U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said modern mining practices and state and federal rules already in place address the risks. (Dec. 4, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here )U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said modern mining practices and state and federal rules already in place address the risks. (Dec. 4, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here )President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that it won't require mining companies to prove they have the financial wherewithal to clean up their...…U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said modern mining practices and state and federal rules already in place address the risks. (Dec. 4, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here )U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said modern mining practices and state and federal rules already in place address the risks. (Dec. 4, 2017) (Sign up for our free video newsletter here )President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that it won't require mining companies to prove they have the financial wherewithal to clean up their...WW…

Frank Meza, a quien el resultado en el Maratón de Los Ángeles le fue anulado por oficiales de la carrera, esta semana, después de revisar un video del recorrido, ha muerto. Tenía 70 años de edad. Un vocero del Departamento Forense del Condado de Los Ángeles dijo que Meza fue encontrado el jueves por la mañana en el Río de Los Ángeles cerca del puente de Figueroa Street. Fue declarado muerto a las 10:05 a.m. Aún se esperan los resultados de la autopsia. Advertisement Las autoridades respondieron a las llamadas de emergencia sobre un hombre que estaba en el puente alrededor de las 9:49 a.m....…Frank Meza, a quien el resultado en el Maratón de Los Ángeles le fue anulado por oficiales de la carrera, esta semana, después de revisar un video del recorrido, ha muerto. Tenía 70 años de edad. Un vocero del Departamento Forense del Condado de Los Ángeles dijo que Meza fue encontrado el jueves por la mañana en el Río de Los Ángeles cerca del puente de Figueroa Street. Fue declarado muerto a las 10:05 a.m. Aún se esperan los resultados de la autopsia. Advertisement Las autoridades respondieron a las llamadas de emergencia sobre un hombre que estaba en el puente alrededor de las 9:49 a.m....WW…

“Any way you cut it, this is going to be bad,” a senior medical adviser at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Carter Mecher, wrote on the night of Jan. 28, in an email to a group of public health experts scattered around the government and universities. “The projected size of the outbreak already seems hard to believe.” A week after the had been identified in the United States, and six long weeks before President Donald Trump finally took aggressive action to confront — a pandemic that is now forecast to take tens of thousands of American lives — Mecher was urging the upper ranks of...…“Any way you cut it, this is going to be bad,” a senior medical adviser at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Carter Mecher, wrote on the night of Jan. 28, in an email to a group of public health experts scattered around the government and universities. “The projected size of the outbreak already seems hard to believe.” A week after the had been identified in the United States, and six long weeks before President Donald Trump finally took aggressive action to confront — a pandemic that is now forecast to take tens of thousands of American lives — Mecher was urging the upper ranks of...WW…

As he declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump attempted to deflect criticisms of his administration’s response to the virus with inaccurate claims. Here’s a fact-check. What Trump said: “I don’t take responsibility at all because we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time.” Advertisement False. The Food and Drug Administration issued a “draft guidance” in 2014 in which it sought to extend its authority to regulate laboratory-developed tests. But it’s wrong to blame that...…As he declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump attempted to deflect criticisms of his administration’s response to the virus with inaccurate claims. Here’s a fact-check. What Trump said: “I don’t take responsibility at all because we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time.” Advertisement False. The Food and Drug Administration issued a “draft guidance” in 2014 in which it sought to extend its authority to regulate laboratory-developed tests. But it’s wrong to blame that...WW…

Days after suspending print publication of its suburban Chicago newspaper chain, 22nd Century Media ceased operations Tuesday amid a coronavirus-spawned advertising drought. The end was sudden and the downfall swift, as businesses closed shop and advertising dried up, cutting off the key revenue stream for the weekly newspapers, Joe Coughlin, 22nd Century’s publisher, said Tuesday. Advertisement “We were having a great year, and then ... March,” Coughlin said. "Advertising and revenue collection just stopped.” The decision ends a 15-year run for the hyperlocal publisher, whose 14...…Days after suspending print publication of its suburban Chicago newspaper chain, 22nd Century Media ceased operations Tuesday amid a coronavirus-spawned advertising drought. The end was sudden and the downfall swift, as businesses closed shop and advertising dried up, cutting off the key revenue stream for the weekly newspapers, Joe Coughlin, 22nd Century’s publisher, said Tuesday. Advertisement “We were having a great year, and then ... March,” Coughlin said. "Advertising and revenue collection just stopped.” The decision ends a 15-year run for the hyperlocal publisher, whose 14...WW…

