Sep 04 No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019 By Emily Wagster Pettus, Jeff Amy, Associated Press Flowers was convicted four times in the 1996 killings of four people at a furniture store in the north Mississippi city of Winona: twice for individual slayings and twice for all four killings. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 2:24 Deadly incidents in Rochester and Portland fuel new unrest By Amna Nawaz In parts of the U.S., there continue to be protests and outrage over police conduct and responses to demonstrations. In Rochester, New York, the family of Daniel Prude is calling for officers involved in his March death to be fired… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 3:39 News Wrap: WHO says vaccine distribution must be global effort In our news wrap Friday, the World Health Organization warned vaccines for the novel coronavirus may not be widely available until mid-2021. The agency said it would not recommend any vaccine until its safety was proven -- and stressed distribution… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 3:06 Mourning 5 individuals lost to COVID-19 As yet another devastating week comes to an end, we take the time to honor individuals who have fallen victim to the novel coronavirus, including a 29-year-old father and a 60-year-old flight attendant. Judy Woodruff shares five stories. Continue watching
Sep 04 Topps to produce first-ever women’s softball card set By Associated Press The set will include cards for 56 of the world's top players, including 17 Olympians from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Italy. Continue reading
Sep 04 Will long Labor Day weekend mean another coronavirus spike? By Pat Eaton-Robb, Thalia Beaty, Associated Press The rise in infections, deaths and hospitalizations over the summer was blamed in part on Americans behaving heedlessly over other long holiday weekends. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Police union head says officers in suffocation death followed training By Carolyn Thompson, Michael Hill, Associated Press Locust Club President Michael Mazzeo says the officers were in a difficult position, trying to help someone who appeared to have mental illness. He says they didn't intend to harm Prude. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Trump holds news conference following accusations of U.S. military comments By Associated Press The allegations, sourced anonymously in The Atlantic, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen U.S. service-members, including calling World War I dead at an American military cemetery in France "losers" and "suckers" in 2018. Continue reading
Sep 04 North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike By Bryan Anderson, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Mail voting has started in the presidential election as North Carolina begins to send out about 600,000 ballots to voters who have requested them. Those voters are overwhelmingly Democrats and independents. Continue reading
Sep 04 Trump says he won’t let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes newspaper By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon's plan to shut down the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, hit a major roadblock Friday, as President Donald Trump announced that he won't allow that on his watch. Continue reading