5 storm and pounded the little island of Dominica as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday...
Trump declares emergency for US Virgin Islands ahead of Maria
President Trump signed an emergency declaration for the US Virgin Islands on Monday, as Hurricane Maria continues churning toward the Caribbean as a Category 3 storm. Maria "rapidly" intensified into...
Maria intensifies as it barrels toward devastated Caribbean
Hurricane Maria intensified to a Category 3 storm Monday morning as it barreled toward the Caribbean islands of Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and Martinique. And by the time...
Mom uses extreme couponing to donate $8K of goods to hurricane victims
These coupons aren’t just saving money. They’re saving lives. San Antonio mother of three Kimberly Gager has always had an eye for a bargain and now she’s using her coupon-stacking...
Florida schools start to reopen after Irma
MIAMI — Miami-Dade and Broward counties will reopen schools the first time since before Hurricane Irma threatened to hit South Florida. The schools in both counties are scheduled to open...
Hurricane Maria aims for islands already devastated by Irma
Hurricane Maria is now barreling toward some of the Caribbean islands already devastated by Irma. Maria will be on the doorstep of the US Virgin Islands on Tuesday as at...
New York troopers dispatched to aid Virgin Islands survivors
New York state cops and national guardsmen are headed for the storm-ravaged US Virgin Islands, where some survivors are huddled in tall apartment buildings — with no walls, Gov. Cuomo...
Schumer urges feds to watch price gouging on 'big oil'
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the federal government to begin a "gouge watch" to ensure "big oil" isn't taking advantage of motorists at the pump in the aftermath of...
AJ Ramos returns to Miami to face a friend, remember another
ATLANTA — The text messages between former teammates have pinged back and forth in recent weeks, complete with the requisite trash talk. AJ Ramos has visions of striking out Giancarlo...