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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys said contractors believe they may be able to remove one of the two victims still inside the wreckage of the partly collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans by next week. The bodies of two workers were set to be removed earlier this month, after being trapped in the building’s rubble since the collapse in October, but bad weather and mechanical issues with robots used to clear debris have forced delays. Attorneys for the hotel developer said new equipment was brought in and one body should be removed next week. A timeline for the other victim wasn't released.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone a nonsurgical medical procedure in New York City and expects to be released from a hospital there by the end of the week. The court said in a statement Wednesday evening that the 87-year-old Ginsburg underwent a minimally invasive procedure to “revise a bile duct stent” at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The stent had originally been placed last August, when Ginsburg was treated for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas. Ginsburg announced earlier this month that she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and union officials say the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing post offices across the country, sparking concerns ahead of the November election because of the increased interest in mail-in balloting. Manchin on Wednesday said he has received numerous reports from post offices and colleagues about service cuts or looming closures in West Virginia and elsewhere. That prompted him to send a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting an explanation. The possible downsizing comes as DeJoy moves to eliminate overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers, potentially causing a delay in mail deliveries.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration says it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields young people from deportation. The move Tuesday is a defiant stance after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let the administration end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The justices ruled last month that President Donald Trump failed to follow rule-making procedures when he tried to scrap DACA, but they kept a window open for him to try again. A federal judge in Maryland ruled earlier this month that DACA should be restored to its original form.
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration rule that could deny green cards to immigrants over use of public benefits from being applied during the pandemic. In issuing the preliminary nationwide injunction, U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said “adverse government action" against immigrants “is particularly dangerous during a pandemic.” An email seeking comment was sent to the Department of Justice. Under the new guidelines, immigrants applying for permanent residency must show they wouldn’t be burdens to the country and expands the factors that immigration officials could use to make that judgement.
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