Feb 08 Watch 8:16 Baltimore begins push to reopen schools as students fall behind By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris Baltimore City Public Schools have started to reopen, but it's a fraction of all the students so far. Out of roughly 80,000 students who attend public schools there, 2,000 have returned to in-person learning, and an expanded reopening was recently… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 4:35 George Shultz sealed a lasting legacy by helping to bring down the Iron Curtain Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz died Sunday at his California home at the age of 100. The statesman, economist, and business executive served as America's top diplomat under President Ronald Reagan. Nick Schifrin reports on his lasting legacy. Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 5:46 NFL caps a season amid the pandemic with a Super Bowl like no other Veteran quarterback Tom Brady notched his seventh Super Bowl win on Sunday, this time at the helm of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And while millions tuned in for the annual event that has become an American tradition, there were reminders… Continue watching
Feb 08 Tampa mayor frustrated by maskless fans after Super Bowl By Tamara Lush, Freida Frisaro, Associated Press Throngs of mostly maskless fans took to the streets and packed sports bars as the clock inside Raymond James Stadium ticked down on a hometown Super Bowl win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Continue reading
Feb 08 Schools plan for potential of remote classes into the fall By Associated Press While many parents are demanding that schools fully reopen, others say they won’t feel safe sending children back to classrooms until vaccines are available to even young students. Continue reading
Feb 08 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force holds pandemic briefing By Associated Press As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations fall around the country, federal officials are warning states not to relax restrictions on dining out and other social activities that can lead to more spread of the virus. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 6:09 Biden focuses on stimulus plan as Dems gear up for Trump’s Senate trial By PBS NewsHour Former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, with Democrats, who have 50 seats in addition to VP Harris’s vote, gearing up to convict him of inciting the Capitol insurrection. Meanwhile, President Biden is focusing on his $1.9 trillion… Continue watching
Feb 07 Reagan’s longtime secretary of state George P. Shultz dies By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle… Continue reading
Feb 07 Iran says U.S. must lift sanctions before it lives up to nuke deal By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday urged the United States to lift all sanctions if it wants Iran to live up to commitments under its nuclear deal with world powers, state TV reported, his first comments on the matter since U.S. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 5:18 Go big or go home: America’s multi-billion dollar sports betting business By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sporting -- and betting -- event of the year. Despite the pandemic, bookkeepers are expecting wagers worth more than $4 billion this year. Since its expansion outside Nevada in 2018, the legal betting industry… Continue watching