Affluent cities gained at expense of Trump’s ‘forgotten’ America study
The economic divide between affluent U.S. cities and suburbs and the ailing, often rural, areas where blue collar and middle-tier service jobs are the norm grew wider after the onset of the Great Recession, a Washington-based think tank said on Monday….
Trial opens on claim Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans
Harvard University is set to face trial on Monday over accusations that it discriminates against Asian-American applicants in a closely watched lawsuit that could influence the use of race as a factor in college admissions decisions.
President Trump, First Lady to visit storm-ravaged Florida Panhandle
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Florida’s storm-ravaged Panhandle on Monday, the White House announced, in the president’s first tour of the destruction left by the deadly Hurricane Michael.
Honduran migrant group grows, heading for United States
A growing group of more than 1,500 Honduran migrants headed for the United States moved toward the Guatemalan border on Sunday, witnesses and organizers said.
More dead expected in destroyed Florida Panhandle towns after Michael
Dozens of people remained missing on Sunday in Florida Panhandle communities reduced to ruins by Hurricane Michael as rescuers said they expected the death toll to rise and survivors grappled with power outages and shortages of food and water.
Four shot dead at one-year-old’s birthday party in Texas
Four men were shot and killed following a fight between two families at a birthday party for a 1-year-old in Texas, state officials said.
Four dead in shootings at one-year-old’s birthday party in Texas
Four men were killed when a fight between two families turned into a shootout at the birthday party for a 1-year-old in Texas, state officials said.
In Tennessee, a Democrat scrambles to turn out voters as polls show slide
Just weeks ago, Tennessee’s Phil Bredesen was a bright light for a Democratic Party hoping to make inroads into conservative “Trump country” and secure a path to retake majority control of the U.S. Senate in November’s elections.
Hopes fade for more survivors of Hurricane Michael
The hunt for missing people in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael early Sunday is turning into a search for the dead, as hope of finding more people alive fades in the Florida Panhandle, U.S. officials said.
Trump says family separations deter illegal immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that separating migrant families at the border could deter illegal immigration and that he was considering several options to tighten border security.
