Aug 20 5 Stories: Why wildfires are raging in one of the coldest places on Earth, NASA's pretend mission to Mars and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin NASA welcomes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, new research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age after all. Check out… Continue reading
Aug 20 WATCH: Pentagon to hold briefing amid evacuations in Afghanistan By Associated Press Thousands continued to flock to the airport, braving checkpoints manned by Taliban fighters as they seek desperately to get on evacuation flights out. Continue reading
Aug 20 'I feel so helpless.' Afghans in the U.S. worry for friends and family back home By Gabrielle Hays, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Courtney Vinopal There are some 132,000 immigrants from Afghanistan living in the U.S., and many fear for their family and friends back home following the Taliban's takeover of the country. PBS NewsHour spoke with Afghan Americans about what it's been like to… Continue reading
Aug 20 Mike Richards out as 'Jeopardy!' host after past scrutinized By Associated Press Richards was chosen last week as the successor to Alex Trebek, but his selection was seen as divisive from the beginning. Continue reading
Aug 20 WATCH: Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul 'we will get you home' By Ellen Knickmeyer, Robert Burns, Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Biden’s comments at a White House news conference came as the U.S. government struggles to ramp up a massive airlift of Americans and other foreigners and vulnerable Afghans, rescuing them from a Taliban takeover of the country. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 5:50 Texas doctor urges vaccines amid 'dire shortage' of health workers, ICU beds Less than half the people in Texas are currently fully vaccinated. 96% of ICU beds are full, leaving just over 300 available across the state. The state’s health department has requested additional mortuary trailers from FEMA in anticipation of more… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 3:34 'Nearly every acre' in California has potential to burn, state fire official warns By Lisa Desjardins, Meredith Lee Hot, dry conditions continue to fuel over a dozen wildfires in California, mostly in the state's northern quarter. Fire officials said they were seeing a "generational destruction of forests." Six of the seven largest fires on record in California have… Continue watching
Aug 19 Boy Scouts get conditional approval of $850 million bankruptcy deal By Randall Chase, Associated Press A Delaware judge has ruled that the Boy Scouts of American can enter into a pivotal $850 million agreement that the organization hopes to use as a springboard to emerging from bankruptcy later this year, but rejected two key provisions… Continue reading
Aug 19 COVID is back for an encore in New Orleans, and musicians face an uncertain future By Roby Chavez How do you let the good times roll when the coronavirus is back for a fourth wave with the delta variant?… Continue reading
Aug 19 Booming Colorado town asks, 'Where will water come from?' By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Figures released this month show that population growth continues unabated in the South and West, even as temperatures rise and droughts become more common. Continue reading