U.S. – SRN News

• PHOTO ESSAY: 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, these then-and-now photos show the power of place

• The Latest: White House says CDC director is fired, agency leaders resign

• US diplomat apologizes for using the word ‘animalistic’ in reference to Lebanese reporters

• US applications for jobless benefits fell last week as layoffs remain low

• Photo highlights from the first and second rounds at the US Open

• ‘America’s nicest judge’ Frank Caprio to be honored at public memorial services in Rhode Island

• Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

• What to know about cranberries produced for Thanksgiving and the bogs being restored to wetlands

• Massachusetts cranberry bogs are being given a second life as vibrant wetlands

• US weekly jobless claims fall amid low layoffs