Jul 08 WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House news briefing as U.S. assesses ransomware attack By Associated Press The White House said Thursday it is "continuing to gather details" on the latest ransomware attack, including determining whether the "incident occurred with the knowledge or approval of the Russian government."… Continue reading
Jul 08 Tropical Storm Elsa carves destructive path up East Coast By Russ Bynum, Curt Anderson, Associated Press Elsa's winds weakened, but it was dropping torrential rains over the Carolinas as it made its way through South Carolina early Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 07 Crews give up hope of finding survivors at Florida condo collapse site By Terry Spencer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Emergency workers are giving up on any hope of finding survivors in a collapsed Florida condo building. Authorities told sobbing families Wednesday that there was “no chance of life” in the rubble. Continue reading
Jul 07 Fencing will come down, but Capitol still closed to visitors By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The stark, black fence is one of the last remaining signs of the horrific mob siege by supporters of former President Donald Trump who tried to stop President Joe Biden's election victory. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 7:49 100% of military sexual assault survivors feel ‘trapped,’ have suicidal ideations By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Approximately 20,000 U.S. military members are sexually assaulted annually. But only 7,816 reported those cases, and only in 350 cases were perpetrators charged with a crime. President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin created an independent commission to examine… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 9:37 ‘OK, boomer’: What’s behind millennials’ growing resentment for their predecessors? By Paul Solman, Frank Carlson, Maea Lenei Buhre The downturn of the pandemic economy has hit many groups hard. But for many millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — and Generation Z, who follow them, that pain — plus a number of other factors — are… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 3:16 An environmental health advocate’s Brief But Spectacular take on America’s dirty secret Environmental health advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), where she works on multiple fronts to improve public health and economic development, including access to water and sanitation amidst the… Continue watching
Jul 07 California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations By Adam Beam, Associated Press California lawmakers have approved reparations for people who were either forcibly or coercively sterilized by the state. California's program forcibly sterilized 20,000 people with mental illnesses, physical disabilities and other traits deemed undesirable. Continue reading
Jul 07 Darnella Frazier, who recorded George Floyd’s death, loses uncle in police crash By Associated Press The teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd's life in a video that helped launch a global protest movement against racial injustice said her uncle has died in a crash involving a Minneapolis police car. Continue reading
Jul 07 WATCH: 10 more victims found in rubble of Florida condo; death toll now 46 By Terry Spencer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday, as workers uncovered 10 more bodies from the rubble and officials sounded more and more grim about the prospects of finding anyone… Continue reading