Apr 17 Watch 5:30 Jackie Robinson’s legacy endures 75 years after breaking baseball’s color barrier By Geoff Bennett, Mike Fritz Jackie Robinson first took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers 75 years ago this week, becoming the first Black man to play in the modern major leagues. It’s been nearly 50 years since Jackie Robinson's death, but he remains one… Continue watching
Apr 17 2 dead, at least 8 wounded in Pittsburgh shooting, police say By Associated Press The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. during a party at a short-term rental property where there were more than 200 people inside — many of them underage, Pittsburgh police… Continue reading
Apr 17 Why Tax Day laggards should consider filing for an extension By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS will receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms. Continue reading
Apr 17 Ukrainian forces hold out in key port of Mariupol as Russia calls for surrender By Adam Schreck, Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press The Russian military estimated that about 2,500 Ukrainian fighters holding out at a hulking steel plant with a warren of underground passageways provided the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 6:15 National Zoo celebrates 50 years of panda conservation By Geoff Bennett, Lorna Baldwin It was 50 years ago this weekend that giant pandas were first brought to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington. The historic program with China has fostered a collaboration between scientists and led to a conservation success story for the… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 5:29 Parents face empty shelves as baby formula shortages worsen By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde A nationwide shortage of baby formula is sending parents across state lines in search of their preferred brand as some major retail chains have begun rationing their supplies. Mallory Whitmore, a certified infant feeding specialist who runs the “Formula Mom”… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 2:32 News Wrap: More than 220,000 migrants arrived at U.S.-Mexico border in March In our news wrap Saturday, more than 220,000 migrants arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, setting a 22-year high. Also, nearly 5,000 people are under evacuation orders as a massive wildfire rages across New Mexico, former head of the… Continue watching
Apr 16 12 people injured in South Carolina mall shooting, police say By Michelle Liu, Associated Press Three people who had firearms have been detained in connection with the Saturday afternoon shooting at Columbiana Centre, Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said. He said at least one of those three people fired a weapon. Continue reading
Apr 16 Coast Guard searches for man who jumped from cruise ship off Florida coast By Associated Press The Coast Guard responded with two cutters and an airplane to search for the 43-year-old man. The Mardi Gras and the cruise ship Elation also participated in the search, said Coast Guard spokesman David Micallef. Continue reading
Apr 16 Crews battle New Mexico wildfire that killed 2 as some evacuees begin to return home By Associated Press The evacuation orders lifted late Friday probably covered more than half of the estimated 4,000 people originally ordered to leave their homes since the fire started Tuesday. Continue reading