We’re Getting Way Better at Forecasting Storms, and It’s Helping Humanitarian Groups
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In an era of increasingly extreme hurricanes, floods, and drought, the people in charge of preparing for disasters depend on meteorologists to anticipate where the next catastrophe might strike. Here’s some good…
Homeless Man Jailed After Being Falsely Accused of Using Counterfeit Cash Is Suing Burger King
Emory EllisSteven Senne/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A homeless man is suing fast-food giant Burger King for $950,000 in damages after staff at one of the company’s Boston locations had him arrested for trying to pay for his food with an allegedly counterfeit bill. The man, Emory Ellis, was then jailed…
OKC Schools May Have Reduced Suspensions, But It’s Still Mostly Black Kids Getting Sent Home
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Wall Street Journal has an article today about the Oklahoma City School District. Back in 2015, under pressure from the Obama administration, they decided that school suspensions were out of control and were unfairly targeted toward black kids: In Oklahoma City, the school district…
Feds Charge PAC Operators With Conspiring to Defraud Conservative Donors
Jane_Kelly/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Federal agents arrested two Arizona brothers on Thursday and charged them with operating deceptive political action committees that raised more than $50 million over the last decade. The suspects allegedly preyed mostly on small donors, pledging to use the money for such purposes as protecting conservative values, supporting…
Dark-Money Group Targets Devin Nunes for Attacking “Conservative Hero” Jeff Sessions
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new radio ad is attacking Trump loyalist Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) for feuding with another Trump loyalist, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whom the ad describes as “a conservative hero. An icon. A legend.” Earlier this month, Nunes, the…
Quote of the Day: “People would be suspicious”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Betsy Novak, a greenhouse worker who voted for Donald Trump, on why he probably shouldn’t fire Robert Mueller: People would be suspicious. That’s a big Ten-Four, good buddy.