Economic Innovation Group used statistics to score ZIP codes, counties and congressional districts, with higher scores representing higher levels of economic distress. Scores for West Virginia ...

It recently emerged that in 2021, the couple flew an upside-down stars and stripes outside their West Virginia ... she had flown the flag as “an international signal of distress”.

The flag, which is considered a distress signal, was placed at an elevation of nearly 7,000 feet in Tahoe National Forest. Local residents speculate that rock climbers may have affixed the flag to ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Appalachian Regional Commission says more than one-fourth of West Virginia's counties are considered economically distressed. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the ...

After former President Donald Trump’s 34-count felony conviction this week, right-wing supporters have adopted the upside-down American flag, a traditional sign of distress, as a symbol—but ...

“National Park Service rangers have pulled off a brilliant action in Yosemite Park on El Capitan by deploying a massive American flag upside down in the traditional sign of distress or extreme ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Flying the American flag upside down is a symbol that has ...

An American flag flying upside down is supposed to signal distress. A Wisconsin Veteran flying his flag this way argues that the government shutdown is causing distress to the United States.

Flying an inverted flag is the universal signal of distress, and Clark, an active Republican, believes the U.S. is in distress. “Unless you’re under a rock there are all kinds of signs ...

Richmond has been flagged by Virginia’s new system for catching early signs of fiscal distress in local governments ... The locality with the biggest red flag, initially known as City A ...