May 13 Wild week in crypto ends as Bitcoin and stablecoin tumble By Matt Ott, Ken Sweet, Associated Press It's been a wild week in crypto, even by crypto standards. Bitcoin tumbled, stablecoins were anything but stable and one of the crypto industry's highest-profile companies lost a third of its market value. Continue reading
May 13 WATCH: Psaki says farewell as press secretary in last briefing By Will Weissert, Associated Press Psaki, whose last day on the job is Friday, has answered reporters' questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that Biden has been in office. Continue reading
May 13 WATCH: Pelosi and House Democrats speak on abortion and the Supreme Court By News Desk House Democrats are address abortion and the Supreme Court's draft decision days after the Senate failed to agree on a federal law to protect abortion access. Continue reading
May 13 Elon Musk says Twitter deal 'temporarily on hold' By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2 citing a financial filing from Twitter that estimated false or spam accounts made up fewer than 5% of the company’s “monetizable daily active users” in the… Continue reading
May 13 As U.S. poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access By Astrid Suárez, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press For women's activists who for years have led grinding campaigns demanding open access to abortion, often looking to the United States as a model, it's a discouraging sign and a reminder that hard-won gains can be impermanent. Continue reading
May 12 At least 11 people dead, 31 rescued after boat capsizes near Puerto Rico By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Authorities in Puerto Rico say 11 people have died and 31 others have been rescued after their boat capsized near an uninhabited island close to the U.S. territory. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 8:17 Dr. Fauci on the state of the pandemic as the U.S. marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths President Biden on Thursday marked the U.S. nearing one million lives lost due to the pandemic and called on Congress to pass funding for more COVID relief. The pandemic has claimed more than 6 million lives worldwide, though WHO estimates… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans In our news wrap Thursday, the Jan. 6 committee in Congress subpoenaed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republicans, North Korea acknowledged its first COVID outbreak, Palestinians mourn journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was shot dead during an… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 6:02 Americans reflect on hardship and loss from the pandemic By Sam Lane, Sam Weber, Maea Lenei Buhre As we approach the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. we wanted to bring you reflections from some of the people we’ve met over the past two years of this pandemic. A paramedic, a nurse,… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 6:40 New Mexico struggles against raging wildfires amid evacuations By Stephanie Sy, Frank Carlson, Layla Quran There’s been an unusually early start to the fire season this year, with blazes already burning for weeks in the southwest, mainly in Arizona and New Mexico. The nation’s largest wildfire continues to rage in New Mexico near Santa Fe… Continue watching