2 couples from Honduras

among Ohio drown victims

POWELL, Ohio — Honduran authorities have confirmed that four of the five people who drowned in an Ohio river over the weekend are Honduran citizens.

A consular affairs director told reporters Tuesday that they were two married couples. Honduran authorities are working with U.S. authorities to bring their bodies home. One of the couples left behind two children, who were also at the river.

The fifth adult’s identity has not been released. Once all the victims have been identified by U.S. officials, the Honduran government will start the repatriation process. That process could take at least a month.

Third US service member

killed in Iran attack ID’d

RALEIGH, North Carolina — The U.S. military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be dead in Friday’s attack on a base in Jordan and identified them as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of New York. The confirmation brings the death toll to 18 U.S. service members killed since the war began. The U.S. military has also identified a soldier killed while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina. The military said Tuesday that Swinton will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Action Badge, and be promoted to staff sergeant.

Civil rights agency to end

demographic data collection

NEW YORK — The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace. The EEOC’s Republican majority voted 2-1 Tuesday to rescind the data collection requirement, marking a quiet but profound salvo in President Donald Trump’s shake up of civil rights enforcement. The proposal will be subject to a 30-day commentary period before final approval.

The Associated Press