| Trump news - live: Outrage over president's fresh attack on late John McCain’s 'very evil purposes', as anger mounts over Golan Heights declaration Posted: 22 Mar 2019 08:53 AM PDT  Donald Trump has yet again attacked John McCain in an interview with Fox Business, calling out the late senator's "very evil purposes" in handing the FBI the Steele Dossier, which, he told host Maria Bartiromo, was "paid for by Hillary Clinton".
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| Indonesia's Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 deal after crashes Posted: 22 Mar 2019 01:23 AM PDT  Indonesia's national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after the model was involved in two fatal crashes. The move could spark more cancellations from other major carriers, an aviation analyst said, as Boeing and US federal regulators get set to face their first public grilling by Congress since the deadly incidents. "We have sent a letter to Boeing requesting that the order be cancelled," Garuda spokesman Ikhsan Rosan said.
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| Citigroup to sell Venezuelan gold in setback to President Maduro: sources Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:37 PM PDT  Maduro's government has since 2014 used financial operations known as gold swaps to use its international reserves to gain access to cash after a slump in oil revenues left it struggling to obtain hard currency. Under the terms of the 2015 deal with Citigroup's Citibank, Venezuela was due to repay $1.1 billion of the loan on March 11, according to four sources familiar with the situation. Citibank plans to sell the gold held as a guarantee - which has a market value of roughly $1.358 billion - to recover the first tranche of the loan and will deposit the excess of roughly $258 million in a bank account in New York, two of the sources said.
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| The Latest: Responding officer testifies in teen's death Posted: 20 Mar 2019 03:39 PM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on the homicide trial of a white Pennsylvania police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black 17-year-old (all times local):
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| Giant inland sea created by the disastrous Mozambique cyclone Posted: 21 Mar 2019 11:08 AM PDT  Cyclone Idai left death, destruction, and a sprawling inland sea in its wake. The powerful tropical cyclone -- which struck Mozambique last Thursday as the equivalent of a Category 2 or 3 hurricane with winds of around 100 mph -- has left at least 150 dead and 600,000 in need of help in the flooded nation said the EU, though the Associated Press reports over 300 fatalities as of March 21 when accounting for deaths in neighboring Zimbabwe.The cyclone's widespread flooding -- in part overshadowed by simultaneous and historic flooding in the Midwest -- has left behind an inundated area some 200 square miles in size (518 square kilometers), with the inland sea reaching up to 15 miles wide, according to satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA). > And for better comparison a GIF animation of the images showing the Mozambique flood before (March 2nd) and after (March 20th) Mozambique Copernicus Sentinel-1️ Better quality GIF https://t.co/h8608N8so5 MozambiqueFloods MozambiqueFloods2019 RemoteSensing Beira Idai pic.twitter.com/d9hOmdiBbp> > -- Pierre Markuse (@Pierre_Markuse) March 21, 2019The destruction is particularly severe around Mozambique's fourth largest city, Beira. SEE ALSO: The West accepts its drought-ridden future, slashes water use"The situation is terrible. The scale of devastation is enormous. It seems that 90 per cent of the area is completely destroyed," said the Red Cross's Jamie LeSueur, who is working in the region. > The latest delineation maps for Mozambique: > ✴️Nhantaze: 24,837.7 ha (248 sq km) flooded > ✴️Macorreia: 9,862.5 ha (98.6 sq km) flooded > Maps and geospatial data: https://t.co/w3uo4SPyREMozambiqueFloods Idai IdaiCyclone pic.twitter.com/0siHZhW6hM> > -- Copernicus EMS (@CopernicusEMS) March 21, 2019Though there's little evidence showing that the planet is experiencing more cyclones and hurricanes, there is mounting evidence that these storms are growing stronger compared to storms in the 21st century.What's more, cyclones, like any big storm today, can now carry more water: The world has warmed by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1 Celsius, over the last century, and for every 1 degree C of warming the atmosphere holds seven percent more water. > This just in: shocking footage from our team via helicopter that has just arrived in Beira, Mozambique. The devastation is widespread with barely a house intact following CycloneIdaipic.twitter.com/BnyqVIJ9YF> > -- IFRC Africa (@IFRCAfrica) March 17, 2019Since the 1960s, only three tropical storms of category 3 or stronger have hit Mozambique, according to Weather.com.When the total number of fatalities are confirmed and the great inland sea dissipates, Idai's rampage may end up being the worst storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere, the EU noted. WATCH: Jordan Peele explains the childhood experience that made him love horror
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| New Zealand Bans Assault Rifles in Wake of Deadly Attacks Posted: 20 Mar 2019 09:43 PM PDT  The ban takes immediate effect to prevent stockpiling of firearms while the legislation is being drafted, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters on Thursday. Further changes in gun laws to tighten licensing and increase controls over ammunition will be made in coming months. "I strongly believe that the vast majority of legitimate gun owners in New Zealand will understand that these moves are in the national interest, and will take these changes in their stride," she said.
