Author: Natalia Barreau, DI

Natalia Barreau is a Digital Intern at Black News Alerts.

A Delta Airlines worker dies while working on a tug at John F. Kennedy airport. What We Know: On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at approximately 3:30 P.M. the worker was struck by the tug near Terminal 4 ramp side at JFK airport. According to ABC New York, witnesses say they saw the worker get up from the tug and appear to be hooking up a cart when the tug switched into gear and nailed the victim under. The victim’s co-workers used a forklift to remove tug off of the victim however, it was too late. Delta Air Lines is currently…

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Lead by New York Attorney General Letitia James, 29 states and cities are suing the Trump administration over changes to restrictions being put on coal-burning power plants. What We Know Twenty-two major states and seven cities are suing the Trump Administration in regards to its attempt to repeal Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). The Clean Power Plan was the first plan in history to limit national limits set on pollution from fossil fuel power plants. The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to replace the Clean Power Plan’s regulation with its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. However, the…

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Current endangered and threatened species’ lives are now in jeopardy thanks to changes of the Endangered Species Act made by the Trump Administration. What We Know: On August 12th, the Trump Administration made some potentially damaging changes to the Endangered Species Act. These changes would weaken the protection of many species and also possibly open up huge areas of land for the development of gas and oil. The act was established by President Richard Nixon in 1973. Since its establishment, the Endangered Species Act has been protecting over 1,650 species and has been recognized for its massive impact. It has…

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Popstar and Oscar winner Lady Gaga is giving back to three different cities that have been devastated over the recent months due to mass shootings. What We Know: In less than 24 hours there were two mass shootings in the United States, resulting in approximately 30 deaths. On July 28, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California killing 4 people and injuring others. On August 3rd, 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, a gunman opened fire in hate crime attack on Mexicans killing twenty-two people. Less than a day later in Dayton, Ohio,…

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