Feb 20 Record 6,542 guns intercepted at U.S. airport security checkpoints in 2022 By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Last year saw a record number of guns intercepted at airport checkpoints across the country. The numbers have been steadily climbing and hit 6,542. Continue reading
Feb 20 EU considers ways to ramp up ammunition production for Ukraine By Lorne Cook, Associated Press Top European Union diplomats are warning that EU and NATO allies must find ways to quickly provide thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine or face the prospect of it losing the war against Russia. Continue reading
Feb 20 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers legal liability for big tech By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 6:15 The costs and benefits of switching to a 4-day work week By John Yang, Rachel Wellford, Winston Wilde In 1926, Henry Ford instituted a five-day, 40-hour work week with no loss in pay for having Saturdays off. Now, there’s a push to consider a four-day, 32-hour work week with no loss in pay, but how practical is it?… Continue watching
Feb 19 Ukrainian grain shipments drop as officials blame Russia for inspection backlog By Courtney Bonnell, Associated Press The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia's… Continue reading
Feb 19 1 year after the invasion began, a timeline of Russia’s war in Ukraine By Associated Press The war in Ukraine has killed thousands, forced millions to flee their homes, reduced entire cities to rubble and fueled fears the confrontation could escalate into an open conflict between Russia and NATO. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: Ohio officials say public water supply safe near derailment, chemical spill In our news wrap Friday, Ohio officials say testing shows public water in East Palestine is still safe to drink after the toxic chemical spill, five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in… Continue watching
Feb 17 Tank manufacturing plant in small Ohio city plays big role in Ukraine war By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Thousands of miles from the front lines, a sprawling manufacturing plant in the small midwestern city of Lima, Ohio, is playing a critical role in the effort to arm Ukraine as it fends off the Russian invasion. Continue reading
Feb 17 Facebook ran ads in Moldova for an oligarch sanctioned by the U.S. By David Klepper, Stephen McGrath, Associated Press Facebook allowed a Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads on its platform urging protests against that country's government — even though he and his political party are subject to U.S. sanctions. Continue reading
Feb 17 Power outage cancels, diverts flights at New York’s Kennedy Airport By Karen Matthews, Ben Finley, Associated Press A power outage in a terminal of New York's Kennedy International Airport has stretched into a second day. The outage has stranded passengers and forced flights to be canceled or diverted to other airports. Continue reading