Dec 16 With schools cutting bus service, parents are turning to ride-hailing apps to fill the gaps By Jeff McMurray, Associated Press As responsibility for transportation shifts to families, the question of how to replace the traditional yellow bus has become an urgent problem and a spark for innovation. Continue reading
Dec 16 3 dead, others wounded in school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin By Associated Press Authorities say five people are dead and others injured after a shooting Monday at a private Christian school in Wisconsin, including a child who caused the attack. Continue reading
Dec 16 Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio Air Force base, arrests near Boston airport By Dave Collins, Bianca Vázquez Toness, Associated Press More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston's Logan International Airport. Continue reading
Dec 15 Severe winter storms wallop the U.S. with snow, ice and a tornado in California By Josh Funk, Associated Press Inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S. over the weekend, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest states and a tornado in central California. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 2:27 News Wrap: Israeli airstrikes kill 10 people in central Gaza as ceasefire talks continue In our news wrap Saturday, medical teams in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people at a market, South Korean lawmakers voted to impeach their president, Pelosi underwent hip replacement surgery after a fall in Luxembourg, ABC… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 6:13 News Wrap: Consulting firm to pay $650 million for helping Purdue Pharma sell opioids In our news wrap Friday, consulting firm McKinsey and Company will pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for the opioids maker Purdue Pharma, the state of Texas has sued a doctor in New York for… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 6:42 Investor explains why he thinks TikTok will be safer with U.S. ownership By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant Congressional lawmakers told Apple and Google to be ready to remove TikTok from U.S. app stores on Jan. 19. The app is used by 170 million Americans and lawmakers argue the Chinese government’s relationship with TikTok's parent company threatens data… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 5:56 What Biden’s historic commutations mean By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Ali Schmitz President Biden announced he's commuting the prison sentences of some 1,500 people and issuing pardons to 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes. That marks the largest number of commutations by a president in a single day. Lisa Desjardins discussed more… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 8:57 News Wrap: White House says mysterious drones over New Jersey not a safety threat In our news wrap Thursday, the White House says mysterious drones reported over New Jersey and other states are neither a security issue nor a safety threat, the Justice Department found there were no undercover FBI employees on the scene… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 5:26 Drug overdose deaths dropped nationwide. Experts are working to understand why By Amna Nawaz New data from the CDC shows a drop in drug overdose deaths, down nearly 17 percent compared year-over-year. The annual death toll dropped from approximately 113,000 to just over 94,000. It’s a rare bit of good news after decades of… Continue watching