Nation Sep 06 Chicago Fed president expects multiple interest rate cuts amid economic 'overcooling' The latest jobs report paints a mixed picture of the overall economy. The U.S. added 142,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.2 percent. The report was better than July, but with revisions, it shows…
Politics Sep 06 Brooks and Atkins Stohr on if there's a double standard for what Trump and Harris say New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including Donald Trump getting a political reprieve after the judge overseeing his New York criminal case delays his…
Nation Sep 05 Students mourn 4 killed in Georgia school shooting as investigators explore past threats Georgia is mourning the lives of the four people killed in a high school shooting Wednesday. Reports of the 14-year-old suspect’s past run-ins with law enforcement raised even more questions about his motive, how he accessed a gun and how…
Nation Sep 05 Disney dispute leaves DirecTV customers without popular sports channels More than 11 million DirecTV customers were left in the dark after Disney pulled ESPN, ABC and other channels from the provider on a busy sports night. Viewers were cut off in the middle of a U.S. Open tennis match…
Nation Sep 04 14-year-old accused of killing 4 in Georgia school shooting In Georgia, a 14-year-old opened fire at a high school, killing four people and injuring at least nine others. Police say they have arrested a student who is the suspect. Investigators said they did not know a motive yet about…
Nation Sep 03 Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on her groundbreaking path to Supreme Court in new memoir Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is out with a new memoir chronicling her family’s rise from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court, all in a single generation. Geoff Bennett sat down…
World Aug 30 Gaza's first polio case in 25 years highlights total collapse of its health infrastructure The World Health Organization, working with other UN agencies and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, will begin vaccinating children in Gaza against polio. Israel and Hamas have agreed to have three-day pauses in fighting so health workers can distribute the…
Politics Aug 30 Brooks and Atkins Stohr on Trump trying to change narrative on abortion access New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including former President Trump tries to change the narrative on abortion access, Vice President Harris sits down for…
Health Aug 29 What's behind the recent surge in mosquito-borne illnesses Parts of New England are on high alert after health officials in New Hampshire confirmed the first death from the rare, mosquito-borne virus known as eastern equine encephalitis. Another illness transmitted by mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, paralyzed a teenager in…
Politics Aug 28 In 'At War with Ourselves,' McMaster recounts his time in the Trump White House As the presidential race heats up, a new book looks at Donald Trump’s first administration with respect to foreign policy and national security. Trump tapped H.R. McMaster, a three-star general who served in the Gulf War and Iraq War, to…