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Archaeologists find clues to 1700s fires under New Orleans street

In its document, FEMA, which is helping fund the project, said it expected excavation at the site to be completed by Dec. 19.

People walk along Bourbon street days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 6, 2025.
 US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

Trump admin. to withhold disaster funding for states, cities that boycott Israel

 A person watches as machinery is used to clear debris along the banks of the Guadalupe River after catastrophic floods in Center Point, Texas, U.S., July 11, 2025.

Trump admin. officials debate FEMA efficacy after Texas floods

 People react near the Guadalupe river, following flash flooding, in Kerrville, Texas, U.S. July 6, 2025.

Death toll in Texas flooding nears 100 as search ongoing for 11 missing campers


143 US lawmakers support doubling religious institution security grants

Several Jewish organizations advocated in the past two years to increase the project’s funding in light of antisemitic attacks in several states across the US.

Joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden as the next US president in the US Capitol in Washington

JFNA to help thousands of institutions apply for federal security grant

CEO: “We’re going to dramatically increase the number of professional assessments that are being done as part of this round of grant application.”

Eric Fingerhut

NY, California, Washington to receive emergency coronavirus assistance

Ohio, Louisiana, Dallas issue stay at home orders; 32,000 U.S. cases, over 400 deaths; 10% of quarter million tested have the virus. Trump: 'We are at war, and we are fighting an invisible enemy.'

US President Donald Trump holds a news conference in Washington DC

Florida synagogue continues its wait for aid a year after Hurricane Irma

For the second year in a row, the congregation at the Lakeland synagogue is locked out of its sanctuary during the most sacred period of the Jewish calendar.

Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen approaching Puerto Rico in this NASA's GOES-16 satellite image taken at about 15:15 EDT on September 6, 2017.

IN PHOTOS: In the wake of Irma - A flooded world

As hurricane Irma lays waste to whole islands, cities and blocks of flats - the world media venture to the eye of the storm to bring back cutting edge photographs.

A woman receives a cloth after arranging produce on a piece of floating wood, after the passing of Hurricane Irma, in Havana, Cuba.

Trump takes churches' side in financial debate after Hurricane Harvey

Churches that acted as shelters and supplied food during the hurricane are now claiming they deserve fair reimbursement, and US President Donald Trump has sided with them in the controversial debate.

US President Donald Trump pauses during a statement at the White House