As America Turns A Year Older, Poll Finds Patriotism Has Slipped A Bit
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Gallup Editor in Chief Frank M. Newport about a new poll that finds, for the first time, that less than half of Americans are extremely proud of their citizenship.
ICE Has New Ways To Keep Asylum-Seekers And Their Kids Apart, Critics Say
In the case of a Honduran asylum-seeker jailed in Texas, ICE appears to be defying a court order to reunite parents and separated children as soon as possible, by setting bond amounts impossibly high.
America’s Next Top Rest Stop: An App Compiles The Best Gas Station Bathrooms
Millions of Americans are hitting the roads for the holiday. With road trips come pit stops, and fuel price tracker Gas Buddy has compiled a list of the best bathrooms using user reviews.
With A Mid-Week Holiday, Marking A Revolution With Moderation
Celebrating the Fourth of July is a serious predicament for some when it falls on a Wednesday. It’s hard to enjoy barbecues and fireworks when you have to be at work at 9 the next morning.
Men Charged In Deadly Calif. Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire Plead No Contest
Derick Almena and Max Harris pleaded no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with their roles in the 2016 blaze that left three dozen people dead.
Houston Woman Celebrates Independence Day With The Wrong Flag
When her grandson was looking at the World Cup schedule, he noticed that her July Fourth shirt is the Panamanian flag, the BBC reports. She plans to continue wearing the shirt — it’s tradition.
Opinion: What Zora Neale Hurston’s Best-Seller Taught This African About Slavery
The author grew up in Ghana and had certain impressions of what happened during the slave era. And then he read Barracoon.
Plea Deal For Former Congressional IT Staffer Debunks Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories
An attorney for Imran Awan said his client, who worked for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others, was the subject of “political persecution,” fueled by conservative media sites and President Trump.
The Other Victims: First Responders To Violent Disasters Often Suffer Alone
Some firefighters, EMTS and police officers say recent mass shootings have brought to the surface their own trauma, buried over years on the job. Many find it hard to open up and seek help.
Morning News Brief
The Trump administration is undoing Obama-era guidance to schools on affirmative action. And, an update on last month’s shooting of an unarmed black teenager in East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Communities Across The West Cancel Fireworks Because Of Wildfire Threats
Dry conditions are causing holiday fireworks celebrations to be canceled. A geography professor at the University of Colorado Boulder says the single biggest day for wildfires to start is July 4.
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