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Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005, calling on all 50 states to meet minimum security standards for issuing driver’s licenses and state IDs.

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund March 1 announced that it will hold its virtual Lunar New Year Gala and Justice in Action Awards Ceremony March 4, with Pernod Ricard North America chair and chief executive Ann Mukherjee among the honorees. The Indian American will be honored alongside ABC News’ Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang and comedian and “Daily Show” correspondent Ronny Chieng, AALDEF said in a news release. Mukherjee has served in her current role since December 2019, having previously served as global chief commercial officer at SC Johnson for four yea...

March 1, 2021 AALDEF Justice in Action Awardees for 2021, from left, Juju Chang, Ann Mukherjee, and Ronny Chieng Photo: aaldef.org The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has chosen an Indian-American and two other Asians to receive its 2021 Justice in Action Awards. Ann Mukherjee, chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard North America in New York City, as well as Juju Chang , co-anchor, ABC News’ Daily Show correspondent, were named in a March 1 press release from the organization. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Mukherjee has been part of advocacy organization such...

Time: 12:30 PM (Estimated) Summary Description: 1 backcountry skier caught, buried, and killed Avalanche Comments: "This was a soft slab avalanche triggered by a skier. The avalanche was small relative to the path and destructive enough to injure, bury, or kill a person. The avalanche failed on an old layer of faceted snow.... The crown face of the avalanche was 3 to 7 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and the debris ran about 400 feet. At the crown of the avalanche the faceted snow layer was three to seven feet below the snowpack surface. One hundred vertical feet down slope from the crown face, ...

Officials say early February has been the deadliest week ever for avalanches in the United States.