Blizzard hammers central U.S. Plains, grounding flights and cutting power
A late-winter blizzard pounded the U.S. central Plains states on Wednesday, bringing high winds and an expected 2 feet of snow, disrupting air travel and causing power outages.
Alaskan musher wins his first Iditarod, crossing finish line in Nome
The 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended in a predawn close finish on the snow-covered streets of Nome on Wednesday, with Alaskan Pete Kaiser and his dogs barely holding off defending champion Joar Leifseth Ulsom of Norway.
Democrats support expanding Medicare, with some caveats that could matter to voters
After launching his 2020 presidential bid last week, John Hickenlooper took a different stance on establishing a “Medicare-for-all” government health insurance program than many of his Democratic competitors.
As wildfires devour communities, toxic threats emerge
As an uncontrollable wildfire turned the California town of Paradise to ash, air pollution researcher Keith Bein knew he had to act fast: Little is known about toxic chemicals released when a whole town burns and the wind would soon blow away evidence….
Blizzard, fierce winds expected to clobber U.S. Plains states
A late-winter blizzard is expected to clobber the U.S. Central Plains states Wednesday with up to two feet of snow and fierce winds and bring floods in the Upper Midwest, the National Weather Service said.
Political incivility, racial hostility roil U.S. high schools, study finds
Political grudges and racial animosity have divided students at U.S. high schools and President Donald Trump has exacerbated the problem with his rhetoric, a study released on Wednesday showed.
CNN hit with $275 million defamation suit by Kentucky student
A Kentucky teenager sued CNN on Tuesday for defamation, saying the cable network falsely conveyed to viewers that he was the “face of an unruly hate mob” confronting a Native American activist at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in January.
Hollywood actors, CEOs accused of paying bribes, faking photos to scam U.S. college admissions
Nearly 50 people, including actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were charged on Tuesday in what federal authorities say was a $25 million scam to help wealthy Americans get their children into elite universities like Yale and Stanford.
PG&E spared criminal charges in deadly 2017 California wildfires
An investigation into fierce wildfires that swept Northern California’s wine country in 2017, killing 46 people, found no basis to criminally charge PG&E, the utility whose power lines helped spark the conflagration, prosecutors said on Monday.
For Manafort’s sentencing, a trip to the pre-cellphone era
If you need to get news out of the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, bring plenty of quarters.
