Tag: USA
Firestorm brews over IRS targeting of right-wing groups for additional scrutiny
Late last week, an IRS official apologized for her department targeting right-wing groups for additional scrutiny. Over the weekend, various media outlets got a look at a pending inspector general report. The report is expected to be released publicly this week, but the controversy is already swirling....
New York's Museum of Modern Art reconsiders decision to raze neighbor
New York City's Museum of Modern Art is a popular stop for locals and visitors. The nearby Museum of American Folk Art isn't as well-known, but it's design is celebrated. That's why so many people were surprised when MoMA indicated it was going to tear the building down....
While 11 million people may live in U.S. illegally -- the impact extends to millions more
Some 11 million people have come to the United States, or stayed here, illegally, according to researchers, the number may actually under-represent the number of people who are affected. In many cases, U.S. citizen children are also disadvantaged by their undocumented parents....
Mexican families separated by border look to immigration reform to reunite them
The reality of unlawful immigration over the past decade or more has been families separated between the United States and the home country. For many Mexican families, the prospect of immigration reform in the U.S. brings to possibility of a much delayed family reunion....
Tel Aviv offers insights as Boston prepares permanent memorial to Boston Marathon victims
Boston is beginning to consider how to permanently honor the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks, they might look to Tel Aviv for ideas of how to construct and maintain the appropriate memorial. Tel Aviv has a lot of experience remembering the victims of terrorism....
Reporter ignites controversy by asking what is most average place in America
In the course of reporting a story, The New York Times' Annie Lowrey asked an innocent question to her Twitter followers. What city is the most average in America. The answers poured in and ignited a controversy around the answers that were given....
Police in Cleveland trying to figure out how man hid abducted women for a decade
Three women abducted between 2002 and 2004 were found, not far from where they were abducted, in a dramatic turn of events on Monday. Police have arrested a man they suspect of keeping the women imprisoned in a two-story house in Cleveland....
Fence along U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego represents a barrier and a bridge
For families separated between Mexico and the United States, the border fence can seem insurmountable. And it often is. But in a park near San Diego, the fence has become a place where those divided families meet and catch glimpses of one another -- through the fence....
Landslides more prevalent in Pacific Northwest as climate change indicates rain increase
This year has seen many more landslides in the Pacific Northwest than is typical -- in fact this recent winter was among the worst for mudslides in and around the Puget Sound region. Experts say this could be more common as climate change leads to more rain, especially in the Pacific Northwest....
Newtown, like others before them, struggling with how to deal with site of mass shooting
Residents of Newtown are trying to determine what to do with their school, which was the site of a mass shooting late last year. In making that determination, though, they're able to draw on the experience of many others who have dealt with the same issue, from Columbine High School to a movie theater in Colorado....
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