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| Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Fox News for 'Latina thing' segment Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:04 AM PDT  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to Laura Igraham after the Fox News host and a guest mocked the freshman Democratic from New York for the way in which she pronounces her name.
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| 2006 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 Lingenfelter Build Posted: 21 Mar 2019 06:46 AM PDT  This black 2006 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 is powered by a 610-horsepower, 427 cubic inches, 7.0-liter LS7 V8 built in the shop by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering and is fitted with multiple carbon fiber components on the outside.
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| Who is running for president? Here's a list of the candidates so far Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:07 PM PDT  The 2020 field has become crowded in recent weeks. Here's a look at who has announced their candidacy or opened an exploratory committee in the hunt for the presidency.
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| Harvard 'shamelessly' profits from photos of enslaved people, descendant claims in lawsuit Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:18 AM PDT  A descendant of enslaved people has sued Harvard University, alleging that the Ivy League institution has "shamelessly" profited from photos of her ancestors. Tamara Lanier, of Norwich, Connecticut, claims that Harvard has ignored requests to surrender images of a man named Renty, whom she says is her great-great-great grandfather, and his daughter Delia. Lanier is suing Harvard for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of the images, asking the university to return the photos to her, pay unspecified damages, and recognise her ancestry.
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| See Photos of the New 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Posted: 21 Mar 2019 11:14 AM PDT |
| US-backed forces press offensive against IS Syria enclave Posted: 21 Mar 2019 01:44 AM PDT  US-backed forces pressed an offensive against the Islamic State group in its last redoubt in Syria on Thursday, denying reports the jihadist enclave had fallen. "Mopping up operations continue in Baghouz camp," the command of the Syrian Democratic Forces said in a brief statement. The SDF, which launched a final assault against the village of Baghouz in eastern Syria on February 9, denied reports that the IS enclave had completely fallen to its forces.
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| Catholic Church scandal: 395 Illinois priests, deacons accused of sexual misconduct Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:54 PM PDT  A report identifies 395 Catholic clergy members in Illinois who have been accused of sexual misconduct.
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| CNN takes over a week to report Covington lawsuit Posted: 21 Mar 2019 05:57 PM PDT  What happened to 'facts first'? Reaction from former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino.
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| Brexit End Likely to Be Based on a Customs Union, JPMorgan Says Posted: 21 Mar 2019 12:41 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- The realities of the Brexit situation indicate that the U.K. is going to end up with "something that's founded on a customs union" with the European Union, according to Karen Ward, chief market strategist for Europe, Middle East and Africa at JPMorgan Asset Management.
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| Bringing the Sting: The U.S. Navy Is Getting New F/A-18E/F Super Hornets Posted: 21 Mar 2019 09:00 PM PDT  The Super Hornets would be the first new-build examples of the Block III variant of the F/A-18E/F. The Block III flies farther and carries more weapons than an older F/A-18E/F can do and also is stealthier than earlier Super Hornet models are.
