Spring is already budding its way back into the Queen City. While that's great news for those of us excited for longer days and warmer highs, it also means the return of the dreaded saffron specter: pollen.
Aid agencies and governments stepped up a scramble Tuesday to send help to parts of Turkey and Syria devastated by an earthquake, but a week after the disaster many complained they still were struggling to meet basic needs.
“People are people," Ergungor adds. "There are little differences, some of them are Christian, some of them are Muslim. But, what separates us is really the deli aisle. Some people eat pork, some people don’t. Otherwise, people are people.”
With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled Wednesday in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake.