Jan 07 As much of the country reels from severe weather, the next round of bitter cold is set to hit the South By Patrick Whittle, Brian Witte, Associated Press The National Weather Service said the wind chill temperature was 16 at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport early Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 07 Meta says it will follow X, replace fact-checking with community notes By Associated Press The company said it decided to end the program because expert fact checkers had their own biases and too much content ended up being fact checked. Continue reading
Jan 07 Jimmy Carter often flouted ceremony. He will be honored in Washington, where he remained an outsider By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The ceremonies carry some irony for the one-term president who campaigned as an outsider in 1976 and never mastered the city. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 9:01 News Wrap: Winter storm slams Mid-Atlantic states In our news wrap Monday, a major winter storm brought blizzard conditions in the Plains and snow to the Mid-Atlantic states, President Biden is taking steps to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling across a stretch of federal waters… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 8:04 Truck explosion refocuses attention on mental health care for service members and veterans By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn There are new details about the man believed responsible for exploding a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas. Police and military officials believe Matt Livelsberger suffered post-traumatic stress disorder. Some of the final words he… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 8:16 Washington Post faces editorial turmoil and high-profile departures By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant Staff at The Washington Post are bracing for a wave of layoffs. It's the latest hit for the Post, coming just days after longtime editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned in protest. A series of high-profile staff departures and a wave… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 4:37 Remembering the victims of the New Orleans terror attack By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris We take a moment to reflect on the 14 victims of the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day, the lives they led and the legacies they leave behind. Stephanie Sy has our remembrance. Continue watching
Jan 06 Fewer than 0.1 percent of U.S. adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, report finds By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press From 2018 through 2022, only 926 adolescents with a gender-related diagnosis received puberty blockers and 1,927 received hormones, suggesting that fewer than 0.1 percent of all youth in the database received these medications. Continue reading
Jan 06 McDonald’s joins other companies in rolling back diversity goals By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press McDonald's said Monday that it planned to retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. Continue reading
Jan 06 Jimmy Carter was an outlier with other former presidents but formed a friendship for the ages with Gerald Ford By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican. Continue reading