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| Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido says senior aide was kidnapped by intelligence agents Posted: 21 Mar 2019 09:05 AM PDT  The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has said intelligence agents arrested his chief of staff after a pre-dawn raid, signalling that president Nicolas Maduro may be cracking down on the opposition's challenge to his rule. Mr Guaido invoked the constitution in January to assume the interim presidency after declaring Maduro's 2018 re-election a fraud, and has been recognised by dozens of Western nations as the country's legitimate leader. Mr Maduro, who has overseen a dramatic collapse of the country's economy, has called Mr Guaido a puppet of the United States and said he should "face justice", but has not explicitly ordered his arrest.
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| Why is the Dow falling? Banks and tech stocks drag down market on Wall Street Posted: 22 Mar 2019 09:21 AM PDT  U.S. stocks moved broadly lower on Wall Street Friday, dragged down by banks and industrial companies.
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| Pound rises on Brexit delay; economic gloom hits European stocks Posted: 22 Mar 2019 06:55 AM PDT  Sterling rose further Friday after Brussels gave Britain a Brexit deadline extension, but stocks dived as fresh economic gloom gripped trading floors.
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| Correction: Mob Shooting story Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:01 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story March 16 about an arrest in the killing of a reputed Gambino crime boss, The Associated Press erroneously reported where the victim was born. Francesco Cali was born in New York City, not in Sicily.
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| Teen Builds 150 Dog Beds for Utah Animal Shelter Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:17 AM PDT  A Utah teen's love for animals is inspiring him to help shelter dogs in a unique way. Chance Call is in the process of constructing 150 beds for dogs of all sizes. He plans to donate them to the Davis County Animal Shelter.
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| President Trump's latest executive order is a shot in the campus free speech wars Posted: 21 Mar 2019 10:59 AM PDT  But while Trump's order is a clear declaration he agrees with conservative concerns about America's colleges, it's not clear what actual effect the move will have in academia.
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| WRAPUP 3-Indonesian airline cancels Boeing order, citing passenger fear Posted: 21 Mar 2019 11:48 PM PDT ![WRAPUP 3-Indonesian airline cancels Boeing order, citing passenger fear]( "WRAPUP 3-Indonesian airline cancels Boeing order, citing passenger fear") JAKARTA/OSLO, March 22 (Reuters) - Indonesian airline Garuda plans to cancel a $6 billion order for Boeing 737 MAX jets, it said on Friday, saying some passengers would be frightened to board the plane after two fatal crashes, although analysts said the deal had long been in doubt. The news came as another 737 MAX customer, Norwegian Air , played down the significance of a move by Boeing to make a previously optional cockpit warning light compulsory. Norwegian said that, according to Boeing, the warning light would not have been able to prevent erroneous signals that Lion Air pilots received before their new 737 MAX plane crashed off Indonesia in October, killing 189 people.
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| Facebook Stopped Bangladeshi Ad Farm Targeting Utah in Midterms Posted: 22 Mar 2019 03:00 AM PDT  Political news in a Utah congressional district wasn't coming from inside the U.S. -- a mismatch Facebook had tuned its software algorithms to detect. A data scientist in the election-monitoring center at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, inspected the activity manually and discovered, at 11:47 a.m., that the source spreading the content was an ad farm in Bangladesh. The slides, viewed by Bloomberg News, show in detail how Facebook has improved its process for rooting out bad actors using tactics similar to those Russian operatives used in 2016.
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| 2020 election: Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke jump in new poll, but Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders tie as frontrunners Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:29 AM PDT  A new poll has revealed early gains for Kamala Harris and Beto O'Rourke in the growing field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates — but they're still far from being the frontrunners at this stage in the game. Joe Biden, the former vice president who has yet to formally announce his candidacy, has been leading the pack in a slate of polls putting him ahead of his lesser known potential opponents. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is now tied with Mr Biden at 26 per cent of total support from Democratic voters, however, according to a new Emerson poll released on Wednesday.
