Happy 2018 from KMR Construction staff! As we usher in the New Year, here is a look back at what our headlines read over 2017.
- January
- Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
- The Dow hits the 20,000 mark for the first time in history.
- A $722 million class action lawsuit is filed against the EPA on behalf of those impacted by the Flint, Michigan water crisis.
- August
- A total solar eclipse occurs, spanning the US from coast to coast, an event that has not taken place for 99 years.
- Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas, claiming 82 lives.
- September
- The Florida Keys suffers a death toll of 61 after being hit with Hurricane Irma.
- Hurricane Maria slams Puerto Rico, killing at least 64 people.
- October
- A man opens fire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring almost 500, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
- Eight people were killed when a man drove a truck down a busy bicycle path in New York City in the name of ISIS.
- November
- A gunman opens fire on a small church in Sutherland Springs, TX, killing 26.
- December
- President Trump recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and commits to relocating the US Embassy to that location.