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REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press MARRERO, La. (AP) — As the power outages from Hurricane Ida have dragged on, many people have decided to get out of town until the lights come back on. While many have simply packed up their cars and hit the road, others don’t have a car or enough gas to make

By MATT SEDENSKY, CHEVEL JOHNSON and AARON MORRISON Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — The energy company that is providing power to Louisiana says full restoration of electricity to hurricane-battered areas outside New Orleans could take until the end of the month. Phillip May is president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana. He said Saturday that

By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Bulldozers with giant blades, crews armed with shovels and a fleet of aircraft dropping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant helped keep the advance of a California blaze threatening South Lake Tahoe  to a couple of thousand acres _ a

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press LAPLACE, La. (AP) — Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood on Friday and told residents “I know you’re hurting.” Such a scene likely will be repeated early next week when Biden tours parts of

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor and legislative leaders are seeking $16.7 million in state money to help resettle Afghan refugees in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he and the leaders of the state Assembly and Senate want to use general fund money to help those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The request is

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Some cities in Brazil are providing booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, even though most people have yet to receive their second jabs, in a sign of the concern in the country over the highly contagious delta variant. Rio de Janeiro, currently Brazil’s

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka says she is thinking of taking another break from tennis after her title defense at the U.S. Open has ended with a third-round loss to Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez. Osaka served for the victory late in the second set but got broken there

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has won votes of confidence in Parliament, helping to steady his government after it had come under intense criticism for bungling its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Prayuth still faces pressure from street protests that have been demanding he step down, with