Luke Vander Ploeg

Tracking extreme weather in a time of growing threats.

After frantic calls, and then devastating news, a family sees a stream of support.

Two of the three people arrested during the altercation were shocked with stun guns by officers, the authorities said. The man who prompted the lockdown was also in custody.

In a Memphis restaurant, no relief from the heat. (Published 2022)

The punishments included reprimands for the former leadership of the warship, which was destroyed in 2020 at a base in San Diego.

A woman in Texas said that, under the state’s abortion ban, she and her fetus qualified for the car pool lane. The argument could go well beyond driving.