The Barbados based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is reporting that at least six people were killed when a powerful Hurricane Maria slammed into the island on Monday. The regional disaster management agency says the storm has left behind billions of dollars in damages.

ATLANTA (AP) - Grammy-nominated singer Kelly Price will hold a benefit concert in Atlanta for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Price will headline a lineup on Wednesday night including Slick Rick, Trina, 112, Pastor Troy, Donell Jones, Case, LeAndria Johnson, Raheem DeVaughn and Big Freedia.

ATLANTA (AP) - Grammy-nominated singer Kelly Price will hold a benefit concert in Atlanta for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Price will headline a lineup on Wednesday night including Slick Rick, Trina, 112, Pastor Troy, Donell Jones, Case, LeAndria Johnson, Raheem DeVaughn and Big Freedia.

ATLANTA (AP) - Grammy-nominated singer Kelly Price will hold a benefit concert in Atlanta for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Price will headline a lineup on Wednesday night including Slick Rick, Trina, 112, Pastor Troy, Donell Jones, Case, LeAndria Johnson, Raheem DeVaughn and Big Freedia.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sep. 20, CMC – The Barbados based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is reporting that at least six people were killed when a powerful Hurricane Maria slammed into the island on Monday. The regional disaster management agency says the storm has left behind billions of dollars in damages.

WED SEPT. 20. Topeka West Rotary Club , 7 a.m., second-floor conference room, Hy-Vee, S.W. 29th and Wanamaker. Information: Rick Ryan, 249-9000 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Capitol Midweek Farmers Market , 7:30 a.m. to noon (rain or shine), south lawn, Kansas Capitol, S.W. 10th between Harrison and Jackson.

I’ve been riding around the country on a bus for six weeks, doing a dog-and-pony show that, among many other things, included me walking into the crowd and humming a note and the audience singing, a cappella , “My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty,” and singing very well, sometimes....

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By Obinna Ogbonnaya. 20 communities in Ebonyi State have declare their support for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) fight against Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting, FGM/C with a promise of embarking on house to house campaign against the harmful and obnoxious practice still persisting in most communities of Ebonyi.

It was a double blow from nature on Tuesday for Mexico as it did not just have a fresh earthquake to contend with, but also the problem of the small eruption of Popocatepetl volcano. In Atzitzihuacan on the slopes of the volcano, a church collapsed during mass, killing 15 people, Puebla Governor Jose Antonio Gali said.