A Montgomery cancer patient who was serving a four-year prison sentence for ordering 42 pounds of THC-infused chocolate has been released from prison thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker commuting his sentence. Thomas Franzen, 37, was discharged from a minimum-security wing at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill Monday afternoon, Lindsey Hess, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Corrections, said. Advertisement Over the last nine months, Franzen’s family said he was not getting the medical care he needed while in jail and his health was declining. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept...…A Montgomery cancer patient who was serving a four-year prison sentence for ordering 42 pounds of THC-infused chocolate has been released from prison thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker commuting his sentence. Thomas Franzen, 37, was discharged from a minimum-security wing at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill Monday afternoon, Lindsey Hess, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Corrections, said. Advertisement Over the last nine months, Franzen’s family said he was not getting the medical care he needed while in jail and his health was declining. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept...WW…

Spain locked down its 46 million citizens Saturday and France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes, restaurants and cinema — as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus. More borders snapped shut around the globe: President Donald Trump announced that the U.S., which days ago barred travelers from most of Europe, will extend the ban to Britain and Ireland, where cases are on the rise. The president also said that he had been tested for...…Spain locked down its 46 million citizens Saturday and France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes, restaurants and cinema — as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus. More borders snapped shut around the globe: President Donald Trump announced that the U.S., which days ago barred travelers from most of Europe, will extend the ban to Britain and Ireland, where cases are on the rise. The president also said that he had been tested for...WW…

Man bites watchdog. In firing one inspector general, sidelining another and assailing a third, President Donald Trump in recent days has put his aversion to agents of federal accountability on stark display in a country consumed by the coronavirus. Advertisement Clearly displeased when inspectors general come to independent conclusions that don't fit the stories he tells, Trump employs a tactic to mar their credibility. If public servants worked for the government in the Obama era, they are subject to being painted as Obama loyalists out to get him. And they’re not insulated if they worked...…Man bites watchdog. In firing one inspector general, sidelining another and assailing a third, President Donald Trump in recent days has put his aversion to agents of federal accountability on stark display in a country consumed by the coronavirus. Advertisement Clearly displeased when inspectors general come to independent conclusions that don't fit the stories he tells, Trump employs a tactic to mar their credibility. If public servants worked for the government in the Obama era, they are subject to being painted as Obama loyalists out to get him. And they’re not insulated if they worked...WW…

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hold arguments by teleconference in May in key cases, including President Donald Trump's bid to shield his tax and other financial records. The court will make live audio of the arguments available for the first time. It had previously postponed courtroom arguments for March and April because of the coronavirus. Advertisement Most Read Advertisement Advertisement…The Supreme Court said Monday it will hold arguments by teleconference in May in key cases, including President Donald Trump's bid to shield his tax and other financial records. The court will make live audio of the arguments available for the first time. It had previously postponed courtroom arguments for March and April because of the coronavirus. Advertisement Most Read Advertisement AdvertisementWW…

A number of rich and powerful people are sweaty this morning. That’s because multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges involving dozens of young girls. These aren’t the old sex charges Epstein faced, the ones that, thanks to his wealth and political connections, earned him what “the most lenient sentences for a serial sex offender in U.S. history.” These are new charges. New charges that carry a possible sentence of nearly 50 years. New charges that might make a 66-year-old financier want to talk about the rich and powerful people who have spun in his orbit over the past...…A number of rich and powerful people are sweaty this morning. That’s because multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges involving dozens of young girls. These aren’t the old sex charges Epstein faced, the ones that, thanks to his wealth and political connections, earned him what “the most lenient sentences for a serial sex offender in U.S. history.” These are new charges. New charges that carry a possible sentence of nearly 50 years. New charges that might make a 66-year-old financier want to talk about the rich and powerful people who have spun in his orbit over the past...WW…