Veteran defense lawyers and law enforcement experts have been warning about the potential for overreach since the federal government muscled its way into policing decisions in the nation's capital ...

WASHINGTON — The majority of the more than 2,300 National Guard troops deployed in Washington to support law enforcement began carrying weapons this weekend. But as in other such National Guard ...

Donald Trump’s decision to seize control of the police department in Washington, D.C., and dispatch 800 National Guard troops to combat crime there is a reminder that all of this, really, did not have ...

For Arturo, the decision to self-deport to Mexico came crashing one morning. He headed to work at a construction site when a drunk driver rear-ended his truck in December, shortly after Christmas.

Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in disaster response. By Lisa Friedman The head of the Federal Emergency ...

Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she'd spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: ...

At least 15 children were among those killed by flooding in Central Texas. Some two dozen girls from a camp on the Guadalupe River remained unaccounted for. Follow the latest live coverage of the ...

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Texas flooding for Saturday, July 5. For the latest news read our story for Sunday, July 6. A day after flooding rains rapidly overwhelmed the ...

Portland Parks & Recreation is eliminating or reducing most tree permit fees starting in July – part of an effort to fix the intensely negative public perception of the city’s tree code and the Urban ...

DURHAM Ore. (KPTV) - When trees fell in a neighborhood, some neighbors decided to make a sound. In the small town of Durham, just north of Tualatin, five trees fell on homes in 14 months, two in ...

Sophie Peel’s article, “The Taking Tree” [WW, March 5], missed a great opportunity to highlight the important role of a robust urban tree canopy in supporting community livability, public health and ...

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