May 04 Watch 6:10 Why young adults are lonelier than ever and what can be done to help By Isabella Jibilian, Rhode Island PBS In a world where staying connected with family and friends can be as simple as tapping a button on your phone, many people are finding themselves lonelier than ever. It’s a crisis that is especially prevalent among young adults. Isabella… Continue watching
May 04 Sovereignty wins 151st Kentucky Derby, outdueling 3-1 favorite on rain-soaked track By Beth Harris, Associated Press Sovereignty gave trainer Bill Mott a second Kentucky Derby victory. This time there was no doubt about it and no asterisk. Continue reading
May 04 Voters in Texas approve SpaceX rocket launch site as new city of Starbase By Valerie Gonzalez, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 5:45 NYT investigation finds no evidence linking many deported Venezuelans to Tren de Aragua By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn In March, in order to speedily deport 238 Venezuelan men under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, Trump claimed they were members of a transnational criminal organization called Tren de Aragua. But an investigation by the New York Times couldn’t… Continue watching
May 03 Watch 4:48 How staffing shortages at the National Weather Service could put lives at risk By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic The Trump administration’s dismissals of hundreds of experts compiling a key report on climate change is only the latest in a series of science-related rollbacks and cuts. That includes job cuts at the National Weather Service, where an Associated Press… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 4:51 Jobs market defies expectations amid fears tariffs could soon spur economic downturn By Amna Nawaz, Ryan Connelly Holmes The U.S. labor market beat expectations last month, adding 177,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent. But the April jobs number was lower than the March tally and some economists are concerned that cracks in the… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 5:56 A look at Trump’s executive order targeting public media funding By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas President Trump issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to halt all funding for PBS and NPR. It would impact those two networks, the roughly 1,500 public media stations nationwide and national programs like the News Hour. Continue watching
May 02 Watch 6:55 Unpacking Trump’s budget proposal and where he wants to cut billions in spending By Laura Barrón-López, Doug Adams, Ali Schmitz The White House unveiled a budget proposal that would cut billions from non-defense programs across the government. President Trump's $163 billion in spending cuts would hit health, housing, education and climate programs. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López discussed more with… Continue watching
May 02 7 killed in truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone, police say By Beatrice Dupuy, Rebecca Boone, Associated Press “It is a very dangerous highway because it leads to the main entrance of Yellowstone National Park.”… Continue reading
May 02 Illinois landlord sentenced to 53 years in prison for hate-crime murder of Palestinian American boy By Associated Press Joseph Czuba also severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal attack days after the war in Gaza began. Continue reading