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Maui braces for possible end to FEMA rental assistance
Nearly 1,000 households displaced by Maui's wildfires are anxiously awaiting news on federal assistance
States say they need more help replacing lead pipes. Congress may cut the funding instead.
The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead pipes. Including three of 12 appropriations bills, this package will fund parts of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency. The...
After one year of Trump, is anything left of the American Climate Corps?
Two long years ago, it appeared that the much-anticipated American Climate Corps was finally happening. President Joe Biden had promised to build a green jobs workforce inspired by the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s most popular New Deal programs, ever since he was on the campaign trail....
A major agreement to protect the Amazon is falling apart after 20 years
Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation deal known as the Amazon soy moratorium. The voluntary agreement prohibits members from buying soybeans grown on lands deforested after July 2008. Proponents of the deal say that it has been...
Watching James Bond play my great uncle Brendan in Giant was surreal and spooky | Sean Ingle
Biopic charting Naseem Hamed’s rise has reopened old wounds but is also a reminder of what was and what might have been The first time I watched Prince Naseem Hamed train, my jaw couldn’t have dropped any faster if he had hit me with one of his lassoing uppercuts. I...
Xabi Alonso failed to control Real Madrid’s egos in brief and bitter reign
Hired as a systems coach, the manager was undermined at a club where players – and Florentino Pérez – call the shots Pep Guardiola sat in the press room at the Santiago Bernabéu and told Xabi Alonso to do it his way but around here, he knows, it tends not...
Finn Russell ready for bruising clash with Scotland colleagues against Edinburgh
Bath fly-half up against fellow Scot Duhan van der Merwe ‘I’d imagine there’ll be a couple of late shots,’ he says Finn Russell is braced for a potentially bruising reunion with his Scottish international teammates but is intent on winning the “bragging rights” when Bath host Edinburgh on Friday in...
John Higgins and Kyren Wilson win at Masters as curious run of 6-2 scorelines goes on
Wilson defeats Si Jiahui, Higgins sees off Barry Hawkins All six matches at Alexandra Palace have ended 6-2 Kyren Wilson, the 2024 world champion, defeated Si Jiahui in impressive fashion to reach the Masters quarter-finals with the 6-2 result continuing a curious statistic: every match at Alexandra Palace this week...
The three ages of Michael Carrick … and what they say about Manchester United
From his competitive debut to his first spell as interim, the former midfielder has seen much at Old Trafford over the past two decades 23 August 2006, Charlton 0-3 Manchester United The 25‑year‑old new signing was eased into United’s midfield as a second-half substitute in the second game of the season,...