Houston drainage grid ‘so obsolete it’s just unbelievable’
In this aerial photo, floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround an apartment complex. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRON By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON (AP) – Houston’s system …
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Oral histories: New Orleans civil rights leaders, speak
In this March 12, 1961 photo, members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) picket outside McCrory’s Department store in New Orleans to protest the …
Equifax inadequately explains data breach
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA NEW YORK–Equifax has been scrambling to explain itself since disclosing last week that it exposed vital data about 143 million Americans …
Colleges work to help first generation students succeed
Colleges work to help first-generation students succeed PHOTO COURTESY OF CALEDONIA By WILSON RING Associated Press MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – As she readied to leave for …
Battling cancer, McCain says his prognosis is ‘pretty good’
JohnMcCain speaks at the Smithsonian American Art Museumon May 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. PHOTO COURTESY OF KTLA WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. John McCain says …
Week In Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF YORK DISPATCH SECURITY CLEARANCE BACKLOG LEADS TO RISKY INTERIM PASSES WASHINGTON (AP) – A government backlog of 700,000 security clearance reviews has …
Harriet Tubman on $20 bill?
Will Donald Trump really replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20? PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – …
Black Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
Judge Rules That Cherokee Freedmen Have Right To Tribal Citizenship. PHOTO COURTESY OF NPR By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – Descendants of black …
Symbol of racist terror set for display in state museum
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum PHOTO COURTESY OF AL JAZEERA By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The terror of a burned …
Dedication set for renamed Yale residential college
PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University is holding a dedication ceremony for a residential college that’s being renamed in …