US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, and atmospheric river all at once

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer (AP) — Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be. Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus heat (38 Celsius-plus.) Two storms will dump snow by the foot... Read More.

Trump’s ‘America First’ campaign battle cry gives way to military strikes abroad

By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, whose fierce denunciation of military adventurism abroad fueled his unlikely rise to the top of the Republican Party, risks becoming ensnared by that very type of conflict. The U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday cemented Trump's decade-long transformation from a candidate who in... Read More.
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ICE begins to purchase warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press (AP) — More than 20 towns with large warehouses have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE isn't telling them anything until after it has purchased space for thousands of detainees. In some cases, warehouse owners are refusing... Read More.

As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have déjà vu

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press (AP) — The shooting deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis followed a playbook that is painfully familiar to Black Americans: Authorities quickly moved to disparage the victims, only to be contradicted as more evidence emerged. Black families who have lost loved ones to... Read More.

Stranded by winter weather? Here’s what airlines owe you

By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer (AP) — Winter weather can upend even the best-laid travel plans, but one less thing to worry about is losing money if your flight is canceled: U.S. airlines are required to provide refunds. A monster storm started to wreak havoc on Saturday across parts of the country, with... Read More.
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Trump’s DoJ investigating whether Minnesota’s Walz and Frey impeded ICE

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and JACK BROOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, two people familiar with the matter said Friday. The investigation, which both Walz and Frey said... Read More.

Native American business draws shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, JOSHUA GOODMAN and JOHN HANNA Associated Press MAYETTA, Kan. (AP) — The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, whose ancestors were uprooted by the U.S. from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s, are facing outrage from fellow Native Americans over plans to profit from another forced removal: President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. A... Read More.
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States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press (AP) — Officials in Louisiana, Vermont, and Virginia pledged Thursday to keep food aid flowing to recipients in their states, even if the federal program is stalled next month because of the government shutdown. The fate of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about 1 in 8 Americans... Read More.

Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Energy said on Thursday it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation's largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy. AEP Transmission... Read More.