Rachel Nostrant

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Nostrant

Severe Weather in the U.S. At least 27 people have been killed in storms that have pummeled the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions since Friday. Kentucky and Missouri have been hit particularly hard. Another fierce storm system hit the central United States this weekend, devastating many communities that are still reeling from severe weather just weeks ago. On Friday night, a series of tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, killing at least 27 and injuring dozens more.

3 weeks ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Rachel Nostrant

CANTON, Mass. — A coalition of doctors, lawmakers and advocates for people with autism has spent more than a decade trying to ban a medical device that is used to deliver painful electric jolts to people with severe neurodevelopmental disabilities. Last year, a federal ban on the devices finally seemed imminent. But the upheaval sweeping the federal government during the Trump administration’s early months could further delay a resolution, allowing continued use of the controversial devices.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Rachel Nostrant

By Rachel Nostrant April 28, 2025 — 1.35pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A four-year-old and a seven-year-old with US citizenship were deported alongside their mother to Honduras last week, the family’s lawyer said, adding to the recent string of American citizens caught in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Nostrant

The children, 4 and 7, were put on a plane with their mother, who was deported. The family's lawyer said the mother was given no choice but to take her children, which the Trump administration denied. A 4-year-old and a 7-year-old with U.S. citizenship were deported alongside their mother to Honduras last week, the family's lawyer said, adding to the recent string of American citizens caught in the cross hairs of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Mitch Smith |Isabelle Taft |Rachel Nostrant |Amy Graff

Rivers were rising rapidly across much of the Midwest and South on Saturday, prompting water rescues, evacuation orders and road closures as a relentless storm continued to dump rain. The increased flooding, which was happening from Texas to Ohio, came after days of heavy rains and tornadoes that killed at least 14 people, including a Missouri firefighter who died while responding to a water rescue call Friday and a 74-year-old found trapped in a submerged vehicle in Kentucky.