Nearly A Year After Maria, Puerto Rico Officials Claim Power Is Totally Restored
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority says all homes without power from the devastating hurricane now have electricity. Other reports say some residents are still waiting.
Colorado School District Switches To 4-Day Week To Save Money
Superintendent Chris Fiedler expects the district will save about $1 million in transportation costs, teaching salaries and district-wide utilities.
University of Maryland Accepts Responsibility For Football Player’s Death
President Wallace Loh admitted at a news conference on Tuesday that the school’s athletic training staff “misdiagnosed” Jordan McNair’s collapse and that their failures led to his death.
Tinder Co-Founders Sue App’s Owners For At Least $2B, Saying They Were ‘Cheated’
The lawsuit also says the parent companies “whitewashed” sexual harassment claims against an executive carrying out a plan to hide Tinder’s full value. The companies blast the suit as “sour grapes.”
Nebraska Carries Out First Execution In More Than 20 Years
For the first time in more than 20 the state of Nebraska, executed an inmate on death row. This came after years of debate over switching to lethal injection, after repealing capital punishment and voting it back into place.
Former Baltimore Officer Charged With Assault After Viral Video
Arthur Williams has been indicted by a grand jury for criminal charges including first-degree assault after a video surfaced on social media that showed him repeatedly punching a man in the face.
Florida’s Gulf Coast Battles Deadly And Smelly Red Tide
A toxic algae bloom is killing fish, turtles and dolphins and scaring tourists away from Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Both Sides Of Abortion Rights Debate Mobilized Over Supreme Court Nominee
While the Senate takes a brief recess, activists on both sides of issues, including reproductive rights, are out talking with voters about Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
Brigham Young University Geologists Discover Oldest Known Pterosaur Fossil
A pterosaur is not a dinosaur, but the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Brigham Young University students and teachers have published the result of their findings of the oldest known fossil.
How Deadnaming Factors Into Police Investigations Involving Transgender Women
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with ProPublica reporter Lucas Waldron about a report that says the way cops in Jacksonville, Fla., investigate the murders of transgender women may be having a negative impact on the cases and their relationship to trans…
Some 3D Printing Companies Are Taking Action Against Gun Blueprints
Leading 3D printing companies are trying to get ahead of the issue of 3D gun blueprints. Some companies are using gun-blocking software to deter people from printing functional guns.
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