Jan 18 How Americans are stepping up during the shutdown By Jamie Leventhal, Lorna Baldwin Four stories about people and organizations making a difference for their communities and furloughed workers. Continue reading
Jan 18 Why we may never know the true number of family separations By Joshua Barajas A watchdog's 24-page report said the exact number of children separated from their families by immigration authorities is “unknown.”… Continue reading
Jan 18 Travel industry fears damage from a long government shutdown By David Koenig, Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press he travel and tourism industries generate about $1.6 trillion in U.S. economic activity — one-twelfth of the economy — and one in 20 jobs, according to the Commerce Department. Continue reading
Jan 18 Years after Flint water crisis began, no one is behind bars By Ed White, Associated Press Flint was one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jan 18 Tesla says it will cut jobs to lower prices on its electric vehicles By Associated Press Tesla's cheapest model right now is the $44,000 Model 3, and it needs to broaden its customer base to survive. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 2:03 Why many stores can’t accept food stamps during the shutdown While so far there have been no major lapses in benefits for the nearly 39 million people who depend on food stamps amid the partial government shutdown, 2,500 retailers around the country are unable to take any form of SNAP… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 5:09 Report: Number of families separated at the border unknown due to bad bookkeeping The inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services paints the most detailed picture to date of the Trump administration's actions to separate immigrant families at the southern border. The report found that the government was separating children… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 10:44 How Colin O’Brady mentally prepared for his Antarctic feat By William Brangham There have been many expeditions on the frozen continent of Antarctica, but Colin O'Brady's 54-day solo trek across more than 930 miles without any assistance was the first of its kind. "You are locked in a prison of your own… Continue watching
Jan 17 Government shutdown stalls training, other prep for wildfire season By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Firefighting training courses are being canceled from Tennessee to Oregon and controlled burns to thin dry vegetation aren't getting done. Continue reading
Jan 17 Why more furloughed workers are filing for unemployment By Gretchen Frazee If Congress back pays employees once the shutdown ends, the workers would be required to pay back any unemployment benefits they received. Continue reading