Aug 28 Watch 7:02 ‘We felt ambushed,’ man says after wife’s ICE detention led to hospitalization By Amna Nawaz, Ian Couzens, Laken Kincaid ICE arrested Jemmy Jimenez-Rosa in Boston as she and her family returned home to the U.S. after a vacation in Mexico. Rosa, who has a green card, was held for 10 days and moved between detention facilities. She's one of… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 9:43 20 years later, a look at Katrina’s lasting impact and concerns over future storms By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah Clune Hartman, Layla Quran, Cali Steffenhagen It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts. While Katrina remains the costliest U.S. natural disaster, the deepest impact is found in the human suffering and the difficult journey toward recovery. For our series… Continue watching
Aug 28 Florida taxpayers may lose $218M on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as judge orders shutdown By Mike Schneider, Kate Payne, Associated Press Florida taxpayers could be on the hook for the $218 million cost of converting a training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center that may soon be empty of detainees. Continue reading
Aug 28 Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert By Michael Biesecker, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Acquisition Logistics LLC has no experience running correction facilities and had never won a federal contract for more than $16 million. Continue reading
Aug 28 Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Trump and Pritzker have traded insults for days over a supposed plan that would deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, as the administration has done in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Pritzker and city leaders vow to sue,… Continue reading
Aug 28 Authorities seek motive in videos, writings of shooter who killed 2 kids at Minneapolis church By Giovanna Dell'Orto, Steve Karnowski, Mark Vancleave, Hallie Golden, Associated Press Investigators are pouring over the videos, writings and movements of the shooter who fired through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 11:16 ‘We owe this to our children’: Minneapolis mayor calls for action after school attack By William Brangham, Courtney Norris A shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis left at least two young children dead and another 17 people injured. Authorities say they do not yet know of a motive, but said the shooter released a manifesto on social media… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 7:14 News Wrap: Trump administration taking over management of D.C.’s Union Station In our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration is taking over management of Washington's Union Station in its latest effort to put the capital city further under federal control, CDC head Susan Monarez is reportedly being forced out weeks after… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 6:37 FEMA employees behind letter blasting Trump cuts placed on leave amid crackdown on dissent By Jenna Bloom, Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins About two dozen FEMA employees have been placed on leave after they signed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts and personnel decisions. The letter warns the cuts undermine the progress FEMA has made after Hurricane Katrina, a storm… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 5:44 What the Cracker Barrel backlash reveals about the power of branding By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz Cracker Barrel is backtracking on its nearly $700 million rebrand after widespread backlash from customers and investors. The overhaul, centered on a text-only logo and a modern design, was criticized as sterile and out of step with the chain’s nostalgic… Continue watching