The Daily Populous

Saturday October 7th, 2017 night edition

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has restored statistics on its website on Puerto Rico's access to water and electricity following outrage over their removal, The Washington Post reports.

The agency posted the updated statistics on Puerto Rico's recovery on Friday after drawing criticism for inexplicably removing them on Thursday morning.

FEMA's website now reports that 9.2 percent of Puerto Ricans have access to power, after Hurricane Maria wiped out the island's entire electrical grid.

More than half of Puerto Ricans now have access to clean drinking water through the territory's sewer authority, at 55.5 percent.

A FEMA spokesperson originally pointed the Post to the listing of the statistics on a web page run by the Puerto Rico governor's office, which was entirely in Spanish, but did not explain why the statistics had been removed.

The Trump administration has faced criticism over its handling of the humanitarian crisis following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

He added, "We only heard thank-yous from the people of Puerto Rico” on the response to his administration's hurricane relief efforts. »

Astronaut Scott Kelly on the devastating effects of a year in space

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Scott Kelly (at left) undertaking a dangerous space walk outside the International Space Station.

The effects of living in space looked a lot like the effects of ageing, which affected us all.

Edited extract from Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly (Doubleday, $35), published on October 19. »

These 13 House Reps sponsored a bill to legalize mass surveillance on Americans and called it the USA Liberty Act

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However, the USA Liberty Act would codify this mass surveillance.

The USA Liberty Act is an affront on the average American’s intelligence – and is even worse than the “Restoring Internet Freedom” Act put forth by these 9 Senators.

These are the 13 House Representatives that are sponsoring the poorly titled USA Liberty Act (H.R. 3989). »