Mar 01 Record-breaking heat wave in 2021 is an example of climate change's impact in North America By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last summer offers a glimpse of the types of extreme weather that a United Nations report says will become more common in North America with worsening climate change. Continue reading
Mar 01 Biden steps to State of the Union lectern at fraught moment By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden is aiming to navigate the country out of a pandemic, reboot his stalled domestic agenda and confront Russia’s aggression. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Toyota to shut down plants in Japan after suspected cyberattack In our news wrap Monday, Toyota is shutting down its 14 plants in Japan after a suspected cyberattack, the Supreme Court heard a case that could restrict the government's ability to fight climate change. Also, California, Oregon and Washington will… Continue watching
Feb 28 Ahead of 2022 election, GOP lawsuit looks to throw out absentee voting in Arizona By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The GOP's request would upend the election procedures used by 90 percent of voters in a battleground state that will be crucial to determining which party controls the U.S. Senate after the 2022 election. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: President Joe Biden's 2022 State of the Union address - A PBS NewsHour Special By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Associated Press Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus. Continue reading
Feb 28 Last day for labor negotiations to salvage start of regular baseball season, says MLB By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Max Scherzer and Andrew Miller are leading the players' bargaining team for the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before Major League Baseball's deadline to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule… Continue reading
Feb 26 Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. That won’t be easy, but some Republicans have expressed an openness to voting for Biden’s nominee. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 3:08 News Wrap: Johnson & Johnson, drug distributors to pay $26 billion in opioid settlement In our news wrap Friday, Johnson & Johnson and three major U.S. drug distributors say they will pay $26 billion to settle opioid addiction claims stemming from some 3,000 lawsuits involving nearly every state and city, longtime Republican Oklahoma Sen. Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 5:51 CDC changes recommendations on when to wear masks in public By William Brangham, Claire Mufson The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday loosened its COVID-19 guidance on wearing masks in indoor public settings. The new standard says people don't have to mask-up if case counts and hospitalizations aren’t especially high where they live. Continue watching
Feb 25 'It is very difficult to reach anyone.' Ukrainians in the U.S. despair watching Russian invasion from afar By Roby Chavez Many Americans, who have ties to Ukraine, watch and worry about friends and family while wondering if a peaceful solution is now far from reach. In New Orleans adopted sisters wait for word from their sisters and a worker from… Continue reading