Feb 12 Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press Selina Soule, a senior at Glastonbury High School, Chelsea Mitchell, a senior at Canton High School and Alanna Smith, a sophomore at Danbury High School argue that allowing athletes with male anatomy to compete has deprived them of track titles… Continue reading
Feb 12 U.S., Ecuador talks at White House a first in nearly 2 decades By Associated Press It's been nearly two decades since a chief of state from the small South American nation of Ecuador has met in Washington with a U.S. president. But that changed on Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 12 Ford recalls over 240,000 vehicles to fix suspension problem By Associated Press The recall covers the Ford Flex, Taurus police car, Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKT from the 2013 through 2018 model years. Continue reading
Feb 12 U.S. on track for first $1 trillion budget deficit since 2012 By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The U.S. budget deficit through the first four months of this budget year is up 19% from the same period a year ago. Continue reading
Feb 12 WATCH: Astronaut Christina Koch discusses her record-long spaceflight By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Watch astronaut Christina Koch discuss her record-breaking 328 day space walk for the first time from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Continue reading
Feb 12 Census Bureau at risk of not being ready for count, government report says By Mike Schneider, Associated Press While the Census Bureau has succeeded so far in early tasks of verifying addresses across the U.S. and launching an advertising campaign, the agency's readiness for upcoming operations is mixed, according to the report from the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 26:45 Sanders wins narrow New Hampshire victory, followed by Buttigieg and Klobuchar In a very close New Hampshire primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders has been declared the winner, followed by Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. In Manchester, Judy Woodruff talks to Lucas Meyer of the New Hampshire Young Democrats and Dan Bush. Continue watching
Feb 11 After Iowa, many New Hampshire Dems worry about fairness By Josh Boak, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Only 14% of New Hampshire Democrats said they were "very confident" that the process for picking a presidential nominee would be fair, a sign of possible doubts lingering in voters' minds ahead of the state's Tuesday primary. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 7:02 News Wrap: Thousands of Palestinians protest Trump’s Middle East peace plan In our news wrap Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza to protest President Trump’s Middle East peace plan. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, condemned the proposal to the United Nations… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 5:40 How novel coronavirus outbreak has disrupted life across China China continues to struggle with novel coronavirus and is only now starting to allow scientists and public health officials from outside to assist in its efforts. While the majority of infections and fatalities are centered in Hubei province, the illness… Continue watching