In this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, photo, Phil Wiggett, right, a recruiter with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, looks at a resume during a job fair in San Jose, California. On Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, the U.S. government issues the September jobs report. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. shed 33,000 jobs in September because of […]
Hurricane Irma
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Help for hurricane victims
As part of Spirit Week, students at the Buckfield Junior-Senior High School held a bottle drive to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. The students raised $931.26 and the teachers donated, bringing the total to $1,011.26. Margie Bickford, member of the Central and Mid Coast Maine chapter of the American Red Cross, […]
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Recovering from Hurricane Irma: 'The sound was so awful'
A worker is silhouetted against the setting sun as he works on a power line in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Marco Island, Florida., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Hurricane Irma has come and gone, but the wreckage it left behind will resonate for a long time, and former and current Mainers living […]
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Death of eight nursing home residents after Irma spark outrage in Florida
A woman is transported from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills as patients are evacuated after a loss of air conditioning due to Hurricane Irma on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Hollywood, Fla. Several patients at the sweltering nursing home died in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath, authorities said Wednesday. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) […]
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Florida navigates a return to normalcy amid Irma's wreckage
Damaged homes sit in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Key West, Fla. Damaged houses are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in the Florida Keys.Rob Brehm cleans up debris from his home as a demolished house sits across the street after Hurricane Irma in […]
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Residents displaced by Irma regain access to Upper Florida Keys
MIAMI (AP) — Residents were allowed to return Tuesday to some islands in the hurricane-hit Florida Keys as officials pieced together the scope of Irma’s destruction and aid rushed into the drenched and debris-strewn state. It has been difficult to get detailed information on the condition of island chain where Irma first came ashore over […]
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Photos & updates: Irma may be a weaker storm but it continues to cause misery
A roof is strewn across a home’s lawn as Rick Freedman checks his neighbor’s damage from Hurricane Irma in Marco Island, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Coverage of Irma (all times local): Updated 1:15 p.m.: The Navy is sending an aircraft carrier to Key West to provide emergency services. An update from […]
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TV correspondents face danger they told others to avoid
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a paradox of hurricane coverage: people on television spend days warning the public to get out of harm’s way, then station their correspondents squarely in the middle of howling wind and rain and hope they don’t get hurt. That was the case throughout Sunday’s gripping coverage of Hurricane Irma’s assault […]
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Massive but weakened Irma pummels Florida with wind, rain
A houses is surrounded by water as Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.A person walks through a street lined with debris and fallen trees as Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.The eye of Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The metal canopy at […]
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'We wish we were in Maine': Mainers in Florida waiting out the storm
Irma made its way into Florida on Sunday as some transplants from Maine rode out the storm in their homes or drove for hours to Georgia or Mississippi to avoid the storm’s wrath. Mike Renaud, formerly of Bethel and now living in Brooksville, Florida, went to the Edgewater Inn in Biloxi, Miss. “An engineer told […]