Record Rainfall In The Midwest Is Curbing Outdoor Fun
The record rainfall and flooding in the Midwest has affected outdoor recreation. Boat sales are down, lake communities are hurting, and rainouts and cancellations are running high.
Two More Deputies Fired For Not Confronting Parkland, Fla., School Shooter
Two other deputies had already been fired for the same reason. Seventeen students and faculty of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were killed on Feb. 14, 2018.
Top Clean-Air Official Plans To Step Down From EPA Post Amid Ethics Probe
Bill Wehrum, who last week scored a victory for coal industry supporters by rolling back Obama-era power plant emissions rules, is leaving his post at the end of the month.
Wayfair Employees Protest Sale Of Furniture To Migrant Detention Center
“This is the first time I felt like I needed to hit the streets to make sure I was proud of my company, to make sure I was happy to work for them,” employee Madeline Howard said at the walkout.
A Father And Daughter, Drowned At The Border, Put Attention On Immigration
Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S.
House Passes $4.5 Billion In Emergency Border Aid
President Trump has threatened to veto the measure in favor of a Senate Republican version of the bill that would include about $50 million more for immigration courts.
News Brief: Robert Mueller, Border Crisis, Presidential Debate
Former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before House panels. Customs and Border Protection is under fire for migrant issues. And, the Democratic presidential debates get underway Wednesday.
Persistent Wet Weather Interferes With Midwest Farmers’ Planting
After record flooding across the Midwest, some farmers are wrestling with whether to plant anything at all this season.
Trump’s Travel Ban Has Kept Scores Of Families Separated
A year ago Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s travel ban on eight, mostly Muslim, countries. It has had life-altering implications for many families.
Illinois’ Governor Signs Law Legalizing Recreational Use Of Marijuana
The state becomes the 11th in the country to legalize recreational pot. The Illinois law, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, also expunges the criminal records of some 800,000 past offenders.
A Whole Lot Of Improv: Southwest Readjusts To A World Without The Boeing 737 Max
Southwest Airlines is the biggest operator of Boeing’s 737 Max in the U.S. While the plane remains grounded following two fatal overseas crashes, Southwest has had to juggle its flight operations.
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