Aug 24 Watch 6:42 Health workers face 'indescribable' mental, physical exhaustion as COVID fills hospitals According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, roughly 60% of frontline healthcare workers said that pandemic-related stress had negatively affected their own mental health — in a poll taken before the delta variant that filled hospitals even more. For more on… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 6:12 Lessons from Bill Pinkney's historic solo sail around the world By Mike Cerre Bill Pinkney chronicled his solo sail around the world as the first African American to do it the hard way — around the great Southern Capes — in his 1992 video diary and documentary. Special correspondent Mike Cerre has his… Continue watching
Aug 24 On TikTok, misogyny and white supremacy slip through 'enforcement gap' By Amanda Becker, The 19th A new report shows how extremists use profiles, hashtags and other effects that violate the platform’s community guidelines. Continue reading
Aug 24 Chicago watchdog harshly criticizes ShotSpotter system By Don Babwin, Associated Press Chicago's watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot detection system the police department uses rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city. Continue reading
Aug 24 Tennessee flooding prompts Biden disaster declaration By Travis Loller, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration sought by Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed more than 20 people, according to a statement sent Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 23 Arizona Senate GOP's 2020 election report delayed due to COVID By Jonathan J. Cooper, Bob Christie, Associated Press The delay is the latest for the unprecedented partisan review. It has so far taken more than double the 60 days it was originally supposed to take. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 9:42 Dr. Fauci on Pfizer vaccine's FDA approval, approving Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shots The Food and Drug Administration's full authorization to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has a number of public health officials hopeful the move will encourage people who had been reluctant to get a shot now. For more on the approval and… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 2:13 Major flooding leaves 22 dead in Tennessee amid devastating 'loss and heartache' By Stephanie Sy, Murrey Jacobson Search crews across middle Tennessee are still looking through the debris of a flooded landscape. At least 22 people died in Saturday's disaster with a dozen others missing. Stephanie Sy reports. Continue watching
Aug 23 California firefighters battle a dozen large wildfires By Associated Press More than 13,500 firefighters are working to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee. Continue reading
Aug 23 Kathy Hochul's rise in New York spotlights the barriers to women becoming governors By Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th Despite gains in representation in statehouses, Congress and other statewide offices — women hold positions like lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general at higher rates — their representation at statewide executive leadership remains stubbornly low. Continue reading