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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. The home where neighbors raised the alarm in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Johnson and another neighbor said the woman told them both about friends who did not survive. Excelsior Springs, a city of about 10,500 people, is about 30 miles northeast of Kansas City, Mo. Minyvonne Burke reported from Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and Daniella Silva reported from New York.

☆ Daniella Pierson grew The Newsette from a dorm-room project to a company with $40 million in revenue last year. Here are the 2 strategies she's using to scale her next business, Wondermind.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Newsette is valued at $200 million and made $40 million in revenue last year, which Insider verified with documentation. And she launched Wondermind, an eight-month-old company with a mission to "democratize and destigmatize mental health." But the trio hatched plans to launch Wondermind, leveraging their experiences with mental health, business, and entertainment. The upcoming production branch aims to develop TV shows and movies addressing mental health and illness. or 'How can I improve my mental health?'"

Rosa Rivera, 31, and her partner, Guillermo Cuero, faced a difficult choice when it came to protecting their 8-month-old baby, 9-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. Rosa Rivera said her son had asked her, “Mama, are we going to die?”Jennifer Rosa Rivera, her partner and their three children at a wedding a few days before Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida. Courtesy Rosa RiveraThe family lost nearly all of its possessions, including two cars that were submerged up to their windows. For many families, life in Florida was an escape from other climate disasters or extreme violence and poverty. “He lost absolutely everything,” Rosa Rivera said.

☆ ‘Dancing with the Stars’ elimination comes down to tie-breaking vote
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —“Elvis Night” on “Dancing with the Stars” was all shook up and ended in a tie-breaking vote on Monday. Alexis Warr stepped in last minute to do a Viennese waltz with Baena, and they earned a 24 out of 40. Selma Blair was a crowd pleaser, performing a routine that included a cartwheel and a split. Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli voted to keep Giudice in the competition, while Inaba voted for Cheryl Ladd and Louis Van Amstel. Season 31 of the show, hosted by Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro, now streams Mondays on Disney+ live at 8 p.m.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A ship carrying much-needed diesel fuel has been unable to dock in hard-hit southern Puerto Rico since Sunday while it awaits federal authorization because of the Jones Act, a century-old shipping law. That means that a foreign ship with goods for Puerto Rico would first have to disembark in the mainland U.S. and change crews. Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson two years after World War I ended, the Jones Act was passed as a protective measure against foreign competition. On Thursday, eight members of Congress called for the federal government to grant a one-year waiver from the Jones Act for storm-ravaged Puerto Rico. As of Monday morning, only 16% of power customers in Ponce had their electricity restored, according to the Puerto Rican government.

Workers with Luma Energy attempt to restore power on a flooded street in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 24. Since the hurricane, fuel and diesel have become essential to daily life in Puerto Rico, mainly to power the generators. People play pool in a bar on Sept. 20, in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. 'Puerto Rico is completely devastated'When asked what she would want to see from the federal response and from President Joe Biden, she said she wanted Biden to come to Puerto Rico and see the extent of the damage. A house that was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 21.

☆ Puerto Ricans from town in ‘terrible destruction’ after Hurricane Fiona despair over town's initial exclusion from aid
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniella Silva | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The landslides cut off Rivera’s farm, where he still lacks power and water, until heavy machinery arrived to attempt to clear the destruction. Most of the towns excluded were in the southwestern region, where Hurricane Fiona entered and left incalculable devastation. 'Almost all lost'But residents in San Germán were frustrated at not being able to apply immediately for individual assistance. Gone were hundreds of avocados, the coffee, the eggplants, zucchini and other crops Rivera produces and sells to the community, mostly to nearby restaurants. Jorge Luis Rivera, 36, a farmer in San Germán, Puerto Rico, who lost most of his crops to Hurricane Fiona.

JAYUYA, Puerto Rico — When Hurricane Fiona completely knocked out power and water to the mountain town of Jayuya, in the heart of Puerto Rico, it quickly became a life-or-death matter for Luis De Jesús Ramos, who has throat cancer and a tracheostomy. Luis De Jesús Ramos, 63, and his daughter Ashly Pérez, 26, in their home in Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Members of the company LUMA work restoring energy on Sept. 20, 2022 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Direct Relief Puerto Rico team came to the neighborhood to bring 10 portable oxygen concentrators and other supplies to partners in the area. Edwin Quiles Martínez, 66, and his wife Graciela Pérez Alvarado, 73, in their home in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

The arrival of thousands of migrants in New York, Washington, Chicago and beyond has sent officials in those cities scrambling to establish a system of support services, with mixed success. The Office of Migrant Services in Washington, D.C., will offer urgent medical care and connection to resettlement services. Phillips said migrants have been calling volunteer groups in the city “constantly” with problems, leaving volunteers in rapid-response mode. Mental health services are lackingStill, Enriquez said, there is a major hole in that care: mental health services. Mental health screenings are also part of the initial medical checkups at city health centers, Jochum said.

