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

by The Associated Press
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.

Despite recent gains, tribal citizens descended from slaves face disparate treatment

by The Associated Press
By SAVANNAH PETERS and GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press MCLOUD, Okla. (AP) — Tribal citizens whose Black ancestors were enslaved by citizens of several tribal nations in Oklahoma are starting to see more inclusive access to Native American health care, education, and other social services, but barriers remain. Federal and tribal agencies have worked in recent... Read More.
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ICE begins to purchase warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals

by The Associated Press
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 The Associated Press
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.
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Native American business draws shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers

by The Associated Press
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.

First Native woman drives Oklahoma’s iconic Sooner Schooner

by The Associated Press
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — For the first time in its 60-year history, the Sooner Schooner, the University of Oklahoma’s iconic covered wagon mascot, was driven by a Native American woman. Brianna Howard, a junior at OU and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, first drove the Schooner onto the field during... Read More.
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At least 7 victims remain hospitalized as Weatherford cleans up leak of ammonia gas

by The Associated Press
By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press WEATHERFORD, Okla. (AP) — At least seven people remained hospitalized on Friday from injuries they suffered from an ammonia leak in a small Oklahoma town as authorities focused on how the potentially deadly gas began spewing out of the tanker truck carrying it. The leak on Wednesday night... Read More.

States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

by The Associated Press
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.
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