Aug 10 Puerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballots By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The unprecedented situation comes as voters ventured out amid a spike in COVID-19 cases across Puerto Rico, an island of 3.2 million people that has reported more than 12,800 probable cases, more than 8,500 confirmed cases and at least 274… Continue reading
Aug 10 1 dead, 6 rescued after gas explosion levels Baltimore homes By Julio Cortez, Associated Press A natural gas explosion has leveled three row houses in Baltimore, killing a woman and trapping others. Six people have been hospitalized. Continue reading
Aug 10 Over 100 arrested in Chicago during unrest following police shooting By Don Babwin, Associated Press Police Superintendent David Brown said it “was not an organized protest” but instead “an incident of pure criminality” that began following the shooting of a person by police the previous day in the city's Englewood neighborhood. Continue reading
Aug 10 McDonald’s sues ousted CEO, alleging employee relationships By Associated Press Ousted CEO Stephen Easterbrook, according to a lawsuit, approved a special grant of restricted stock, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of those employees. Continue reading
Aug 09 States On Hook For Billions Under Trump’s Unemployment Plan By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press President Trump's executive orders to create more unemployment pay may force states to contribute additional funding. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 4:19 Trump’s executive orders raise concerns over presidential power By PBS NewsHour Democrats and several Republicans have raised concerns over the four executive orders extending COVID-19 economic relief President Trump signed Saturday. While Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer called them “unconstitutional” and ineffective, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Lamar Alexander… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 4:43 What risks does ending the census count early pose? By PBS NewsHour The Census Bureau will stop its 2020 census count including in-person, mail, by phone and online on September 30, a month sooner than scheduled despite the delays caused by COVID-19. Hansi Lo Wang, a national correspondent at NPR, joins Hari… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 6:31 Michael Brown’s death echoes on six years later By Ivette Feliciano The killing of Michael Brown, a young unarmed Black man, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, six years ago, sparked protests which changed the civil rights movement in the nation. Brittany Ferrell, an activist and organizer for the political… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 6:25 Could federal investment prevent an eviction crisis? While national and state eviction moratoriums have temporarily helped slow a pandemic-induced housing and homelessness crisis, they have a long-term impact. Matthew Desmond, a professor at Princeton University who helped build the first nationwide database on evictions joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Aug 07 Voters weary as Puerto Rico prepares for historic primaries By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Gov. Wanda Vázquez of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party is running against seasoned politician Pedro Pierluisi, who represented Puerto Rico in Congress from 2009 to 2017 and briefly served as governor last August after the then governor resigned following street… Continue reading