One of two state agencies responsible for pushing out millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funds said it could be at least mid-to-late 2023 before any allocations roll out. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, a Democrat, has said the price tag to overhaul the city’s water infrastructure could balloon into the billions. This year, the Mississippi Legislature created a $450 million water infrastructure funding program with money the state received through the Congressional Covid relief package that passed in 2021. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is administering the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. Sam Mozee, director of the Mississippi Urban Research Center at Jackson State University, says his team is tracking what happens with funding going forward.

☆ 'Revealing' teen costumes, on-set massages, and a gender-discrimination complaint: Inside Dan Schneider's 'disgusting' Nickelodeon empire
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-30 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

For many Nickelodeon actors, life at the network was surreal, the "Amanda Show" actor Raquel Lee told Insider. Schneider set up a meeting to discuss the situation. On the one hand, the success of Schneider's shows provided rare stability in a chaotic industry. None of Schneider's shows credited more than two female writers in the entirety of their runs; "Zoey 101" and "Drake & Josh" had zero. The writer wrote that Schneider once pressured her into simulating "being sodomized" while she was telling a story about high school, to her embarrassment.

A side hustle consultant with 12 streams of income shares three questions they're asked the most. Most people want to know how they can set up passive income streams quickly and easily. They shared with Insider the answers to the three most common questions they get about starting a side hustle. How can I make passive income quickly and easily? 1 question they get is: "What is the easiest and quickest way that I can make passive income?"

The foods most often wasted are vegetables, fruit, bread, and bagged salad. Half of food waste occurs in the home, and costs the average family about $750 every year, leaving around 13% of the big weekly grocery shop wasted. The foods most often wasted are vegetables, fruit, bread, and bagged salad. OzHarvest says, "Whilst it's not really recommended to eat food past this date, use your senses to gauge whether food is edible." Keep fresh fruit and vegetables in the fridge, and move food that needs to be used first to the front.

☆ 60 de decese confirmate la două săptămâni după surparea imobilului din Florida. Primar: „Ne rugăm încă pentru un miracol”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AFP60 de decese confirmate la două săptămâni după surparea imobilului din Florida. În cea de-a 15-a zi a operaţiunilor, membrii echipelor de salvare au păstrat un moment de reculegere la 01:20 dimineaţa, ora la care s-a surpat o parte a imobilului. „Lucrăm 24 de ore din 24 pentru a găsi victimele şi a permite familiilor cât mai repede posibil să-şi plângă rudele”, a adăugat ea în timpul unei conferinţe de presă. Agenţi de poliţie şi experţi criminalişti au sarcina de a identifica trupurile sau rămăşiţele umane pentru a putea să înştiinţeze rudele victimelor, potrivit Digi24. Levine Cava a invitat rudele victimelor „să semnaleze obiectele lipsă, şi vom lucra în următoarele săptămâni sau luni pentru ca familiile să le recupereze”.

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☆ FOTO // Primele indicii: care este cauza prăbușirii clădirii din Miami Beach; Circa 100 de oameni sunt încă dispăruți
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

„Erau probleme de structură, evident – clădirea s-a prăbuşit”, a spus Levine Cava. Aceasta a mai precizat că ingineri structurali, alături de pompieri, lucrează pentru a asigura partea rămasă în picioare a clădirii. Foarte instabil”, a precizat directorul Poliţiei din Miami-Dade, Freddy Ramirez. Oficialii au declarat că blocul, construit în 1981, se afla în procesul de recertificare, necesitând reparaţii, în timp ce o clădirea adiacentă se afla în construcţie. În ultima vreme, clădirea a fost supusă mai multor inspecţii, alături de construcţia clădirii adiacente.

Persons: Daniella, Levine, Andrew Hyatt, Freddy Ramirez, Ramirez, Charles Kesl Organizations: Miami Beach, Levine Cava, News, Champlain Locations: Miami Beach, Champlain, South, Miami, Miami - Dade, Surfside

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