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When disaster strikes, Jose Andres brings hot food and hope
Celebrity chef Jose Andres has been on the ground in the Carolinas this week, helping victims of Hurricane Florence. As a "food first responder," Andres was also in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria tore through the island a year ago.
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Puerto Rico’s beleaguered public schools face controversial reform after Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico's school system was struggling long before Hurricane Maria struck a year ago. But the disaster exacerbated deep problems, as schools were destroyed, thousands of children moved to the U.S. mainland and students struggle with trauma. Now, special correspondent…
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Shields and Brooks on Paul Manafort’s guilty plea, Trump’s Hurricane Maria denial
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the guilty plea from Paul Manafort and deal to cooperate with the Mueller investigation, President Trump’s contentious remarks about Hurricane…
Hurricane Maria victims scramble for housing as FEMA vouchers expire
Nearly 1,000 families who evacuated Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria are scrambling against a deadline to find a place to sleep come Friday night, when the government’s housing assistance runs out.
Public health experts have estimated that nearly 3,000 perished because of the effects of Maria. But Trump, whose efforts to help the island territory recover have been persistently criticized, was having none of that Thursday.
In the months since Hurricane Maria, studies estimating the death toll in Puerto Rico have far exceeded the government's initial figure. But President Trump is denying a conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the storm, and…
Puerto Rico's governor last month raised the U.S. territory's official death toll from Hurricane Maria to 2,975.
Here's a closer look at all the different estimates of the death toll count and why, for the longest time, they didn't match the official post-hurricane count.
In our news wrap Tuesday, Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rossello doubled the number of deaths attributed to Hurricane Maria in the six months after the storm. It's now close to 3,000. He also announced a government plan to create a…
