Katherine Benally sat between two open windows in her small home and looked out over a sun-baked field in the Chuska Mountain foothills of the vast Navajo Nation. As she waited for the cooling cross breeze, the 74-year-old recalled fondly the days when her family grew squash, corn and pumpkin on this property. They sought shade under […]
On a blistering-hot June day in Birmingham, Alabama, Elena Vasquez Garcia sautéed chicken and bell peppers over the stove, ingredients for tacos topped with “expensive” avocados for her three children at home, after she’d spent the week at a food pantry catering to community members who can’t afford meat, milk and produce. Feeding four people […]
One of the most memorable columns from “Austin Untold Stories,” an American-Statesman series about city parks and a predecessor to the current “Austin Answered,” was a report about three families who raised their children in the Zilker Caretaker’s Cottage, a sweet house located just downstream from Barton Springs Pool. Once hidden behind overgrowth and stored […]
Police in Humberside have identified more than 160 families connected to human ashes found at a funeral home in Hull, according to reports. Officers are meeting with the loved ones of 163 people who may be connected to the remains found at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, according to The Guardian. A total of 35 bodies […]
GREENVILLE, NC (WNCT) — Popular YouTuber MrBeast took his philanthropic efforts to Jamaica, El Salvador and Argentina to give away 100 homes to families in need. One family living near the top of a mountain in Jamaica was in dire need as the home they were living in was unstable and could have collapsed on […]
BOSTON (AP) — Homeless families and individuals will be barred from sleeping overnight at Logan International Airport in Boston beginning July 9, state officials said Friday. The state has made efforts to open more overflow shelter beds for homeless families, including many newly-arrived migrants who have used the airport as a last resort, said Massachusetts […]
FORDYCE, Ark. – On Saturday the community of Fordyce laid to rest another victim of the recent mass shooting and local businesses are stepping up to help support the families while they take time to heal. Callie Weems, a 23-year-old mother and nurse killed in the shooting, was laid to rest at services held in […]
Only a handful of migrant families remain at Logan Airport’s Terminal E Saturday – roughly 24 hours since Governor Maura Healy announced no one would be allowed to stay overnight starting July 9. The Healey-Driscoll administration said that the decision comes as a result of recent efforts to open a new safety-net site at the […]
Toyota has invested nearly $14 billion into its Liberty, North Carolina, “megasite” for EV batteries. Plans for the site were initially announced back in 2021, along with a $1 billion commitment. This was prior to the Inflation Reduction Act’s launch, which earmarked $369 billion in federal investments to help fight the changing climate. Since then, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — When Damien Carchipulla started his first school year in New York City in September, the first grader’s family was living in a Manhattan hotel for migrant families. In the 10 months since, the family of four from Ecuador has moved shelters three times under a policy Mayor Eric Adams imposed in […]
Families of the victims killed in the 2022 Robb elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are calling for further accountability following the indictment of the former Uvalde school police chief. Speaking to NBC after Pete Arredondo, as well as former police officer Adrian Gonzales, were indicted on multiple counts of felony child endangerment and abandonment, […]
Families who lost loved ones in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said the Thursday arrest of former school district police chief Pete Arredondo is not a “happy moment” and are calling for more indictments. Arredondo, 52, was arrested on an indictment charging him with 10 counts of abandoning/endangering a child in connection […]