Trump Ends DACA, Calls On Congress To Act
The Obama-era program will expire in six months, the administration said on Tuesday. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals granted legal protections to roughly 800,000 people.
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185 MPH: Hurricane Irma's Winds Roar As It Nears Caribbean Islands
Irma is the strongest hurricane the National Hurricane Center has ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Seeking Shelter, Harvey Evacuees Stay In State Parks
Roughly 7,500 people have sought shelter after Hurricane Harvey at state parks in Texas.
Obama Calls Trump's Reversal On DREAMers 'Self-Defeating,' 'Cruel'
Former President Obama criticized the Trump administration's decision to phase out protection for young people who came to the U.S. illegally as children. He urged Congress to pass a permanent fix.
Cousin Who Witnessed Emmett Till Abduction Dies At 74
Simeon Wright was just 12 years old when his 14-year-old cousin was taken at gunpoint from the bed they shared, before Till was brutally beaten and killed.
Calling Nurse A 'Hero,' Utah Hospital Bars Police From Patient-Care Areas
"Law enforcement who come to the hospital for any reason involving patients will be required to check in to the front desk of the hospital," the chief nursing officer says.
Putin: North Korea Would 'Eat Grass' Before Giving Up Nukes
Speaking at a news conference in China, the Russian leader also said the "military hysteria" whipped up between Washington and Pyongyang "could cause a global catastrophe."
Whatever Happened To ... The Mission To Get Rid Of Rwanda's Dirt Floors?
A small project started in 2014 to replace dirt floors, which can make people sick, with sealed earthen floors. Demand has only grown — but not exactly in the way the CEO had imagined.
A Doctor Who Weathered Katrina Now Tends Victims Of Harvey
Dr. Ruth Berggren spent six days struggling to keep patients alive in in New Orleans' Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina hit. She's now caring for evacuees from Hurricane Harvey.
Western Wildfires Endanger Beloved Sites At National Parks
A 20-square-mile blaze burned the historic Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park last week. In California's Sierra National Forest, an ancient grove of sequoias was scorched, but the trees survived.