Nov 08 Watch 6:12 With incoming lawmakers, Congress makes a historic shift Washington will be seeing some new faces come January. The 116th Congress -- with more women, people of color and LGBTQ members -- will be the most diverse ever. Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz to take a closer look. Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch 8:32 Has Amazon selected its next headquarters? By Paul Solman For over a year, cities across North America have competed to lure Amazon's next headquarters, which the company said would bring up to 50,000 jobs to the chosen site. But as Paul Solman explains, new reports indicate the company may… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch 3:49 Songwriter Gabriel Kahane on trains and ‘radical empathy’ Around the presidential election of 2016, songwriter Gabe Kahane decided to take a break from everyday life, escape technology and explore the country by rail. While traveling, he aspired to engage in conversation--but not argue--with strangers of all types of… Continue watching
Nov 08 How voters viewed Trump, health care and immigration, according to exit polls By Laura Santhanam Exit polls aren't perfect. But they do provide information on what mattered most to voters, and how they viewed key leaders and issues. Here's a look at what mattered to voters during the 2018 midterms. Continue reading
Nov 08 ‘Camp Fire’ in California still growing, kills 5 people By Joshua Barajas, Nsikan Akpan On Friday, officials announced that five bodies were recovered from vehicles in Paradise, California, a town overcome and destroyed by the fire. The fire, as of now, has swelled to 70,000 acres. Continue reading
Nov 08 Missouri captain indicted for negligence in deadly duck boat accident By Margaret Stafford, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Charges have been filed against the captain of a tourist boat that sank and killed 17 people, including nine people from an Indiana family, in a southwest Missouri lake over the summer, federal prosecutors said… Continue reading
Nov 08 After backlash, Google reforms its sexual misconduct rules By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press CEO Sundar Pichai spelled out the concessions in an email sent Thursday to Google employees. Continue reading
Nov 08 Eric Schneiderman, former NY attorney general, won’t face abuse charges By Michael Balsamo, Michael Sisak, Associated Press Schneiderman said he didn't consider the decision an exoneration. Continue reading
Nov 08 Brian Kemp resigns as Georgia secretary of state By Bill Barrow, Kate Brumback, Associated Press As the state's top election official, Kemp oversaw the race, and his resignation Thursday morning came as a hearing began for a lawsuit in which five voters asked that he be barred from exercising his duties in any future management… Continue reading
Nov 08 What we know about the California mass shooting By Larisa Epatko Hundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil Thursday to honor the 12 people shot and killed the night before at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California. Continue reading