Aug 05 Watch 7:54 75 years after Hiroshima, should U.S. president have authority to launch nuclear attack? On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima, Japan. Seventy-five years later, the NewsHour revisits how the president became the sole authority on when nuclear weapons are used. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 7:46 Minneapolis officials grapple with question of police reform — or replacement By Fred de Sam Lazaro The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May prompted calls to change the policing structure there. On Wednesday night, the city’s charter commission will decide whether to ask voters to begin the process of abolishing the police force --… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 2:59 A Brief But Spectacular take on surviving coronavirus at age 102 Throughout the pandemic, Americans in elder care facilities have been at a high risk of contracting COVID-19. But there are also those residents of nursing homes who have survived the disease in spite of their age. Centenarian Grace Weissman-Spiegel-Davis is… Continue watching
Aug 05 Virus testing in the U.S. is dropping, even as deaths mount By Matthew Perrone, Nicky Forster, Associated Press U.S. testing for COVID-19 is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day. Officials attribute this trend largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test… Continue reading
Aug 05 Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft defends comments about schools reopening By Associated Press Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says comments he made that fathers would risk dying to send their children back to school are being misconstrued. Continue reading
Aug 05 Iowa governor signs order restoring felon voting rights By David Pitt, Associated Press Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order granting convicted felons the right to vote, ending Iowa’s place as the only remaining state to broadly deny voting rights to felons. Continue reading
Aug 05 WNBA players urge people to vote against Atlanta team owner in senate race By Associated Press Players from the Atlanta team, as well as players from the Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury, wore "Vote Warnock" on T-shirts before games on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 05 WATCH: Trump lauds Arizona as success of virus ’embers’ strategy By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump lauded Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at the White House on Wednesday, as he pointed to the state as a model for the nation for handling “embers" of the coronavirus. Continue reading
Aug 05 Judge issues tight schedule in district redrawing case By Mike Schneider, Associated Press A federal judge is setting a compressed schedule for legal arguments challenging President Donald Trump's order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of redrawing congressional districts. Continue reading
Aug 05 Mississippi’s only federally recognized Native American tribe bears brunt of state’s outbreak By Leah Willingham, Associated Press COVID-19 has ripped through Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian families. Almost 10% of the tribe’s roughly 11,000 members have tested positive for the virus. More than 75 have died. Continue reading