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Barry's flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
Crews work to restore power after Hurricane Barry in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, July 14, 2019. Reuters/Jonathan Bachman
Volkswagen, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess and Ford President and CEO Jim Hackett appear in a prototype vehicle after announcing a joint investment in Argo, a self-driving autonomous vehicle company in New York City, New York, U.S. July 12, 2019. Sam VarnHagen/via Reut
Trump under fire after 'racist' attack on congresswomen 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016, in Appleton, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP)
New election systems use vulnerable software 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
A 'vote here' sign stands outside a polling station across from the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on February 20, 2016. AFP/Jim Watson
Trump pattern is create a crisis, retreat, move on 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
Donald Trump speaks during campaign rally for Matt Rosendale at Bozeman, Yellowstone International Airport in Montana, November 3, 2018. Reuters/Carlos Barria
Guatemala postpones Trump summit, says will not sign 'safe third country' deal 14 Jul 2019 - 07:56 pm
Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales is seen before a family photo during a meeting of the Central American Integration System (SICA), in Guatemala City, Guatemala June 5, 2019. Reuters/Luis Echeverria
US warnings of heavy rain, tornadoes from weakening storm Barry 14 Jul 2019 - 07:56 pm
The weather is seen after wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, US July 11, 2019.  (Georgia C Kronenberg via Reuters)
Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen 14 Jul 2019 - 06:30 pm
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib wipe away tears as Ilhan Omar talks about her own experience as a refugee in Washington, February 7, 2019/ Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
Hawaiian activists prepare for Mauna Kea telescope convoys 14 Jul 2019 - 06:30 pm
Th Signs at summit of Mauna Kea,  Hawaii' warn of extreme winter weather. (Photo courtesy: Bonus Onus / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Calls for investigations after power restored in Manhattan 14 Jul 2019 - 06:30 pm
People walk down the streets during a major power outage affecting parts of New York City on July 13, 2019.  AFP / Timothy A Clary
No lights, big city: Power outage KOs Broadway, Times Square 14 Jul 2019 - 11:04 am
The sun sets behind 42nd Street in Manhattan during a power outage in New York City on July 13, 2019. AFP / Johannes Eisele
Barry now a hurricane as it approaches Louisiana coast 13 Jul 2019 - 07:04 pm
Tourists walk through rain in the French Quarter caused by Hurricane Barry in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. July 13, 2019. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
New Orleans residents huddle at home, and in bars, ahead of hurricane 13 Jul 2019 - 12:02 pm
A worker seals the front of a restaurant along Bourbon Street from floodwater as rainfall from Hurricane Barry begins on July 12, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
Hawaii governor declares emergency for Maui wildfires 13 Jul 2019 - 10:22 am
A wildfire is seen on the island of Maui, Hawaii, U.S., July 11, 2019 in this video grab taken from social media, July 12, 2019. John Sandbach Photography/Instagram@sandbachspics via REUTERS
US VP Pence visits overcrowded migrant camp, deplores 'crisis' 13 Jul 2019 - 10:02 am
Hundreds of people gather in lower Manhattan for a
Warren's immigration plans reflect party's leftward shift 13 Jul 2019 - 12:37 am
Immigration activists gather in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Headquarters to protest President Trumps immigration positions, family separation policy, and immigration raids planned for this weekend, on July 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. M
I fried burgers: Bolsonaro Jr makes case to be Brazil's US envoy 13 Jul 2019 - 12:37 am
Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, arrives for the showing of a documentary on the government of Jair Bolsonaro in Washington, US, March 16, 2019. Reuters/Joshua Roberts
Hawaii's Maui Island wildfire forces evacuations 13 Jul 2019 - 12:37 am
A plume of smoke spreads across the sky during a wildfire in Kihei, as vehicles move along a road in Maui, Hawaii, in this still image taken from a July 11, 2019 video from social media. Traci Teel Szymanski/via Reuters