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| Which Subcompact Crossovers and SUVs are Best? Here Are All 17, Ranked Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:31 AM PDT |
| Justice Thomas speaks as U.S. top court confronts racial bias in jury selection Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:54 AM PDT  U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate put on trial six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a prosecutor of repeatedly blocking black potential jurors, though the court's only black member sounded skeptical. Justice Clarence Thomas, who had not posed a question during an oral argument in three years, asked several in the case involving Curtis Flowers, 48, who has argued that his constitutional right to a fair trial was violated. Thomas, an idiosyncratic conservative and only the second African American ever appointed to the court, signaled through his questions he might vote against Flowers, who otherwise drew broad support among the other justices, both liberal and conservative.
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| Kentucky Governor Signs Law Prohibiting Abortions Based on Unborn’s Sex, Race, or Disabilities Posted: 20 Mar 2019 12:06 PM PDT  Kentucky governor Matt Bevin on Tuesday signed a bill that bans abortions chosen on the basis of an unborn child's sex, race, or disability.A court filing in the U.S. District Court in Louisville indicated that the governor has signed the bill, which included an "emergency clause" stipulating that it would go into effect immediately.Physicians must now certify in writing that the patient did not request the abortion for a reason related to the baby's sex, race, or disabilities. Flouting the new law puts doctors at risk of losing their medical license or being prosecuted for a felony, although the mother of the unborn child would not be targeted.The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the bill in federal court as an unconstitutional restriction on a woman's right to abortion."Instituting laws that instantly affect critical patient care should not be a cat-and-mouse game," the group said, asking that it be notified when the bill is signed.Another new law that bans abortions after about six weeks or when a heartbeat can be detected forced Kentucky's sole abortion clinic, EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville, to cancel some appointments on Friday until a federal judge intervened."EMW and its abortionists have responded with a novel claim: Women have a constitutional right to undergo race-based abortions, gender-based abortions, and disability-based abortions. In plaintiffs' view, somewhere in the Fourteenth Amendment's penumbra lies a protection for eugenics," the governor's lawyer M. Stephen Pitt wrote in defending the ban on eugenics-based abortions. "This is a perverse distortion of Roe v. Wade."
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| USC Just Named a New President. Here's What She Said About the Admissions Scandal Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:03 PM PDT  "I am not afraid about taking on challenges," Carol Folt said.
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| The Latest: Forecasters: 'historic' flooding could hit South Posted: 21 Mar 2019 08:33 AM PDT  The Latest on the upcoming flood threat in the South (all times local):
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| Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank: Palestinian medics; Israel reviewing Posted: 20 Mar 2019 05:14 PM PDT  A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics said, and the military announced on Thursday that a soldier had discharged his weapon and it was reviewing the incident. The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of its crews treated a man with two bullet wounds at an Israeli military roadblock near the city of Bethlehem on Wednesday and that Israeli forces had shot him. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as a 26-year-old from Bethlehem and said another Palestinian had also been shot and critically wounded.
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| T-Mobile unveils home broadband service that could expand after Sprint merger Posted: 21 Mar 2019 03:04 PM PDT  T-Mobile on Thursday unveiled a limited home internet service that it plans to pilot for 50,000 mobile customers at $50 a month, with the company promising it could build on that, and eventually offer a lot more once its $26.5 billion merger with Sprint finally goes through.For now, the new invitation-only service will focus on areas where the carrier can deliver high-speed internet access to connect up to 50,000 homes in rural and underserved parts of the country. Once it merges with Sprint, however, T-Mobile says it should be able to cover more than half of the US with broadband service by 2024.This seems to be one attempt by T-Mobile to push back against critics of the proposed merger who worry it will leave customers with less choice and the potential for prices to rise. "We're walking the walk and laying the foundation for a world where we can take the fight to Big Cable on behalf of consumers and offer real choice, competition and savings to Americans nationwide," T-Mobile CEO John Legere about the home broadband pilot.The service will be offered only in areas where T-Mobile expects to deliver speeds of around 50 Mbps through fixed unlimited wireless service over LTE, with no data caps. The carrier points to one economist's estimate that showed while customers today pay around $80 a month for wired in-home broadband service, "the new T-Mobile will save customers up to $13.65 billion a year on home broadband by 2024".As context for why it decided to pursue the new service, T-Mobile went on to note in its announcement that almost half of Americans today have no competitive choice for high-speed in-home broadband. "The New T-Mobile," the company declares, "will be armed with spectrum and network assets that will build the highest capacity wireless network in US history, covering millions with 5G, not just a few people in a few blocks of a few cities like the other guys."If you're eligible to participate in the home broadband pilot, T-Mobile plans to start sending out invitations by email and regular mail this week.We mentioned T-Mobile's pending merger with Sprint, and it's also worth pointing out, as a reminder, that it's still under review by federal regulators. T-Mobile has said it feels optimistic everything will be approved in the first half of this year.
