Jan 06 Harvey Weinstein arrives at court ahead of sex assault trial By Associated Press After more than two years since the allegations first came to widespread public attention and catalyzed the #MeToo movement, jury selection is scheduled to start this week. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 1:40 Louisiana researchers tackle a changing Mississippi Delta By Josh Landis, Nexus Media An effort to reconnect Louisiana wetlands to historical levels is taking place at Louisiana State University, where a 10,000-square-foot replica of the Mississippi Delta is now housed. Researchers are working to understand how man-made changes are impacting the Mississippi River… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 9:13 Are toxins in coal ash posing risks to nearby communities? By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green The U.S. each year produces more than 100 million tons of coal ash, a toxic substance made when coal is burned for electricity. Much of that waste is kept in active storage units around the country, where it can potentially… Continue watching
Jan 05 AP Fact Check: Lest old distortions be forgot By Hope Yen, Josh Boak, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump closed out the old year by reprising a selection of his most familiar falsehoods and putting a few of his predecessor’s accomplishments in his own win column. Continue reading
Jan 05 Protests across U.S. condemn action in Iran and Iraq By Associated Press Demonstrators in dozens of cities around the U.S. gathered Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s killing of an Iranian general and decision to send thousands of additional soldiers to the Middle East. Continue reading
Jan 05 Pompeo: U.S. is now targeting Iran's 'actual decision-makers' By Robert Burns, Associated Press Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani. Continue reading
Jan 05 New risks loom as thousands mourn Iran general killed by US By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands flooded streets Sunday in Iran to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, a slaying one Iranian official suggested would see Tehran break further out… Continue reading
Jan 05 Iran abandons nuclear deal limits after U.S. kills general By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Continue reading
Jan 05 Trump's threats draw Iran's cultural sites into tensions By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press President Trump tweeted Saturday evening that if Iran attacks any American assets to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general, the U.S. has 52 targets across the Islamic Republic that “WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD."… Continue reading
Jan 05 Iraq vote, Hezbollah threat leveled at US troops in Mideast By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq's parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their country while the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said the U.S. military across the region “will pay… Continue reading