[ad_1] Mississippi has declared a health emergency over the rising infant mortality rate, which last year reached the highest level since 2013 and nearly double the national average. Dr. Celine Gounder has more. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A busy wildfire season has taken a toll on firefighters stretched by crew shortages. David Schechter went to Oregon, where a special camp is trying to fill the shortfall. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Columbus, Ohio — After the death in July of their father, Dan Pelzer, at the age of 92, John and Marci Pelzer discovered something extraordinary in his things — a very long list of every book he had ever read. Dan, a social worker from Columbus, Ohio, was in the Peace Corps when he…
[ad_1] Trump joins police, military on D.C. streets Trump joins police, military on D.C. streets amid federal takeover 02:05 Washington — President Trump on Friday said he plans to raise about $2 billion from Congress to work with a contractor to renovate the streets of Washington, D.C., as his administration’s federal anti-crime initiative is underway,…
[ad_1] Two years after one of the worst wildfires in American history devastated the city of Lahaina, teachers at King Kamehameha III Elementary School are working to provide stability for their youngest students who lost their historic school in the disaster. The August 2023 wildfire that swept across the old whaling city killed more than…
[ad_1] By Jacob Rosen, Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump’s 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” where he worked with Brennan for two years on the…
[ad_1] Canada will remove retaliatory tariffs on many U.S. products that are covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a press conference on Friday. The move by Canada is expected to reduce tensions with the U.S., as the two nations work to hash out a trade agreement. Speaking to…
[ad_1] A tour bus rolled over in a “serious mass casualty” crash on a major highway in upstate New York Friday, officials said. The collision closed all lanes on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, around 30 miles northeast of Buffalo and 40 miles southeast of Niagara Falls, New York State Police said. “Avoid…
[ad_1] At least one person is dead after a shooting Friday at Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Mississippi shipyard that builds vessels for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, police said. The Pascagoula Police Department said on social media that its officers were dispatched to the shipyard at about 7:32 a.m. Police did not release the name…
[ad_1] Stocks rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled a rate cut could be coming, during a speech at policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 936 points, or 2.1%, as of 11:56 a.m. EST on Friday, while the S&P 500 gained 102 points, or 1.6%. The…
