Apr 15 Questions over coverage plague rural broadband expansion By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press Across rural America, a bandwidth gap separates communities like Weston from an increasingly digital world where high-speed internet has become a fundamental component of modern life, putting them at a disadvantage. Continue reading
Apr 14 Tiger Woods makes Masters 15th and most improbable major By Associated Press Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again. Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before a delirious audience at Augusta National… Continue reading
Apr 14 Storms sweep across the South, killing 8 and injuring dozens By Associated Press Powerful storms swept across the South on Sunday after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Three children were among the dead. Continue reading
Apr 14 WATCH: Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, announces presidential bid By Sara Burnett, Associated Press Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Indiana mayor who has risen to prominence in the early stages of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, is expected to make his candidacy official during a rally Sunday in the city where he launched his political… Continue reading
Apr 14 Trump sanctuary city idea could help migrants stay in US By Astrid Galvan, Morgan Lee, Associated Press An idea floated by President Donald Trump to send immigrants from the border to “sanctuary cities” to exact revenge on Democratic foes could end up doing the migrants a favor by placing them in locations that make it easier to… Continue reading
Apr 13 Pace of Bering Sea changes startle scientists By Dan Joling, Associated Press Frigid north winds blow down from the Arctic Ocean, freeze saltwater and push sea ice south. The ice normally prevents waves from forming and locks onto beaches, walling off villages. But not this year. Continue reading
Apr 13 Morehouse College to begin taking transgender men next year By Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press Transgender men will be allowed to enroll in the school for the first time in 2020. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 9:38 The hunt is on for the last slave ship to arrive in the U.S. By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Archaeologists are analyzing data from a survey of Alabama’s Mobile River, looking for the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in America. The ship's survivors were enslaved for a few years before forming a unique community, Africatown. Clotilda… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch 6:10 Broadway play reexamines the U.S. Constitution By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A new Broadway production, "What the Constitution Means to Me," is taking a fresh look at the founding document: what it says, who it serves and who it doesn’t. The play’s author and lead actor reexamines the rights laid out… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch 1:50 Mobile’s many shipwrecks help tell the area’s long history By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman During last year’s search in Alabama’s Mobile River for the Clotilda -- the last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S. -- archaeologists also gathered data on all kinds of other artifacts that shed light on the area's rich… Continue watching