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20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’  The New York Times ‘Saints’ and uplift at New Orleans Katrina memorial as city marks 20 years since storm  NOLA.com The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, ‘ground zero’ for Hurricane Katrina  NPR Katrina20: The Storm That Changed Everything  WLOX Hurricane Katrina survivors share stories of perseverance 20 years after deadly storm  Fox …

Seattle — Two firefighters who were part of a 44-person crew fighting a wildland blaze on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents during a multiagency criminal investigation into the two contractors they worked for, federal authorities said Thursday. The arrests prompted Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, of Washington State, to call U.S. immigration policy “sick.” The …

A controversial portrait of General Robert E Lee, which shows an enslaved man holding the Confederate leader’s horse, is being returned to the library at West Point, according to Pentagon officials who spoke with the New York Times. The nearly 20ft canvas, which had hung in the US military academy since 1952, was removed following a 2020 law that ordered …

Nearly 1,000 “worker over billionaire” protests are being planned in all 50 states starting this weekend as part of a Labor Day week of action organized by labor unions and advocacy groups in opposition to the Trump administration’s policies. The actions include marches and rallies in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, a Labor Day parade in New York …

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday there was “no way” American troops could invade Venezuela after Washington deployed multiple warships and 4,000 troops to the Caribbean to pressure the leftist strongman. The United States said the deployment to the southern Caribbean, near Venezuela’s territorial waters, is an anti-drug trafficking operation. Venezuela has responded by sending warships and drones to patrol …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The bad news began in the early days of summer and has never seemed to end in this corner of the Upper Midwest. There was the deadly attack on state politicians in the Minneapolis suburbs. The gunfire that erupted during a gathering at a popular city picnic spot, leaving one person dead and five injured. On Tuesday …

ENGLEWOOD — President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime and homelessness has been a topic of much discussion this week among Englewood resident Pamela Mondane and her neighbors. Some neighbors have told Mondane they support troops coming to the city. After experiencing violent incidents, they “feel something radical has to happen to get …

Missouri voters expanded paid sick leave. The GOP undid it, and the repeal just took effect  Missouri Independent Kansas City coffee shop refuses to cut paid sick leave, despite new law  KCTV KC workers to march on Labor Day, saying lawmakers are stripping away their rights  Axios New Missouri laws take effect Thursday  KOMU 8 Missouri ends paid sick leave today. These workers are …

Doctors at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would be barred from performing abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, under new rules proposed by the Trump administration. The draft regulations, which also forbid providers from counseling female veterans about terminating a pregnancy, have generated nearly 20,000 comments in the federal register from conservative activists, abortion rights supporters …