The Daily Populous

Saturday September 30th, 2017 day edition

image for San Juan mayor: 'I am begging, begging anyone who can hear us to save us from dying'

"I will do what I never thought I was going to do.

I am begging, begging anyone who can hear us to save us from dying.

If anybody out there is listening to us, we are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency," Carmen Yulín Cruz said on Friday.

Aid has been slow to arrive to residents on the island, who are in increasingly dire need of food, water and medicine.

The Trump administration has come under fierce scrutiny from Puerto Ricans and lawmakers for not helping the U.S. territory quickly enough.

The president insisted on Friday afternoon federal officials were doing a great job with relief efforts.

"We have done an incredible job, considering there's absolutely nothing to work with," Trump told reporters at the White House. »

US health secretary Tom Price quits after plane scandal

Authored by bbc.co.uk

US Health Secretary Tom Price has resigned over the use of expensive private planes for official business.

A White House statement said President Trump had accepted Mr Price's resignation, adding that Don J Wright had been designated as acting health secretary.

In July Donald Trump joked that if Tom Price didn't get a Republican healthcare plan through Congress, he would be fired. »

Costco Kicks Out Coke And Replaces It With Pepsi In Food Courts

Authored by businessinsider.com
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Costco has confirmed that all of its foodservice locations will be switching from Coke to Pepsi products, Jeffrey Klineman at BevNET reported.

It will start gradually changing things out at its 400 U.S. stores in April as the vending contracts expire.

Costco dishes out more than 100 million hot dogs at its food courts, which is more than four times what Major League Baseball sold at its ballparks in 2011, according to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. »

Alberta police dog accidentally fires handgun found after parking lot fight

Authored by globalnews.ca

A police dog in Chestermere, Alta., had a close call on Thursday when it inadvertently fired a handgun found while investigating a fight in a grocery store parking lot.

READ MORE: Calgary police service dog Jester returns to work after stabbing.

In a Thursday news release, RCMP said “during the recovery by the police dog, the trigger was activated and a shot was fired from the handgun.”. »

Wozniak & Copps: Ending net neutrality will end the Internet as we know it

Authored by usatoday.com
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This summer’s sustained grassroots defense of network neutrality, including a National Day of Action, is a good example.

Millions of Americans have now contacted the Federal Communications Commission and Congress in opposition to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to wipe away the open internet.

Ending net neutrality would take freedom and choice from the less powerful. »