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The Role Of Logistics In Disaster Management

6:43pm September 14, 2018

by David Schaper

It used to be the military that ruled advanced logistics, but they've now become central part of big business. Disney and other companies may have unique applications that can help emergency planners.

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Brad Pitt talked about his plan to build homes in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, in 2007. Years after the Hurricane Katrina tore through the community, some residents said in a lawsuit that their homes are falling apart.

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Brad Pitt's Foundation Sued For Crumbling Homes After Hurricane Katrina

6:36pm September 14, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Houses were made with inferior materials and poor construction, lawyers say. "I made a promise to the folks of the Lower Ninth to help them rebuild – it is a promise I intend to keep," the actor says.

Volunteer Amber Hersel from the Civilian Crisis Response Team helps rescue Keiyana Cromartie, 7, and her family from their flooded home on Friday in James City, N.C., near New Bern.

More Than 100 Await Rescue In New Bern, N.C.

6:36pm September 14, 2018

There are five swift water rescue teams working the area, assisted by the Cajun Navy volunteer rescue group.

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'The Department Of Swagger': The State Department's Instagram Rebranding Campaign

6:34pm September 14, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

Mike Pompeo has rebranded the Department of State the "Department of Swagger." That's how he launched his Instagram feed, at any rate.

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Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 4 search a flooded neighborhood for people who may have been trapped by the rising floodwaters during now-tropical storm Florence in North Carolina.

Sharks In The Water? FEMA Tries To Fight 'Fake News' As Florence Hits

6:17pm September 14, 2018

by Brian Naylor

In times of disasters, rumors proliferate. The Federal Emergency Management Agency hopes to counter the misinformation with a rumor-control webpage.

Cajun Navy Rescue Efforts Underway In The Carolinas

5:31pm September 14, 2018

Todd Terrell, founder and president of the United Cajun Navy joins NPR's Ari Shapiro to talk about the volunteer group's rescue efforts underway in the Carolinas.

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New Details Emerge In Kavanaugh Sexual Miscounduct Allegations

4:51pm September 14, 2018

In a piece published Friday in The New Yorker, reporters Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow add more details to the sexual misconduct allegation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, described in a letter that Sen. Feinstein has referred to the FBI.

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Hurricane Florence: North Carolina Mayor

4:51pm September 14, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Dana Outlaw, mayor of New Bern, N.C., which is facing significant flooding since Hurricane Florence made landfall.

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A handful of people walk along Myrtle Beach near Pier 14 in South Carolina. Electricity in the downtown area is out and all businesses are closed.

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Hurricane Florence: The Latest

4:31pm September 14, 2018

Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in North Carolina as Florence comes as shore. The storm is moving slowly dumping lots of rain and causing flooding in many areas along the coast.

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Tronc's agreement to voluntarily recognize the union at The Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press came just 10 days after the Tidewater Media Guild formally asked the company to do so.

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Tronc Agrees To Let Its Virginia Newsrooms Unionize

4:31pm September 14, 2018

by Avie Schneider

The traditionally anti-union Tronc newspaper company on Friday agreed to allow journalists at its two Virginia papers to organize, averting the need for a federally overseen vote, organizers tell NPR.