Jul 03 Watch 5:50 Why Boeing’s problem with the 737 MAX jet keeps getting worse Boeing announced Wednesday a pledge of up to $100 million for families and communities affected by the two recent crashes of its 737 MAX planes. Both accidents were found to involve software and engineering problems the company is now struggling… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch 5:52 How Brian Fies used art to process a devastating wildfire By John Yang, Kira Wakeam For award-winning writer and cartoonist Brian Fies, life will forever be divided into before and after October 9, 2017 -- the date Northern California’s devastating Tubbs Fire devoured his home. In its aftermath, Fies felt compelled to process the trauma… Continue watching
Jul 03 How America’s Founding Fathers felt about tariffs By Jeffrey Kucik, University of Arizona There was plenty of trade during the Colonial period. But none of it was free. Continue reading
Jul 03 Judge blocks Ohio abortion law, allowing clinics to remain open By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press The ruling by U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett halts enforcement of the so-called heartbeat bill law that opponents argued would effectively ban the procedure. That's because a fetal heartbeat can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before… Continue reading
Jul 03 WATCH: 2019 Capitol Fourth celebrates with musical guests, fireworks By Gretchen Frazee The Capitol Fourth celebration will be streamed live Thursday, July 4, beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Continue reading
Jul 03 Navy SEAL acquitted of killing says he made ‘tactical, ethical, moral’ mistakes By Julie Watson, Brian Melley, Associated Press Special Operator Edward Gallagher, who did not testify during his two-week court-martial, addressed the jurors a day after they acquitted him of murder, attempted murder and other counts stemming from an incident during a 2017 deployment to Iraq. Continue reading
Jul 03 Alabama DA won’t prosecute woman who lost fetus after being shot By Associated Press Marshae Jones was five-months pregnant when she was shot in the stomach in a December altercation. Continue reading
Jul 03 Special prosecutor named to investigate South Bend shooting of Eric Logan By Associated Press A judge appointed a special prosecutor Wednesday to investigate a white police officer's fatal shooting of a black man in the Indiana city where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor. Continue reading
Jul 03 Reports of unwanted sexual contact up at Coast Guard Academy By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press Almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed, and about one in eight women reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact, according to a Pentagon survey released Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 03 Lee Iacocca, engineer of Chrysler’s turnaround, dies at 94 By Tom Krishner, Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press He will be best remembered as the blunt-talking, cigar-chomping Chrysler chief who helped engineer a great corporate turnaround. Continue reading