Aug 17 July retail sales fell 1.1 percent as COVID-19 surge hits spending By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Americans cut back on their spending last month as a surge in COVID-19 cases kept people away from stores. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 3:24 Sec. Haaland on the significance of Native American representation The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom focused on stories of gender and politics, kicked off their Represents summit Monday featuring various keynote speakers who will explore why representation matters in all areas like democracy, politics, sports, culture and more. NewsHour's Lisa… Continue watching
Aug 16 California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West By Eugene Garcia, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Thousands of homes remain threatened by the nation's largest wildfire in Northern California, and firefighters across the West face a high danger of new blazes erupting because of unstable weather. Continue reading
Aug 16 Food stamp benefits to increase by more than 25 percent in October By Ashraf Khalil, Josh Boak, Associated Press The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families. It's the largest single increase in the program's history. Continue reading
Aug 16 What science tells us about improving middle school By Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report Over the last 20 years, scientists have learned a lot about how the adolescent brain works and what motivates middle schoolers. Yet a lot of their findings aren’t making it into the classroom. Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH: Biden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision By News Desk and Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Josh Boak, Associated Press “American troops cannot, and should not, be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves," Biden said. Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH LIVE: #19thRepresents Summit 2021 – Day 5 By News Desk Leaders and innovators across the country gather virtually for the 19th Represents Summit, which this year explores why representation matters in business, voting, democracy, sports and other parts of our culture. Continue reading
Aug 16 U.S. opens formal probe into Tesla Autopilot system By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The investigation covers 765,000 vehicles, almost everything that Tesla has sold in the U.S. since the start of the 2014 model year. Continue reading
Aug 15 U.S. mulls COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall By Hope Yen, Associated Press Federal health officials have been actively looking at whether extra shots for the vaccinated may be needed as early as this fall, reviewing case numbers in the U.S. “almost daily” as well as the situation in other countries such as… Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 7:19 How the Twin Cities is trying to close the racial gap in home ownership By Fred de Sam Lazaro The Twin Cities is one of the most affordable metropolitan areas of the country. Its longstanding racial disparities in home ownership are also among the worst. Just 25 percent of Black residents in Minneapolis and St. Paul own their homes,… Continue watching