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The primary colorized forecast map in the News section was created by staff designer George Rorick (who later left USA Today for a job with The Detroit News) and broke away from monochrome contouring or simplistic text to denote temperatures for individual cities, as well as color-coded lists of temperature ranges for most cities in the United States and the world. The color-coding system was adopted by newspapers around the world.
In a video message to newly naturalized citizens, President Trump welcomes them into the national family and calls on Americans to “fiercely guard and preserve” their culture. Congresswoman Ritchie Torres explains why Democrats must counter Republicans’ plan to redraw Texas congressional district maps. A bill would create a fund to help bail out incarcerated juveniles and address the over-criminalization of youths. As the number of data centers grows, so does the demand for skilled workers. In the Senate, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham offer their own bill to boost worker training. In Maryland, more juveniles are tried as adults than in almost any other state. The state’s lawmakers want to change that.