FEMA declares new strategy to engage Native American tribes

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:43:26 -0400

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American tribes facing climate change-related disasters

Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:38:41 -0400

Union Pacific has already lost three lawsuits over the way it removes employees with health conditions because of safety concerns, and the prospect of hundreds more lawsuits looms over the railroad

Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:24:37 -0400

Union Pacific has already lost three lawsuits over the way it removes employees with health conditions because of safety concerns, and the prospect of hundreds more lawsuits looms over the railroad

Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:24:04 -0400

Union Pacific has already lost three lawsuits over the way it removes employees with health conditions because of safety concerns, and the prospect of hundreds more lawsuits looms over the railroad

Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:22:14 -0400

Union Pacific has already lost three lawsuits over the way it removes employees with health conditions because of safety concerns, and the prospect of hundreds more lawsuits looms over the railroad

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:36:27 -0400

The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade treaty in a new sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy China claims as its own territory

Rosalynn Carter marking 95th birthday with butterflies

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:05:14 -0400

Rosalynn Carter turns 95 Thursday, and her birthday is being marked with butterflies

Gas-powered muscle cars drive into the sunset, turn electric

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:35:57 -0400

Thundering gas-powered muscle cars will be closing in on their final Saturday-night cruises in the coming years

Miami officer still critical as robbery suspect identified

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:18:49 -0400

Police in South Florida say a 29-year-old officer has died after being shot in the head during a confrontation with a robbery suspect in Miami

Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:41 -0400

Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2022. There are 135 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.) On this date: In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I. In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it. In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia...