Jan 01 WATCH: NASA shares latest on New Horizons’ mission Ten hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter 4 billion miles away, flight controllers in Laurel, Maryland, received word from the spacecraft late Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Jan 01 U.S. nuclear and missile arsenal apologizes for New Year’s Eve tweet By Associated Press The first tweet read in part: "#TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball...if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger."… Continue reading
Jan 01 Georgia may update election system amid criticism By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Cybersecurity experts have warned that the touchscreen voting machines Georgia has used since 2002 are unreliable and vulnerable to hacking, and provide no way to do an audit or confirm that votes have been recorded correctly because there's no paper… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: House Democrats to propose funding plan In our news wrap Monday, the partial government shutdown reached day 10, but House Democrats are formulating a plan that could end it. Their forthcoming proposal would fund the Department of Homeland Security into early February, allocating $1.3 billion for… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 7:38 Troubling video sparks more questions about treatment of migrant children in shelters Troubling videos from inside an Arizona migrant children’s shelter appear to show employees of a government contractor treating children roughly. The footage, which was taken in September, was obtained through an open records request by Mary Jo Pitzl of the… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 9:56 Democrats take control of the House this week. Can they get past the wall? Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins and The Washington Post’s Erica Werner join Amna Nawaz to discuss House Democrats’ forthcoming plan for funding government agencies currently shut down, Sen. Elizabeth Warner's step toward a 2020 presidential bid amidst what is expected to… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 3:59 In Arizona, more Navajo take to the dirt for ‘Rez golf’ In northeast Arizona, much of the land of the Navajo Nation is harsh and inhospitable. It’s dry, rocky and dotted with dense sagebrush. Yet a growing number of Navajo are taking to the desert with clubs, balls and tees. Called… Continue watching
Dec 31 National parks suffer vandalism, overflowing toilets during government shutdown By Ellen Knickmeyer, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press "You're looking at Yosemite Falls and in front of you is plastic bottles and trash bags."… Continue reading
Dec 31 Kevin Spacey can’t skip court appearance, judge decides By Associated Press The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor is accused of groping the 18-year-old man in a Nantucket restaurant in 2016. He is charged with felony indecent assault and battery. Continue reading
Dec 31 WATCH: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to fly past tiny, icy world beyond Pluto By Associated Press NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly by the object Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday. Watch the event here. Continue reading