• Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Awards $20M in Eco-Grants
  Leonardo DiCaprio announced Tuesday that his eco-focused foundation has given more than $20 million this year in fresh grants to more than 100 organizations around the world.
• Navy to Use Xbox Controllers on Submarine Periscopes
  The U.S. Navy's submarines will be using controllers from the Xbox video game system to control its periscope, according to The Virginian-Pilot.
• EPA Employees Leak Memo on Agency's Anti-Leaking Training Courses
  Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency leaked a memo Tuesday emphasizing the importance of protecting sensitive information and describing a one-hour training course for agency workers on the necessity to prevent leaks, The Daily Caller reported.
• Trump Golf Courses Vandalized With Slogans Critical of President
  Four Trump Organization golf courses, including one at President Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, residence, were vandalized with slogans critical of the administration etched into putting greens. Police have a suspect in custody.
• FEMA Isn't Relying on Trailers to House Hurricane Victims
  The hurricanes that battered Texas and Florida have likely spawned the worst disaster-created housing crisis since Hurricane Katrina left hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents without homes more than a decade ago.
• More St. Louis Protests Expected Tuesday after Quiet Night
  Protesters chanting "free our people" gathered outside the jail in downtown St. Louis for more than two hours to show solidarity with those arrested during demonstrations that turned ugly over the weekend, but there was no new vandalism overnight.
• NY Attorney General Presses TransUnion, Experian for Details
  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pressing two credit monitoring companies to explain what cybersecurity they have in place to protect sensitive consumer information following a recent breach at Equifax that exposed the data of 143 million Americans.
• Dog That Disappeared in Florida in 2016 Is Found in New York
  A dog that disappeared in Florida in February 2016 has been found in New York.
• Mattis: Unclear If Budget Cuts Play Role in Military Crashes
  Senior military leaders are examining whether strict budget constraints have contributed to a recent rash of deadly training accidents and crashes across the armed forces, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday.
• Govt Allows Conversion of Two For-Profit Schools to Nonprofits
  Two large for-profit colleges, Kaplan University and the Art Institutes, have been approved to become nonprofits this year by the Education Department, BuzzFeed News reported Monday.
• NYT: Startup Offers Downpayment Help for Share of Airbnb Income
  A Seattle startup is offering prospective home buyers up to $50,000 for a down payment if they agree to rent out one room on Airbnb for one to three years and share most of the income with the company, The New York Times reported Monday.
• Safety Experts Disagree on Safety of F-35 Seats
  Safety officials disagree on the risk F-35 ejection seats pose to pilots, Roll Call reported Monday.
• Trump Considering Holding July 4 Military Parade
  President Donald Trump is thinking about having a Fourth of July military parade in the nation's capital next summer.
• Laura Ingraham Launching New Fox Show in October
  Conservative radio commentator Laura Ingraham will debut a new primetime show, "The Ingraham Angle," on Fox News Channel beginning Oct. 30, the network announced Monday.
• NYT White House Reporter Shuts Down Twitter Account
  White House reporter for The New York Times Glenn Thrush shut down his Twitter account Monday, saying that it was "too much of a distraction" in a farewell tweet to his 350,000 followers.
• Laura Bush Advises First Ladies: 'Start With What You Know'
  Former first lady Laura Bush had some advice Monday for future people who take on that role while serving in the White House - "start with what you know."
• 3 Killed When 2 Buses Collide in NYC
  Officials say a collision between a city bus and a tour bus at a New York City intersection has left three people dead. Police say the crash in Flushing, Queens, killed a pedestrian on the sidewalk, the tour bus driver and a passenger on the city bus.
• Obamacare Premiums Likely to Spike 15 Percent Next Year
  Average premiums for individually purchased health insurance will grow around 15 percent next year, largely because of marketplace nervousness over whether President Donald Trump will block federal subsidies to insurers, Congress' nonpartisan fiscal analyst projected...
• Interior Secretary Recommends Shrinking 6 National Monuments
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size, with changes to several others proposed.
• Protests in St. Louis Continue Following Acquittal of White Police Officer
  Protests in St. Louis continued Sunday following the acquittal of a former white police officer in the shooting of a black man, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
• Harvey Recovery Czar Faces Limits to 'Future-Proofing' Texas
  The man tasked with overseeing Texas' Hurricane Harvey rebuilding efforts sees his job as "future-proofing" before the next disaster, but he isn't empowered on his own to reshape flood-prone Houston or the state's vulnerable coastline.
• Cuomo Promises NY's Help for US Virgin Islands
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he was surprised by the level of devastation from Hurricane Irma in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Protesters Smash Windows in 2nd Violent Night Near St. Louis
  Protests turned violent for a second night near St. Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at...
• Morning Consult Poll: US Support for Globalization Almost 2-1
  Adults in America support globalization by nearly a 2-1 margin, according to the latest Morning Consult poll.
• Mom Who Rushed to School Shooting Scene Had Purse Stolen
  Authorities are searching for a thief who made off with the purse of a parent who rushed to check on her child following the school shooting this week in Washington State.

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