President Biden and others have lauded Mandy Cohen's pandemic leadership in North Carolina. Those in the state's most vulnerable communities tell a more nuanced story about the new CDC director.
Read more ...Hotter climate means a never-ending fire season for the National Guard National News
California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.
Read more ...A key part of the White House's strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border goes on trial National News
The U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. Critics say it stretches the law too far. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to hold a trial.
Read more ...After the fires on Maui, one home shelters 87 people National News
Those displaced by the fires have found temporary quarters in hotels and with family and friends. One host opened their home to 87 evacuees, most of them from one extended family.
Read more ...A Ukrainian rescue worker's memories are on pause as he evacuates people National News
After a classmate was killed in his hometown of Bakhmut — the longest and bloodiest battle in Russia's war on Ukraine — a rescue worker volunteered to evacuate people from the front lines.
Read more ...Maui's number of people not accounted for after fires rises back above 1,000 National News
"I know it is confusing, because the numbers do change," FBI Special Agent in Charge Steven Merrill said on Tuesday.
Read more ...UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations National News
The Teamsters said that 86% of the votes casts were in favor of ratifying the national contract. They also said it was passed by the highest vote for a contract in the history of the Teamsters at UPS.
Read more ...Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border National News
The Ethiopian government said it will investigate a report of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. A Saudi government official rejected the Human Rights Watch report.
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