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President Trump landed in storm-brushed Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday to see for himself some of the damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey and demonstrate his personal commitment to a region still in the grips of a historic natural disaster. Trump had pushed aides to schedule a visit to Texas as early as possible after Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas, on Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane.
Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston.
People seek shelter from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground Sunday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a hit against Conor McGregor during a boxing match at T-Mobile Arena on August 28, 2017. By midnight, we were good and ready.
Mayweather played his usual game and fighting style to lock up the victory in the tenth round. His defensive tactics were too much for UFC superstar McGregor to overcome.
Local business leaders have made one more plea to Savannah and Chatham County officials to work together to maintain a joint Savannah-Chatham police department. In a letter submitted last week to members of the Chatham County Commission and the Savannah City Council, representatives of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, the Savannah Downtown Business Association, the Savannah Economic Development Authority and the Tourism Leadership Council said they polled their membership and found an overwhelming preference for keeping the Savannah-Chatham police department merged.
McGregor, a mixed-martial-arts champion entering his first professional boxing match, came out of his corner with his fists up and waving, and his elbows out, looking less like an A lite athlete and more like some ruffian from a silent film. The pay-per-view glitches had been sold, and now the only thing left was for Mayweather to embarrass McGregor, firing precise punches into the gaps left by McGregor's long arms and , Mayweather threw only six punches in the first round, and landed only two.
Dewey is the third Navy ship named after Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. An amphibious transport dock ship will lead the lineup of active duty ships chugging into the Port of Los Angeles for the annual LA Fleet Week celebration over the Labor Day weekend.
Vice President Mike Pence addressed a sympathetic crowd of Venezuelans in South Florida as he assured them the U.S. will use its economic and diplomatic power to push for free elections. Vice President Mike Pence addressed a sympathetic crowd of Venezuelans in South Florida as he assured them the U.S. will use its economic and diplomatic power to push for free elections.
In this Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses for a photo at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 that the Bremerton School District does not have to immediately re-hire Kennedy, who lost his job after refusing to stop leading players in prayer on the football field after games.
New Law Represents Breakthrough For Child Cancer Sufferers Most child patients don't have access to clinical trials for cancer drugs. It's a situation Sen. Michael Bennet set out to fix.
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba Hurricane Sandy makes landfall at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hurricane Condition of Readiness 3 was set base-wide in preparation for storm winds greater than 50 knots.
Sen. John McCain's packed agenda while on break from Congress in his home state of Arizona has hardly been the schedule of a typical brain cancer patient - or even someone about to turn 81. McCain has been undergoing targeted radiation and chemotherapy treatments at the local Mayo Clinic on weekday mornings before going about his day with In the past two weeks, the Republican has discussed a development project with Arizona mayors, given a radio interview and held a Facebook town hall. The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee outlined a military strategy for Afghanistan, attended an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game and went hiking several times with his family.
One week after launching his presidential campaign, in 2015, Donald Trump pledged to become a shut-in at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. "I would rarely leave the White House because there's so much work to be done," the mogul said .
In this Aug 10, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., watches a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning in Phoenix. McCain's packed agenda while on break from Congress in his home state of Arizona has hardly been the schedule of a typical brain cancer patient, or even someone about to turn 81. McCain has been undergoing targeted radiation and chemotherapy treatments at the local Mayo Clinic on weekday mornings before going about his day with vigor.
Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died. Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest is still causing debate in and around the NFL a year later as the embattled quarterback looks for a chance to play again. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest is still causing debate in and around the NFL a year later as the embattled quarterback looks for a chance to play again.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is offering hiring bonuses and job security to people willing to work at some of the nation's most remote border crossings with Canada and Mexico. Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans upstaged planned "free speech rally" by a small group in Boston a week after a violent clash in Virginia.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump described white nationalists who marched with torches intended to evoke the Ku Klux Klan - while chanting phrases borrowed from literal Nazis - as "very fine people." He then suggested that the white supremacists who rallied in Charlottesville to defend the honor of men who fought to keep dark-skinned people as slaves - and the counterprotesters who gathered to defend the equal dignity of all human beings - were equally to blame for the weekend's violence .