Report: Death Threat Forces Rep. Maxine Waters To Cancel Events In Texas And Alabama
Waters, an outspoken critic of President Trump, said she received a “very serious death threat” from a person in Texas, according to CNN. She canceled appearances in Texas and Alabama.
‘We Were All In There Together’: Strangers Share Compassion In The Flood Of ’93
During the Great Flood of 1993, the mutual efforts of a then-prisoner and a beauty shop owner to protect a tiny Illinois town briefly brought them together. After 25 years, the two reconnect.
California Passes Strict Internet Privacy Law With Implications For The Country
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an Internet privacy bill that would significantly expand online privacy rights of consumers in that state.
Capital Gazette Remembers Its Own
Five employees of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis were killed Thursday in a shooting. We read what the newsroom’s staff had to say about their five colleagues who died.
Military Bases Prepare To House Migrant Families
The Defense Department is preparing to house and care for up to 12,000 people. It’s part of an effort to manage those families who cross into the U.S. illegally.
Capital Gazette Shooting Update
We have the latest on the attack on a Maryland newsroom that left five employees dead.
Reassessing Organized Labor’s Political Power After Supreme Court Ruling
A new Supreme Court ruling removes unions’ ability to collect fees to cover collective bargaining costs for workers who opt out of union membership. It’s a big setback for labor unions in the U.S.
Why Reuniting Migrant Families Is So Difficult
NPR’s David Greene talks with Linda Rivas, an immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas, about the difficulties of reuniting parents separated from their children.
Trump’s New IRS ‘Postcard’ Is Not So Simple And Not Really A Postcard
President Trump and Congressional Republicans promised taxpayers could file their returns on a postcard, but the new IRS effort isn’t quite that.
Capital Gazette Shooting Victims: The 5 Killed In Attack On Maryland Newspaper
A gunman entered the offices of The Capital newspaper in Annapolis Thursday and opened fire, killing four of the paper’s journalists and a sales assistant. We have profiles of the victims.
Israel Court Convicts Man For String Of Bomb Threats Against Jewish Centers
The man, who is Jewish and holds both U.S. and Israeli citizenship, reportedly made about 2,000 hoax bomb threats.
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