Sep 07 430,000 still without power 9 days after Hurricane Ida By Kevin McGill, Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press The state Public Service Commission said Tuesday that 95 percent of utility customers in the four hardest-hit parishes remain without electricity. In contrast, nearly all power has been restored in the capital city of Baton Rouge, and 73 percent of… Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: Louisiana Gov. Edwards says over 400,000 still without power By Associated Press With the help of tens of thousands of workers from power companies in numerous states, the state's biggest energy provider, Entergy, has been able to slowly bring electricity back, leaving only 19 percent of its customers in the region without… Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: 20 years on, Muslim journalists reflect on reporting in a post-9/11 world By Dorothy Hastings It has been 20 years since Sept. 11, 2001. The events, which shook the nation, also had reverberating effects on Muslims living in the U.S. Analyses show that anti-Muslim hate grew in the U.S. following the attacks. Continue reading
Sep 07 Texas governor signs new GOP voting restrictions into law By Paul J. Weber, LM Otero, Associated Press The sweeping bill signed Tuesday by the two-term Republican governor further tightens Texas’ strict voting laws. Continue reading
Sep 07 Elizabeth Holmes' trial to dissect downfall of a tech star By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press After the scandalous collapse of a company once valued at $9 billion, Holmes is heading into a San Jose, California, courtroom to defend herself against criminal allegations depicting her as the devious mastermind of a fraud that duped investors, former… Continue reading
Sep 07 Idaho enacts crisis hospital care standards amid COVID surge By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press The activation includes 10 hospitals and healthcare systems in Idaho's panhandle and north-central Idaho. The move allows hospitals to allot scarce resources like intensive care unit rooms to those most likely to survive. Continue reading
Sep 07 Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades, lawmakers say By Hope Yen, Matthew Daly, Associated Press As the deadly storm moved from the Gulf Coast through the Northeast — killing over 65 people from Louisiana to Connecticut — members of Congress said the storm offered irrefutable evidence that the nation's power lines, roads, bridges and other… Continue reading
Sep 07 Americans warier of U.S. government surveillance, AP-NORC poll finds By Eric Tucker, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches, Americans increasingly balk at intrusive government surveillance in the name of national security - and only about a third believe that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were… Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: Biden surveys New York and New Jersey storm damage, talks climate change By Aamer Madhani, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Pointing accusingly at climate change, President Joe Biden toured deadly Northeast flood damage Tuesday and said he was thinking about the families who suffered “profound” losses from the powerful remnants of Hurricane Ida. Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond By Sarah Rankin, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The statue's removal on Wednesday fulfills a vow Gov. Ralph Northam made after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests against police brutality and racism. Continue reading