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| See How Snøhetta’s Architecture Brought the Best of Scandinavian Design to the World Posted: 21 Mar 2019 01:21 PM PDT |
| Police, tradesmen rush to prepare ravaged mosque for Friday prayers Posted: 20 Mar 2019 07:58 PM PDT  New Zealand police and tradesmen are working intensively in the hope of readying the Al Noor mosque to hold Friday prayers, just a week after it was the centre of a racist shooting which left 50 dead. "Police have been working relentlessly, doing everything in our power to gather all appropriate evidence from what are active crime scenes so we can allow people to return to the mosques as quickly as possible," a police spokesman said, referring to Al Noor and a second mosque in Christchurch attacked by the gunman. An army of carpenters, glaziers, gardeners and carpet layers could be seen entering the Al Noor grounds Thursday and the police spokesman said they were trying to return the mosque to its original state.
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| Fed Says It Won’t Hike Rates in 2019, Citing Economic Slowdown Posted: 20 Mar 2019 11:41 AM PDT  The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday and predicted that it will not raise them again for the entirety of the coming year due to a recent slowdown in economic growth.In a widely anticipated move, the central bank's policy-making Federal Open Market Committee abandoned its previous prediction, made just three-months ago, of continued strong economic growth that would necessitate two rate hikes this year.After predicting in December that the economy would continue to grow at 2.3 percent on the year, officials revised their assessment to 2.1 percent. As a result, the benchmark-funds rate will remain between 2.25 percent and 2.5 percent. The Fed has generally kept rates low since the 2008 financial crisis, but began raising them incrementally under Janet Yellen.The new economic-growth forecast further widens the chasm between the central bank and the White House, which has consistently provided the rosier prediction of 3.2 percent growth this year.The decision to halt rate hikes will likely please President Trump, who, following the Fed's December announcement, lambasted Chairman Jerome Powell for threatening the bull market he's enjoyed since taking office.> It is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation, the outside world blowing up around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike. Take the Victory!> > -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2018Powell, for his part, has resisted criticizing the president and has repeatedly asserted the Fed's independence from the Trump administration.
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| Trump investigation: Former White House aide Hope Hicks ‘to cooperate’ with Democrat probe Posted: 21 Mar 2019 02:55 AM PDT  Former senior White House official Hope Hicks is said to have agreed to cooperate with a Democratic-led congressional investigation into Donald Trump. Ms Hicks, 30, who was considered one of the president's closest confidantes and who served as White House communications director from the summer of 2017 to the spring of last year, has reportedly said she will provide documents to a congressional committee looking into possible obstruction of justice by Mr Trump. CNN said Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler, chair of the House of Representative's judiciary committee, wrote to Ms Hicks earlier this month, seeking documents on topics that ranged from former national security advisor Michael Flynn's false statements to the FBI, the May 2017 firing of James Comey, and the drafting of a misleading media statement about Donald Trump Jr's 2016 meeting in Trump Tower.
