A Mental Health Crisis Unfolds in Puerto Rico’s “Living Emergency”
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the first 36 hours after Hurricane Maria, five-year-old Keydiel and his mother Shaina were trapped by the toppled trees that blocked the doors to their home in Yabucoa,…
114 Wildfires Are Scorching an Area Larger Than Delaware
The Holy Fire in CaliforniaChris Rusanowsky/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As of Friday, there were 114 total wildfires across the country, consuming a combined area larger than the state of Delaware. To fight the blazes, 29,000 people have been deployed with an arsenal of 200 helicopters and 1,800 engines, according to…
Trump Tears Into Jeff Sessions: “Scared Stiff and Missing in Action”
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly excoriated his attorney general in a series of tweets about the Russian investigation, describing Jeff Sessions as “scared stiff and Missing in Action.” Sessions has recused himself from the investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia.…
Indicted GOP Congressman Ends Reelection Bid
Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.)Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Embattled New York Congressman Chris Collins announced Saturday that he is suspending his reelection campaign—a move that comes several days after he was indicted on federal insider trading charges. Collins said in a statement that he will…
A Year Later, Charlottesville Remembers Heather Heyer
Heather Heyer’s mother Susan Bro speaks with reporters in front of a memorial.Steve Helber/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A year ago this weekend, Charlottesville was overrun with Confederate flags, swastikas, and torch-carrying white supremacists. While much of the anniversary has been overrun with news about Unite the Right’s planned…
Trump Threatens to Interfere With FBI
Thomas O’Neill/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump warned Saturday morning that he “may have to get involved” in FBI business. In a pair of tweets, the president complained that the bureau has not turned over to the conservative group Judicial Watch text messages sent by former…