The mass layoffs of federal health workers continues today. Some Department of Health and Human Services employees found out early yesterday when their ID badges no longer worked to get them inside the building.Preview: Steven Wiener works for HHS in San Francisco. The layoffs involve hundreds of workers.
Illegal crossings at the southern border are at record lows. Just over seven-thousand arrests were made in March, according to newly released statistics. A records search shows that illegal immigration has not been this low since the 1960s. The acting head of CBP said in a statement that the decline is due to President Trump's "bold, decisive action to restore control."
A Virginia national park is asking for help locating a man missing for more than a month. Shenandoah National Park has issued an alert for Michael "Deric" Bennet. Bennet was last seen in Centreville on February 27th and coworkers believe he may be hiking the Appalachian Trail. The 42-year-old is described as six-feet tall, 190 pounds with brown hair and a dragon skeleton tattoo on his back. Anyone with information is asked to call the park office.
Some iconic horses are making their way to the area. Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Clydesdales are due in town tomorrow. You can see them in Petersburg at the Historic Old Towne at 4:00. On Friday, they'll be in Midlothian at Westchester Commons, and on Saturday, they'll be at the Carytown Shopping District.
Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's wealthiest people reveals that America's wealthiest class are richer than ever, with more billionaires than ever before included in the latest edition. The total wealth of these billionaires has increased by $2 trillion from the previous year, reaching an estimated $16.1 trillion. The U.S. leads with the most billionaires at 3,028, followed by China and India.