NATIVE AMERICANS-BOARDING SCHOOLS-CHURCHES
US report particulars church-state collusion on Native faculties
A brand new Inside Division report underscores how carefully the U.S. authorities collaborated with church buildings in working boarding faculties for Indigenous kids. The federal authorities noticed church buildings as helpful in Christianizing Native kids as a part of a mission to sever them from their tradition, their identities and finally their land. The function of church buildings varieties a part of the Federal Indian Boarding College Initiative Investigative Report, launched Wednesday after a yearlong evaluation that discovered Indigenous kids had been despatched to no less than 408 faculties from 1819 to 1969. Catholic and Protestant church teams ran lots of the faculties.
SEVERE WEATHER
Extreme storms blamed for 3 deaths in South Dakota, Minnesota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Robust winds and a twister brought on widespread harm in elements of the Midwest, the place officers stated one other spherical of extreme climate throughout a stormy week left three extra folks lifeless. Authorities say a grain bin fell onto a automotive Thursday in Minnesota and killed a passenger, whereas two folks in South Dakota died because of extreme climate. Winds gusted Thursday above 100 mph in elements of South Dakota, the place a nursing residence and faculty had been broken. Earlier within the week, extreme climate hit Minnesota, the place a storm-chasing meteorologist from Mexico Metropolis died Wednesday in a automotive crash. Extra storms had been forecast for Friday from the Higher Nice Lakes to the southern Nice Plains that would carry damaging winds and hail.
APPEALS COURT-SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
Appeals court docket hears allegations of particular wants abuse
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Some Aberdeen College District workers have made their case earlier than the eighth District appeals court docket {that a} lawsuit by mother and father of 5 particular schooling scholar mustn’t proceed to trial. The appeals court docket heard the case Wednesday. The mother and father allege a instructor subjected their kids to bodily restraint, seclusion as punishment and pointless use of pressure, amongst different offenses. The plaintiffs say the instructor’s supervisors ignored their complaints. The scholars are all non-verbal, some with autism, some have bodily disabilities. The federal circuit choose presiding over the case issued an order final October and held that the case may proceed to a jury. The workers appealed.
BC-US-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MEATPACKING
Report: Trump officers, meat firms knew employees in danger
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A brand new congressional report says that within the first 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic, the meat processing trade labored carefully with political appointees within the Trump administration to stave off well being restrictions and maintain slaughterhouses open at the same time as COVID-19 unfold quickly amongst employees. The report issued Thursday says meat firms pushed to maintain their vegetation open despite the fact that they knew employees had been at excessive danger. The lobbying led to well being and labor officers watering down suggestions for the trade and culminated in an govt order from President Donald Trump designating meat vegetation as essential infrastructure that wanted to stay open. The North American Meat Institute commerce group says the report distorts the reality and ignores steps firms took to guard employees.
STORM CHASERS-PERILS
Storm chasers face host of risks past extreme climate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The deaths of 4 storm chasers during the last two weeks have underscored the inherent risks of pursuing extreme climate occasions and navigating site visitors. A meteorologist from Mexico was killed in a automotive crash on Wednesday whereas chasing violent climate in Minnesota. Three College of Oklahoma college students had been killed on April 30 when a semitrailer struck their car whereas they had been getting back from chasing a twister in Kansas. Greg Tripoli is an atmospheric and oceanic scientist on the College of Wisconsin-Madison. He says storm chasing can produce helpful knowledge however extra typically college students need the fun of seeing a twister. He says the largest hazard that chasers face is a automotive accident as folks journey at excessive speeds pursuing storms.
FIGHTER JET OVERSHOOTS RUNWAY
Crew secure after fighter jet slides off South Dakota runway
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say the crew of a South Dakota Air Nationwide Guard F-16 fighter jet that slid off the runway whereas touchdown at a Sioux Falls airport is secure. The jet from the 114th Fighter Wing slid off the runway at Joe Foss Area about 2:43 p.m. Wednesday after getting back from a routine coaching mission. Emergency crews responded to the scene. Guard officers say they’re placing collectively an interim board to research the incident. No additional info was instantly out there.