LOCAL
David Singleton used donations from his official sounding organizations to pay at gas stations and restaurants according to a complaint filed in Ramsey county district court.
(Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Minnesota’s housing program has been the subject of complaints about long wait times and that the housing organizations are potentially committing fraud. Patrick Harrington, executive director of Bemidji nonprofit housing matters said “if every agency worked with 10 people, we could end homelessness”.
(Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune)
NATIONAL
On Saturday, following a devastating plane crash that happened on Thursday, another plane crashed from 1500 feet in altitude and killed all six people on board with a bystander on the ground perishing from the large explosion that was a result of the crash. 19 other people on the ground were injured and sent to the hospital.
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)
Around three weeks after the Southern California fires started, they were contained, and the fires impacted many California residents. As of Friday the fires are contained after hurting many communities for several weeks.
(Source: The New York Times)
INTERNATIONAL
President Trump plans to put tariffs on imported goods from China, Mexico and Canada. With a 25 percent tariff on products from Mexico and Canada and a 10 percent on China.
(Source: The New York Times)