Jul 31 WATCH: Senators clash with FAA officials over Boeing Max oversight By Tom Krishner, Associated Press Members of a Senate subcommittee clashed with Federal Aviation Administration officials Wednesday, contending the agency was too deferential to Boeing in approving the 737 Max airliner. Continue reading
Jul 31 WATCH: HUD leader Ben Carson compares Baltimore to cancer patient By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spoke Wednesday in the wake of tweets from Trump describing Baltimore as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live."… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 3:17 What Broadway legend Harold Prince meant to American theater By Judy Woodruff, Anne Azzi Davenport Broadway director and producer Harold Prince died Wednesday at age 91. Prince won an astonishing, record-breaking 21 Tony Awards with shows that became household names -- and whose popularity still endures decades later. Judy Woodruff reports on a theater legend… Continue watching
Jul 31 Organizers cancel troubled Woodstock 50 festival By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press The three-day festival was originally scheduled for Aug. 16-18, but holdups included permit denials and the loss of a financial partner and a production company. Continue reading
Jul 31 Private prison company sued in death of 1 year old migrant child By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Lawyers for Yazmin Juárez are demanding $40 million from CoreCivic in the complaint filed in federal court in San Antonio. It's the third legal claim they have filed related to the death of Yazmin's daughter, Mariee, in May last year. Continue reading
Jul 31 Health chief says Trump working on plan to allow prescriptions from Canada By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The move would reverse years of opposition from federal health authorities amid a public outcry over high prices for life-sustaining medications. Continue reading
Jul 30 AP FACT CHECK: What candidates claimed in the 2020 Democratic debate in Detroit By Associated Press Here's how statements from the 10 Democratic presidential contenders in Tuesday night's debate compare to the facts. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 11:16 Active duty Army colonel calls nominee for vice chairman's job a liar After the confirmation hearing for Gen. John Hyten, the four-star general nominated to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Col. Kathryn Spletstoser held an impromptu press conference outside the Senate Armed Services Committee and reiterated her accusation… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 5:08 How the Trump administration explains ongoing family separations at the border The American Civil Liberties Union says the Trump administration has continued to separate migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite a federal judge’s 2018 ruling to stop the practice. Amna Nawaz talks to the ACLU’s Lee Galernt… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 7:07 In Dallas, how art and culinary skills are helping juvenile offenders stay out of jail By John Yang In Dallas, two programs aim to shift the conversation around juvenile justice -- one by bringing young people into the kitchen, and the other by using art to address trauma. Creative Solutions and Cafe Momentum offer juvenile offenders the chance… Continue watching