Oct 10 WATCH: Garland announces TD Bank will pay $3 billion in money-laundering settlement By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who say the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Continue reading
Oct 10 Milton slams Florida’s west coast, but Tampa spared from direct hit By Terry Spencer, Kate Payne, Associated Press Milton caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit. The storm tracked to the south in the final hours and made landfall late Wednesday as a Category 3 storm in… Continue reading
Oct 10 Meet the teacher who created LGBTQ History Month By Gabrielle Hays It's been thirty years since Rodney Wilson founded LGBTQ History Month and came out to his students during a lesson in 1994. Today, he wants the world to know that making history more inclusive can "make the world, make our… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 7:47 Florida braced for brutal impact from Hurricane Milton By William Brangham, Geoff Bennett, Maea Lenei Buhre, Sam Weber, Courtney Norris Hurricane Milton is on track to make landfall in Florida overnight and poses a major threat to coastal cities like Tampa, Ft. Myers, Sarasota and St. Petersburg. Milton's outer bands have already hit the state and triggered a few tornadoes. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 5:43 St. Petersburg mayor discusses threat of catastrophic and historic storm surge from Milton By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins St. Petersburg is one of the Florida cities in the path of Hurricane Milton. Amna Nawaz discussed storm preparations with Mayor Ken Welch. Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 3:52 How an Oklahoma death penalty case reached the Supreme Court By Amna Nawaz, Adam Kemp, Saher Khan The Supreme Court heard arguments in a death row case from Oklahoma. Justices looked at whether the due process rights of death row inmate Richard Glossip were violated when the state suppressed information about its star witness who committed the… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 5:11 NASCAR driver Greg Biffle becomes rescue pilot in Helene’s aftermath By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Azhar Merchant As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida, communities that were hit hardest by Hurricane Helene are still struggling to recover over a week later. NASCAR driver Greg Biffle is among those making a difference. He's using his personal helicopter to deliver… Continue watching
Oct 09 3 big takeaways from this Supreme Court death penalty case By Adam Kemp Supreme Court justices weighed Wednesday whether to grant a new trial to Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man whose death row case has now come twice before the high court. Continue reading
Oct 09 Language barriers, lack of money complicate preparations for Florida migrants in the path of Hurricane Milton By Gisela Salomon, Associated Press Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English. Continue reading
Oct 09 Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, hospitalized after stroke By Michael Casey, Associated Press Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, has been hospitalized with a stroke. Her family announced on X Tuesday night that it happened Thursday in her sleep and that she's resting comfortably at a Boston-area hospital. Continue reading