Dec 31 U.S. aims to get International Monetary Fund to change fee policy on Ukrainian loans By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press A provision in the recently signed defense spending bill mandates that the United States work to ease Ukraine’s debt burden at the International Monetary Fund, which could create tensions at the world’s lender-of-last-resort over one of its biggest borrowers. Continue reading
Dec 30 Influential people we said goodbye to in 2022 Queen Elizabeth II who modernized the British monarchy, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who introduced glasnost and actor Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman, are among some of the notables who died this year. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 7:10 What did we learn from Trump’s tax returns? By Lisa Desjardins Following a long legal battle and public debate, House Democrats released six years of former President Trump’s tax returns. Thousands of pages show his personal and business taxes from the years he ran for and served as president. Russ Buettner… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 5:57 FDA criticized for working too closely with biotech company to approve Alzheimer’s drug By Geoff Bennett New findings from a congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration and the biotech company Biogen find the FDA broke its own protocols to approve a new Alzheimer’s drug last year. The report said the FDA worked too closely… Continue watching
Dec 30 From student debt to Bono, here are 6 updates on 2022 NewsHour stories By Hannah Grabenstein As the year comes to a close, the PBS NewsHour followed up on six stories we reported on in 2022. Continue reading
Dec 30 France, Spain to require negative COVID tests for China passengers By Associated Press France says it will require negative COVID-19 tests of all passengers arriving from China and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China. Continue reading
Dec 30 Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve tracking privacy lawsuit By Associated Press Google has agreed to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state's lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices. Continue reading
Dec 29 New York opens its 1st legal recreational marijuana dispensary By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York is ringing up its first sales, opening up what is expected to be one of the country's biggest and most lucrative markets for cannabis. Continue reading
Dec 29 Applications for unemployment benefits see small rise, indicating strength of economy By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, the latest sign that the labor market remains strong despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to cool the economy and hiring. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 3:16 A Brief But Spectacular take on ‘glassroots’ recycling Franziska Trautmann is the founder and CEO of Glass Half Full, a recycling company that converts glass into sand for coastal restoration projects and disaster relief. She and her co-founder Max were students at Tulane University when they launched the… Continue watching