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Czech President Milos Zeman has spoken in support of Vladimir Putin and was an early supporter of Donald Trump. Pro-European challenger Jiri Drahos will face him in a runoff election later this month.

Rescuers continue to search for survivors of Monday's quake, which trapped people in a collapsed supermarket in Pampanga province and caused panicked office workers to flee buildings in Manila.

Researchers have found that giving your brain an electrical stimulation while you sleep can lead to quicker learning and improved memory. Future You's episode 6 explores what this will mean in 2050.

At 6:15 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall on the shores of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. One year later to the minute, and at the same spot, a choir memorialized that tragedy with song.

2: Country music legend, MERLE HAGGARD. HAGGARD has been on the country music scene since the early sixties and has more number one hits than any country music star except Conway Twitty. Recently two tribute albums of his songs were released: "Mama's Hungry Eyes" and "Tulare Dust." HAGGARD was also recently inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. (REBROADCAST FROM 4/6/95)Poet and countercultural activist ALLEN GINSBERG. His poems include "Howl," and "Kaddish." GINSBERG was part of the group of Beat poets, which also included Jack Kerouac. A four-CD boxed set of Ginsberg's work, "Holy Soul Jelly Roll - Songs and Poems (1949-1993) was released last November (on Rhino's Word Beat label). (REBROADCAST FROM 11/8/94)Author AMY TAN. Her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, is the story of four Chinese women who gather to gossip and play mah jong, and of the rebellious ways of their Americanized daughters. The story parallels Tan's own life. Her mother left China in 1952, and TAN grew up torn between her mother's culture of the past and her American surroundings of the present. She is also the author of The Kitchen God's Wife. (REBROADCAST FROM 3

The White House wants $24 billion in new aid to help recovery from recent wildfires and hurricanes. President Biden also asks for $6.4 billion to resettle vulnerable Afghans in the U.S.

More than 400,000 Harris County homes were without power on Tuesday morning. Galveston received about 14 inches of rain, and Houston saw about 6.5 inches. Wind speeds clocked around 45 to 50 mph in the area.

Officials said Monday that mainland China had 169 new confirmed cases, 98 of which were described as "imported." It was the largest increase since March 6.

NOAA is updating its definition of what a "normal" Atlantic hurricane season looks like, based on the last 30 years. The average number of hurricanes in the new normal has risen from 6 to 7.

Castro was one of four applicants to fill the seat after Councilwoman Ana Sandoval resigned. She will serve until a permanent councilperson is elected on May 6.