Mar 21 Boeing to make safety feature standard on troubled 737 MAX jets By Elias Meseret, David Koenig, Associated Press The equipment, which had been offered as an option, alerts pilots of faulty information from key sensors. It will now be included on every 737 Max as part of changes that Boeing is rushing to complete on the jets by… Continue reading
Mar 21 Facebook says millions of passwords stored in readable format By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, Associated Press Facebook said there is no evidence its employees abused access to the data, but thousands of employees could have searched them. Continue reading
Mar 21 Mississippi governor to sign 'heartbeat' abortion law By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press The Republican governor is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to outlaw most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. Continue reading
Mar 21 Migrants encounter glitches with new U.S. asylum policy By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Asylum seekers, who are being forced to wait in Mexico, are getting mixed messages about when their hearings are scheduled. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 6:22 News Wrap: Funerals for New Zealand shooting victims begin In our news wrap Wednesday, funerals began in New Zealand for victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings that killed 50 people. Hundreds gathered to pray before carrying coffins to burial sites, as the prime minister vowed to tighten gun laws. Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 7:48 In Curtis Flowers case, race could be a matter of life or death Curtis Flowers has been tried six times for the murder of four people killed in a Mississippi furniture store in 1996. The case is the subject of the second season American Public Media’s “In the Dark” podcast. Now the Supreme… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 6:46 How residents from El Paso feel about border barriers By Angela Kocherga, Albuquerque Journal Amid the roiling national debate about immigration and a border wall, construction crews in El Paso, Texas, are busy replacing 20 miles of wire mesh fencing with a bollard-style structure. Border Patrol says this kind of barrier is crucial for… Continue watching
Mar 20 Flooding in Midwest could be historic, National Weather Service says By Associated Press Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low "major and perhaps historic" flooding is possible later this month in South Dakota and northern Iowa. Continue reading
Mar 20 What we know about the FDA's new postpartum depression drug By Laura Santhanam A new treatment could offer much-needed help to some new mothers with this disorder, but questions remain about how affordable or accessible it will be. Continue reading
Mar 20 National Guard to help protect California towns from wildfires By Don Thompson, Associated Press California is pulling the troops away from President Donald Trump's border protection efforts and devoting them to fire protection. Continue reading