Feb 19 WATCH: Texas governor speaks on status of winter storm, power outages By Associated Press The cascading crises of power outages across Texas due to winter weather lead to another problem — lack of clean water. Continue reading
Feb 19 Pentagon chief urges immediate reduction in Taliban violence By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press In his first press conference as defense secretary, Lloyd Austin says progress toward a durable peace in Afghanistan and an end to U.S. military involvement there depends on the Taliban reducing attacks. Continue reading
Feb 19 Federal Reserve sees modest pickup in hiring this month By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Federal Reserve says there’s evidence that hiring has picked up in recent weeks, though the job market remains badly damaged by the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 19 Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor By Associated Press The lawyer who killed a federal judge's son and seriously wounded her husband at their New Jersey home last summer also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the judge said in a television interview. Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: Biden defends progress on COVID-19 as weather delays 6 million shots By Zeke Miller, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press While acknowledging the weather is "slowing up the distribution," Biden said at the Pfizer plant in Michigan that he believes "we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year."… Continue reading
Feb 19 Massive breach fuels calls for U.S. action on cybersecurity By Ben Fox, Alan Suderman, Associated Press U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation’s cyber defenses following a sweeping hack that may have exposed government and corporate secrets to Russia. Continue reading
Feb 19 Back in Paris accord, U.S. vows no more sidelining of climate By Seth Borenstein, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The United States has returned to the Paris climate accord. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says climate change and science diplomacy “can never again be ‘add-ons’ in our foreign policy discussions.”… Continue reading
Feb 19 Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South By Paul J. Weber, Jill Bleed, Associated Press Many of the millions of Texans who lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid now have it back, but the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, with many people lacking… Continue reading
Feb 18 Sen. Ted Cruz returns from Cancun after uproar, says traveling ‘obviously a mistake’ By Steve Peoples, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The Republican senator said he began second-guessing the trip since the moment he first got on the plane Wednesday. "In hindsight, I wouldn't have done it," he told reporters. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 9:33 After brutalizing much of the U.S., storm surge shines a spotlight on disparities By Stephanie Sy, Patty Gorena Morales, Casey Kuhn, Ryan Connelly Holmes The storms that have descended on much of the country, and their after-effects, have hit vulnerable groups the hardest, especially communities of color. Dr. Robert Bullard, a professor at Texas Southern University who focuses on wealth and racial disparities related… Continue watching