Firefighters told to remove flags

Firefighters remove American flags from a fire truck in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Tuesday. Fire Commissioners Board Chairman Jim Beretta says the board saw the flags as a “liability during normal operations for our people and other motorists.” The flags were recently put up at the request of the union. Fire Chief Tory Gallante says he’s “very disappointed” with the order. Story here. (Nina Schutzman/Poughkeepsie Journal via AP)