Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Below is a summary of the latest US domestic news.

Unruly incidents with passengers are fined, but still high – FAA

The rate of recalcitrant passenger incidents has fallen sharply since regulators fined them in January, but remains double what it was last year, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday. The incidents have occurred six times per 10,000 flights since last week – a 50% decrease from early 2021 when the agency shifted to a “zero tolerance policy” against flying planes, it said in a statement.

White House analysis says wealthy Americans pay far less taxes than others

The White House released a new economic analysis Thursday that shows the richest Americans pay far less taxes than others – an attempt to support President Joe Biden’s push to raise taxes on the rich to fund his economic agenda. “I’m tired of the super-rich and huge corporations not paying their fair share of taxes,” Biden wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. He is pushing for a $ 3.5 trillion bill that would expand federal efforts to fight climate change, cut childcare costs and reduce poverty by getting the super-rich and corporations to pay more taxes .

Haitian migrants face important decisions as deportation flights increase

A migrant camp in Texas near the Mexican border, which has gathered up to 14,000 Haitians in the past few days, has shrunk to less than half due to deportation flights and incarceration, even as some stay to try to get into the United States stay. The United States has returned 1,401 migrants to Haiti from the Del Rio, Texas, camp and detained an additional 3,206 people, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said late Wednesday.

Florida is considering a near-ban on abortion similar to Texas’s new law

A Florida Republican legislature has tabled a bill that would ban abortions after six to eight weeks and allow members of the community to sue doctors for abortion in what may be the first attempt to recreate a similar new law in Texas. State Secretary Webster Barnaby’s bill would ban abortions after regular heart contractions, known as a fetal heartbeat, were detected in an embryo even though the heart has not yet developed, around six to eight weeks after pregnancy. That’s before many women know they are pregnant.

The governor of California signs laws to protect warehouse workers

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Wednesday banning warehouse employers like Amazon.com Inc. from setting productivity rates, the first of its kind in the United States. The new regulations require all companies that employ warehouse workers to disclose productivity rates to employees and government agencies, and prohibit the use of algorithms that prevent employees from taking breaks and taking toilet breaks, thereby putting their health and safety at risk, the governor’s office said with.

The search for Gabby Petito’s fiancé in the Florida wilderness begins on day six

The exhaustive search for the fiancé of the murdered travel blogger Gabby Petito in a vast Florida wilderness went into the sixth day on Thursday as the mystery deepened around a case that had preoccupied Americans. A team of divers joined police and FBI agents in boats and helicopters to search for Brian Laundrie, 23, on the alligator-infested Carlton Reservation Wednesday, but a spokesman said at dusk they found “nothing” would have to show their efforts.

Biden government targets global warming

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized a rule that will reduce the use of a powerful climate-warming gas commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners by 85% over the next 15 years, a move that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in halved this decade. The regulation aims to reduce the use of partially halogenated fluorocarbons (HFCs) in a number of popular appliances by 85% and implements laws passed in Congress last year with bipartisan support. This would enable the US to comply with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a global HFC reduction treaty that the US has not yet ratified.

Alaska, overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, adopts crisis standards for hospitals

Alaska, which led most US states in coronavirus vaccinations months ago, took the drastic step Wednesday of rolling out crisis care standards for its entire hospital system, declaring that a crushing surge in COVID-19 patients has tightened rationing medical resources. Governor Mike Dunleavy and health officials announced the move as the number of newly confirmed cases across the state hit another daily record of 1,224 patients amid a wave of infections fueled by the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant among the unvaccinated.

Judge dismisses Ohio State University for sexual abuse

A federal judge has dismissed cases filed by several former students against Ohio State University in connection with the sexual abuse of former university track and field team doctor Richard Strauss. Judge Michael Watson said it was undeniable that Strauss, who committed suicide in 2005, molested hundreds of young men.

US special envoy for Haiti resigns amid deportations

The U.S. special envoy to Haiti, Ambassador Daniel Foote, has resigned amid mass deportations of Haitian refugees who fled recent political unrest and natural disasters at home, a PBS reporter said Thursday in a Twitter post. “I will not be associated with the inhumane, counterproductive decision by the United States to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to Haiti, a country where American officials are exposed to the threat posed by armed gangs who control daily life , are limited to secure land, “Foote said in his resignation, according to the report.

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