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Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?
NPR· 10 hours agoA state governor or tribal leader has to request a disaster declaration from the U.S. president before FEMA can get involved. Few...emergency. Most recently, Illinois asked ...
Verbal abuse, a ‘sex-driven’ culture: Ex-employees describe toxic environment at Guaranteed Rate
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoVictor Ciardelli beamed as his mortgage company, Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate, launched a...
CNN 5 Good Things - Podcast on CNN Audio
CNN.com· 5 days agoSaturdays are for sunshine — especially for your ears. With another election, ongoing wars and natural disasters, we know the news can be a lot to take...
Patrick Gottsch, Who Gave Voice to Rural America, Dies at 70
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoSo, in 1977, the younger Gottsch took a job on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A few years after he...
5 Numbers to Know About the Coming Heat Wave
New York Times· 2 days agoStifling conditions are forecast to spread this week over the eastern half of America — and linger for days. Millions of Americans from Texas to Maine...
Mexico's most violent cartels are here, and worse, they've grown comfortable
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThey’re invincible. “It’s a recipe for disaster.” He warns them that they are “now entering into an...
Glancing Back for June 14: Strasburg boy touches electric wire
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 4 days agoAlbert Stierwalt, little son of C.E. Steirwalt of Strasburg, received a severe electric shock...
"Cities have just 2,000 days left to achieve critical sustainability goals," warns Arcadis in latest...
The Record Gazette· 7 days agoArcadis has issued a rallying call to cities worldwide, as the publication of its Sustainable Cities...
Landmarks: Oldest standing bank in Illinois among ‘endangered’ state sites
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLong before it was washed away by Ohio River floodwaters, there was a metal grate in the floor of the first bank building in Illinois. Really just a log house in Old Shawneetown, owner John ...
Movie about Jesus’ life, death, premiering in American Sign Language in Iowa
Quad-City Times· 1 day agoThe film was produced by a Council Bluffs deaf ministry.