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| 'Change Is Closer Than We Think.' Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Rise Posted: 21 Mar 2019 02:55 AM PDT  Every 10 minutes or so, someone knocks on the big wooden door of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office on Capitol Hill. The noise makes staffers stiffen. It's…
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| Samantha Bee skewers Democratic 2020 hopefuls on late-night talk show Posted: 21 Mar 2019 07:53 AM PDT  Late-night TV host Samantha Bee ripped into the growing field of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls Wednesday night. The 'Full Frontal' host commented on everything from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's campaign slogan, to former Vice President Joe Biden not making a decision on his third potential presidential run. The TBS star also went after former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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| Reports: Boeing will add warning light to aid pilots after Ethiopian 737 Max crash Posted: 21 Mar 2019 04:13 PM PDT  The warning light will become standard equipment. Previously, it was an option
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| Palestinian official: Israel kills unarmed man in West Bank Posted: 21 Mar 2019 01:13 AM PDT ![Palestinian official: Israel kills unarmed man in West Bank]( "Palestinian official: Israel kills unarmed man in West Bank") RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The governor of the West Bank city of Bethlehem said Thursday that Israeli soldiers shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian man who was trying to aid another near the city.
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| Here’s a state-by-state look at which consoles US gamers prefer Posted: 20 Mar 2019 01:38 PM PDT  It's certainly been a big week for gaming news, with the unveiling of Google's forthcoming Stadia game streaming service as well as related announcements like new Google gaming hardware and the promise of exclusive games for the service. In related news, Microsoft's gaming vice president Phil Spencer sent out an email to employees today promising that Microsoft would "go big" at E3 in the wake of Google's news, while Nintendo today as part of GDC announced a wave of new indie games coming to the Switch.Speaking of the Switch, consoles certainly aren't going anywhere for at least a little while longer, never mind the rush of tech giants like Google to launch game streaming offerings that try and eliminate the need for a console altogether. To get a sense of where consumer tastes are at relative to consoles, PCMag conducted a survey of consumers that generated some interesting results.The outlet surveyed a little more than 2,000 respondents on a variety of topics, among them being which consoles are preferred by the respondents who identified themselves as gamers. Microsoft's Xbox One and Xbox One X came away the winner thanks to a plurality of responses, with 31% choosing Microsoft's console. Some 28% of respondents said they prefer PlayStation, while 21% identified themselves as Nintendo fans and 20% as PC gamers.So, while 31% chose Xbox, 69% collectively said their preferred gaming option is something other than the Xbox.PCMag has a full write-up here of the results of its survey, in addition a map (above) showing the logos of each gaming console corresponding to the states where that console is the most popular.There were close splits between preferred consoles in many states, with PlayStation beating out Nintendo by 1 percentage point in Arizona, while Xbox squeezed past PlayStation by 2 percentage points in California. It was even closer than that in other states, with Nintendo beating PlayStation by less than a percentage point in Utah and beating out Xbox by less than 1% in Indiana.Looking at the demographics behind the results, women who participated in the study tended to prefer Xbox and Nintendo, while men seem to prefer PlayStation and PC Gaming. It should be noted that women were also just as likely to not have a favorite console at all -- or even to identify themselves as gamers.
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| 'We are one' says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence Posted: 22 Mar 2019 12:21 AM PDT  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joined about 20,000 people standing quietly at Hagley Park, in front of the Al Noor mosque where most of the victims were killed during Friday prayers last week. "New Zealand mourns with you. Ardern, who swiftly denounced the shooting as terrorism, has announced a ban on military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles.
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| US team seeks to provide water, hygiene in cyclone-hit Mozambique Posted: 21 Mar 2019 03:33 PM PDT  The United States said Thursday it had sent a team to cyclone-hit Mozambique to provide safe drinking water and other necessities after the region's biggest storm in decades. Aimee Lauer, who is heading the response for the US Agency for International Development, said that an initially light 15-member team was en route to Mozambique with a potential expansion planned once the scope of the disaster becomes clear. The group will provide chlorine tabs for safe water and hygiene kits to help stem the spread of water-borne diseases after Cyclone Idai smashed into the coast of Mozambique, she said.
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