Ronnie Dugger, founding editor and longtime publisher of the Texas Observer and for many years the crusading conscience of the progressive movement in Texas and beyond, died of complications of dementia at a hospice center in Austin on May 27. … Continued
Authorities have lifted all remaining evacuation orders for a pair of large wildfires that have been burning for over two weeks — but have become increasingly contained lately — north of Duluth. As of 8 a.m. Monday, all evacuation zones … Continued
The end has come for four newspapers in northwest Minnesota, but not for the commercial printing side of the publishing business associated with them. Dick Richards, who in 1972 founded Richards Publishing alongside his wife, Corrine, said the age of … Continued
“I can’t vote yes on a project in which the majority of the community doesn’t know what’s going on,” Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who sits on the task force that will vote on a final proposal for the Brooklyn … Continued
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three more of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month were re-arrested Monday in two different states after more than a week on the lam, authorities said. One of the … Continued
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The government already has canceled more … Continued