Sep 17 COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in U.S. By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high number of people that illustrates the broad economic damage still taking place nine months after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the… Continue reading
Sep 17 Barr takes aim at prosecutors inside his own Justice Department By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Attorney General William Barr took aim at his own Justice Department on Wednesday night, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as "headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he… Continue reading
Sep 17 300 and counting: Push by feds to make arrests at U.S. protests By Michael Balsamo, Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, Associated Press In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr's message was clear: Aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 3:24 Slow-moving Hurricane Sally dumps dozens of inches of rain on Gulf Coast By Stephanie Sy Hurricane Sally has weakened since striking the Alabama-Florida state line before dawn Wednesday -- but it is still inflicting major damage. The storm is moving at a glacial pace, dumping more than 20 inches of rain in some areas, downing… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 6:24 News Wrap: Wildfires still burning across California, Pacific Northwest In our news wrap Wednesday, dozens of wildfires are still burning across the Pacific Northwest and California. President Trump declared a federal disaster in Oregon, where several small towns have been razed. But improved weather is helping fire crews, some… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 5:09 A House panel says Boeing and the FAA failed on 737 Max safety. What needs to change? The fatal crashes of two Boeing 737 Max jets that left 346 people dead resulted from multiple failures throughout the aircraft’s production and approval process. Now, a new and blistering report from Democrats on the House Transportation Committee reveals just… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 5:15 What you need to know about voting by mail By William Brangham, Meredith Lee Due to the pandemic, tens of millions more Americans plan to vote by mail than in past elections. But there has been a lot of misinformation around that process, with President Trump making baseless claims about fraud and tampering. William… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 4:48 What Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling means for Oklahoma’s Native tribes By Jeffrey Brown, Alex D'Elia The U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently that much of eastern Oklahoma remains Native land. The decision granted jurisdictional control for most criminal justice cases to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and four neighboring tribal nations. Now, members of Congress and tribal… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:03 A photographer’s Brief But Spectacular take on documenting the pandemic How do you picture a pandemic? Photographer Philip Montgomery documented New York City funeral homes and health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis this past March. His images appeared in the New York Times Magazine, capturing… Continue watching
Sep 16 Senators seek highest civilian honor for Emmett Till and his mother By Associated Press Till was a black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955 by white men who were later acquitted despite eyewitness testimony tying them to the killing. He had been accused of whistling at a white woman. Continue reading