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The Post Most: After Irma, a once-lush gem in the U.S. Virgin Islands reduced to battered wasteland

 
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After Irma, a once-lush gem in the U.S. Virgin Islands reduced to battered wasteland
A 20-square-mile island in the Caribbean reveals some of the hurricane's worst devastation on U.S. soil.
Homeless man asked woman to move Porsche so he could sleep. Then she shot him, police say.
Katie Quackenbush, an aspiring singer and songwriter in Nashville, was charged with attempted murder in connection to the Aug. 26 shooting.
 
Theft of Equifax data could lead to years of grief for home buyers and mortgage applicants
Two-thirds of consumers may be affected by security breach at Equifax.
 
Five dead at South Florida nursing home as state grapples with heat and outages after Irma
The storm's impact continued to reverberate through Florida, where millions still lack electricity.
 
The Health 202: Single-payer pushes the health-care debate decidedly leftward
The plan's backers are largely 2020 contenders.
 
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A Marriott rescue ship left stranded tourists behind because they weren't guests of the hotel
The hotel chain sent a boat to St. Thomas but only those on the passenger manifest were allowed to board, a decision Marriott officials said was out of their hands.
 
U.S. middle-class incomes reached highest-ever level in 2016, Census Bureau says
But the sharply higher median income of $59,039 masks worrying disparities, the data showed.
 
An 11-year-old boy fell into an Italian volcanic crater. His parents also died trying to save him.
"It's a moment of deep sadness for all of us," Pozzuoli Mayor Vincenzo Figliolia said.
 
Sanders will introduce universal health care, backed by 15 Democrats
Republicans, bruised and exhausted by a failed campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act, were giddy about the chance to attack Democrats and Sanders.
 
8-year-old biracial boy was hung from rope by N.H. teenagers because of his race, family says
Police are investigating the family's claim. They confirmed that the boy was treated at a hospital.
 
 
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What's one of America's most dangerous jobs? It's not what you think.
For years, nurses lobbying for safer work places have been kicked, punched, pinched and even stabbed at work on a regular basis
 
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ESPN scolds host Jemele Hill for calling President Trump a 'white supremacist' on Twitter
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After Irma, Florida prepares for days — and maybe weeks — without power
Hurricane Irma battered Florida, causing flooding and outages that spanned the state.
 
 
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