May 02 WATCH: Trump presents Teacher of the Year award to educator who leads classroom for teenage refugees By Jill Colvin, Associated Press 2018 National Teacher Mandy Manning teaches at Newcomer Center at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington, where she leads a classroom for teenage refugees. Continue reading
May 02 N.C. Democratic Party files complaint against Sen. Tillis, state GOP over work by Cambridge Analytica By Associated Press Cambridge Analytica, the British-based firm that supposedly improperly used data from tens of millions of Facebook users to influence the 2016 presidential race for Donald Trump, was also paid by the Tillis campaign and the state GOP for work in… Continue reading
May 02 3,800 artifacts once bought by Hobby Lobby were just returned to Iraq By Joshua Barajas How did a chain selling arts and crafts supplies get in trouble for smuggling artifacts? Here's a breakdown. Continue reading
May 02 Cambridge Analytica, firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal, to shut down By Associated Press Wednesday's shutdown comes as the firm, which has been linked to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, is losing clients and facing legal fees from the Facebook case. Continue reading
May 02 Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K program By Errin Haines, Associated Press Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs. Continue reading
May 02 At least 5 National Guard members from Puerto Rico killed in Georgia plane crash By Associated Press A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed onto a highway in Georgia on Wednesday, and authorities said there appeared to be no survivors. Continue reading
May 02 Southwest plane with cracked window diverted to Cleveland By Mark Gillispie, David Koenig, Associated Press A cracked window on a Southwest Airlines plane forced a plane heading from Chicago to New Jersey to land in Cleveland Wednesday. Continue reading
May 02 With girls joining the ranks, Boy Scouts plan a name change By David Crary, Associated Press The organization on Wednesday announced a new name for its Boy Scouts program: Scouts BSA. The change will take effect next February. Continue reading
May 02 Next steps for caravan will unfold mostly out of public view By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The rest of the asylum-seeking process will happen slowly and secretively in immigration courts. Continue reading
May 01 Texas and 6 other states sue to end ‘Dreamers’ program for good By Associated Press The lawsuit announced Tuesday comes a week after a federal judge in Washington ordered the Trump administration to resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Continue reading