Dec 29 5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews By Ryan Tarinelli, Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press A suspect is in custody and will face five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary, police officials say. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 7:26 Making NewsHour Weekend: Filming in challenging locations, tracking climate change By PBS NewsHour This year, NewsHour Weekend producers Sam Weber and Connie Kargbo’s reporting took them from a slave rebellion reenactment in Louisiana to a moon landing 50th anniversary celebration in Houston to covering climate change’s effects on mangroves in Florida. They recently… Continue watching
Dec 28 US astronaut Christina Koch sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman By Associated Press A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. Continue reading
Dec 28 Age limit now 21 across US for cigarettes, tobacco products By Linda A. Johnson, Associated PRess Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 27 Radio personality Don Imus dead at age 79 By David Bauder, Associated Press Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, according to a statement issued by his family. Continue reading
Dec 27 The influential people we said goodbye to in 2019 By Bernard McGhee, Associated Press This year saw the deaths of people who shifted culture through prose, politics, pragmatism and persistence. It also witnessed tragedy, in talent struck down in its prime. Continue reading
Dec 27 Court upholds Obama’s creation of national monument in Atlantic By Associated Press Fishing groups had sued over the creation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a 5,000-square-mile area that contains fragile deep sea corals and vulnerable species of marine life. Continue reading
Dec 27 ‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press His goddaughter Jane Dorian confirmed his death to The Associated Press early Friday. He died of pulmonary complications in Miami, where he had been living with his partner, real estate broker Terry Marler. Continue reading
Dec 27 Newseum hailed free press, but got beaten by free museums By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Sitting almost equidistant between the White House and the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue, the glass-walled building became instantly recognizable for its multi-story exterior rendition of the First Amendment. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 8:13 2 years later, U.S. island territories still hurting from Hurricanes Irma and Maria Although 2020 is only days away, Americans in the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are still recovering from devastating storms that hit back in the fall of 2017. Hurricanes Maria and Irma flooded and leveled parts… Continue watching