2018 General News

First Place - 2018 General News
Haddam, Ct. - 07/30/2018 - Surrounded by a crowd bellowing, "with liberty and justice for all," Haddam Selectwoman Melissa Schlag kneels in front of a United States flag as the pledge of allegiance is recited to start her town's board meeting. Schlag knelt two weeks earlier, at the town's July 19 meeting, citing her "extreme sorrow" for many things related to Donald Trump's presidency including his apparent rejection, after meeting with Vladimir Putin, of the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that the Russians interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. As part of her protest, Shlag also cited the U.S. immigration policy of caging migrant children, breaking up migrant families and President Trump's callous treatment of women and minorities.
Mark Mirko / The Hartford Courant

Second Place - 2018 General News
In this Oct. 19, 2018 photo, a Honduran migrant mother and child cower in fear as they are surrounded by Mexican Federal Police in riot gear, at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. Central Americans traveling in a mass caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence and streamed by the thousands toward Mexican territory, defying Mexican authorities' entreaties for an orderly migration and U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliation. The mother and child were unsuccessful in their attempt to cross into Mexico and were returned to the Guatemalan side.
Moises Castillo / Associated Press

Third Place - 2018 General News
Bob Richling carries Iris Darden, 84, out of her flooded home as her daughter-in-law, Pam Darden, gathers her belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C., Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. More than 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain from Florence fell in some parts of the state and along with the storm surge, caused widespread flooding that damaged tens of thousands of homes and other buildings. Authorities have confirmed 40 storm-related deaths.
David Goldman / Associated Press

Honorable Mention - 2018 General News
A volunteer member of the advance team for President Donald Trump blocks a camera as a photojournalist attempts to take a photo of a protester during a campaign rally at the Ford Center, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Evansville, Ind.
Evan Vucci / Associated Press

Honorable Mention - 2018 General News
Adrianna Valoy, mother of slain New York Police Detective Miosotis Familia, hugs President Donald Trump as he speaks during the 37th annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Washington.
Evan Vucci / Associated Press

Honorable Mention - 2018 General News
Migrants, who are part of a caravan of Central American migrants slowly makes its way toward the U.S. border, rest on the rails in Arriaga, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Many migrants said they felt safer traveling and sleeping with several thousand strangers in unknown towns than hiring a smuggler or trying to make the trip alone.
Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press