Around The Country

• Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski-and-run trial is a reminder that stars are not like usMarch 28, 2023
  Gwyneth Paltrow claims that she did not ski into a retired 76-year-old optometrist. | Rick Bowmer/Getty Images Countersuing an optometrist for a ski slope collision is basically Gwyneth Paltrow’s White Lotus audition. This week marked the return of one of the most riveting shows featuring affluent white people, the limits of their kindness, the destruction…
• What is going on with Philadelphia’s drinking water?March 28, 2023
  Sold-out water section in a Giant Supermarket in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 2023. | Thomas Hengge/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images City officials say it’s safe to drink following a chemical spill and previous recommendations to use bottled water. This weekend, Philadelphia became the latest US city to navigate uncertainty about its drinking…
• At least 39 dead in fire at a migrant center in Mexico near the U.S. borderMarch 28, 2023
  At least 39 people were killed after a fire broke out at a migration center in Ciudad Juarez along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials have said.
• Rep. Andy Ogles, whose district includes Nashville, criticized over gun-filled Christmas photoMarch 28, 2023
  Rep. Andy Ogles, who represents the Nashville district where Monday’s school shooting occurred, faces criticism for a photo showing him and his family posing with firearms in front of a Christmas tree.
• ‘We make the laws’: Tuberville holds the line against DOD’s abortion policies despite pushback from Dems, GOPMarch 28, 2023
  Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is refusing to stop blocking President Biden’s Department of Defense nominees over what he said was the Pentagon’s “illegal” policy to reimburse travel for abortion and provide paid time off for service members or their family members choosing to terminate a pregnancy. “I hate to have to do this. It’s unfortunate.…
• North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signs Medicaid expansion law giving Democrats legacy-setting victoryMarch 28, 2023
  North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making and gives the Democrat a legacy-setting victory, although one significant hurdle remains before coverage can be implemented, thanks to a Republican-backed provision. At an Executive Mansion ceremony attended by hundreds, Cooper celebrated passage of expansion legislation,…
• What We Know About the Nashville School Shooting – The New York TimesMarch 28, 2023
  What We Know About the Nashville School Shooting  The New York Times Nashville school shooting leaves 6 dead, fire at migrant detention killed dozens | LiveNOW from FOX  LiveNOW from FOX Nashville school shooting video released by police | LiveNOW from FOX  LiveNOW from FOX How many children have to die like those in Nashville before the US…