
They've written hundreds of cards for Covid victims. Here's what America's florists have learned about grief
CNN
As demand for funerals has risen across the nation, and mourners have tried to find ways to express their sorrow, America's florists have found themselves on the frontlines of the nation's grief.
"The majority of people, believe it or not, are at a loss for words," he explained. There was one phrase, though, that he most frequently recommended for the tiny floral enclosure cards -- "Our thoughts and prayers are with you during these difficult times."
A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration.

Oregon authorities are investigating a shooting by a Border Patrol agent in Portland that wounded two people federal authorities say are tied to a violent international gang – an incident that renewed questions about the Trump administration’s handling of its immigration crackdown in the city and across the US.

Mutual distrust between federal and state authorities derailed plans for a joint FBI and state criminal investigation into Wednesday’s shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer, leading to the highly unusual move by the Justice Department to block state investigators from participating in the probe.










