The Treasury reviews some 24,000 cases a year and reimburses around $30 million to people whose money has been burned, flooded or otherwise damaged. This service helps underpin the dollar’s integrity.
At Least 62 Dead After Fuel Tanker Explodes In Tanzania
A crowd was gathered around the damaged truck, trying to collect the fuel that was leaking from it, when an explosion occurred.
Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas As Demonstrations Continue
Pro-democracy protests, now in their 10th straight weekend, are posing one of the biggest tests to China’s leadership since the 1997 handover from Britain.
Jeffrey Epstein Dead By Apparent Suicide At Manhattan Jail
At approximately 6:30 a.m. Saturday, the wealthy financier accused of sex trafficking was found unresponsive in his jail cell by an apparent suicide. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Elizabeth Warren’s New Plan On Guns Has A Goal: Reduce Gun Deaths By 80%
The Massachusetts senator introduced a sweeping gun control plan Saturday. She also said people have to maintain pressure on President Trump for more immediate change.
Opinion: Much Of Argentina Wants Its Populists Back
The election four years ago of pro-market Mauricio Macri was a rebuke of the populism of the Kirchners. As the country heads into a new election season, the populists look to be making a comeback.
White Supremacy Has Never Been Fringe
Just as it did at the end of the 19th century — an era of racist lynchings and massacres — the idea that a less-white populace poses a danger to the United States continues to enjoy wide purchase.
At ‘High Five’ Camp, Struggling With A Disability Is The Point
A day camp in Nashville uses “constraint-induced therapy” to help kids who have physical weakness on one side — often because of a stroke or cerebral palsy — gain strength and independence.
He Survived A Tornado, Then His Dad Was Killed In Dayton: ‘I Can’t Rebuild A Father’
Dion Green is a Dayton resident grappling with double loss. His father was killed last weekend in the Dayton mass shooting. Just months before, his house was badly damaged by tornadoes.
No Safe Drinking Water On Reservation Leaves Thousands Improvising
The Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon has been without safe drinking water since late May, and some people don’t have any running water at all.
Americans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To ‘Do Something’ About Gun Violence
President Trump says he supports “really intelligent background checks.” It’s unclear what exactly that means, but support for universal background checks is near universal among Americans.
‘I’m The Shooter,’ El Paso Suspect Allegedly Told Police
The suspect was in his car, stopped at an intersection when law enforcement officials pulled up behind him. That’s when he got out with his hands in the air. He allegedly said he targeted Mexicans.
Alabama To Allow Sandhill Crane Hunting After More Than 100 Years
The season begins later this year. The state joins Tennessee and Kentucky as the third state east of the Mississippi River to permit sandhill crane hunting.
American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died
When she was 19, Renee Bach founded a charity that went on to care for over 900 severely malnourished babies and children. Now she is being sued by two of the mothers whose children died.
Dayton Victim Was An Intern Who Had Accepted A Full-Time Job Days Before Being Killed
Nick Cumer, an intern at Maple Tree Cancer Alliance, had just accepted a full-time job with the nonprofit. He and his colleagues went for a night out on the town to celebrate when violence struck.
Scientists Find Out How Leaping Maggots Leap
The scientists captured the acrobatic jumps of a tiny maggot-like creature with high-speed cameras to figure out how it does this trick with no arms, legs, or wings.
Citizenship Question To Be Removed From 2020 Census In U.S. Territories
After courts permanently blocked the question from the 2020 count, the Census Bureau revealed plans to change forms for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Vietnam Veteran’s Remains Flown Home By His Son
The remains of Col. Roy Knight Jr., shot down in 1967, arrived in Dallas on Thursday to an emotional audience.
Defense Chief Esper Wraps Up Asia Trip As Alliance Comes Under Pressure
The Pentagon has signaled a possible shift in the military balance in the region, calling for the U.S. to deploy land-based, intermediate-range missiles in Asia.
Top Senate Republican Pushes Forward With Drug Bill That Divides GOP
Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is making the case for bipartisan legislation to lower seniors’ drug costs. Many Republicans oppose it over free market principles.
Walmart Bans Violent Imagery, But Not Gun Sales
Following shootings at two store locations, Walmart said in an internal memo that it would take down all imagery and stop playing videos that depicted violence.
Rifle-Carrying Man Arrested After Causing Panic At Walmart In Missouri
Formal charges of making a terrorist threat in the first degree are pending against a 20-year-old, who police say wanted to cause chaos, as opposed to kill people.
Trump Says He Supports ‘Intelligent’ Background Checks
The president said the issue “isn’t a question of NRA, Republican or Democrat” and indicated he could split from the National Rifle Association.
Empress Of The Stage
How do we understand the music of the early 20th Century if we consider Bessie Smith — seriously — as an actress?
The Racial Roots Behind The Term ‘Nappy’
Where does the term nappy come from and why does it have such negative connotations? Is it possible to reclaim a word that has been used as a slur for so long?
To Get A Gun License, First You Have To Plant 10 Trees
That’s the new rule in Ferozepur, a district in India’s Punjab state. As proof you have to submit a photo of yourself with your saplings.
SoulCycle Owner, Trump Donors Face Public Shaming
Opponents of President Trump are increasing public pressure on those who contribute to the Trump reelection campaign. One major Trump donor faces a call for a boycott of a business he owns, SoulCycle.
Why Is The Census Bureau Still Asking A Citizenship Question On Forms?
Courts have permanently blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. But the Census Bureau is continuing to send surveys that ask about citizenship status.
Trump Team Hits Brakes On Law That Would Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs
Critics worry the administration’s delays come at a steep cost: Medicare is continuing to pay for millions of unnecessary exams and patients are being subjected to radiation for no medical benefit.
Careful With Those Birthday Candles, Smokey: Beloved Bear Turns 75
The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways Smokey’s message may have worked too well. Here’s how he’s changed.
China’s Coast Braces For Powerful Typhoon Lekima
The storm, currently categorized as a super typhoon with sustained winds of 130 mph, is expected to make landfall near the city of Ningbo early Saturday.
Some 300 Arrested In Mississippi Immigration Raids Have Been Released, Officials Say
In a statement Thursday, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi said detainees were asked whether they had children and were provided with cellphones to arrange for their care.
Trump Names New Acting Director Of National Intelligence
President Trump named Joseph Maguire shortly after the deputy director of national intelligence resigned. Maguire is currently director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Senate Will Discuss Gun Proposals In September, McConnell Says
“What we can’t do is fail to pass something,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told WHAS radio. “The urgency of this is not lost on any of us.”
DOJ Official Behind Failed Census Citizenship Question To Leave Department
John Gore, the main Justice Department official behind the Trump administration’s failed push for a citizenship question, is set to leave the department, a person familiar with the matter tells NPR.
‘I’ve Got Nothing Over Here’: Michigan Man Deported By ICE Dies In Baghdad
“It’s crazy to know that he died alone in a country he’d never been in,” Jimmy Aldaoud’s sister told NPR. He had arrived in the U.S. with his Iraqi family when he was a very young child.