Aug 12 Want to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse from North America? Here's where and when By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press If you’re far enough north in the U.S. and Canada, you might savor a partial eclipse as the moon nibbles away at the sun. Continue reading
Aug 11 The art of the obit By Geoff Bennett Sam Roberts has written 1,600 obituaries in his decadeslong career as a reporter for The New York Times. In this episode of “Settle In,” he speaks to Geoff Bennett about his new book, “Are They Dead Yet?” and what he’s… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 7:46 How a catering truck helped Trump secretly switch planes amid threat from Iran By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart Correction: In this segment, we misstated the year Major General Qasem Soleimani was killed. We should have said 2020, as the on-screen graphic indicated. We regret the error. The News Hour has confirmed the Washington Post's reporting on extraordinary, secret… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 8:50 The effectiveness and cost of the National Guard deployment in D.C. By Lisa Desjardins, Jackson Hudgins It has now been one year since President Trump declared a “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital and deployed thousands of members of the National Guard to its streets. Questions continue to mount over the mission’s cost, its legality and… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 7:09 Credit card debt surges in U.S. as high interest rates make it harder to pay off By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt, up 60% from just five years ago. Meanwhile, higher interest rates make debt even more difficult to pay off, a downward spiral causing credit card delinquencies to surge. Economics… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 3:54 What to know as your driver's license gets a digital upgrade By Tim McPhillips Your old plastic driver's license could soon be getting a digital upgrade. Multiplatform producer Tim McPhillips walks us through four things you should know, including some of the benefits and some of the concerns. Continue watching
Aug 11 U.S. stocks edge further from their records as oil prices keep swinging By Stan Choe, Associated Press U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. Continue reading
Aug 11 U.S. existing homes fall 1.7% in July as record prices, high mortgage rates stifle would be-buyers By Matt Ott, Associated Press Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be an insurmountable hurdle for many prospective homebuyers. Continue reading
Aug 11 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado sirens blare By Laura Bargfeld, Ed White, Associated Press Severe weather cut power to over half a million people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 11 Almost nowhere in California is building enough housing. Here's why By Ben Christopher, CalMatters California cities and counties are struggling to meet state housing targets. Despite having state-approved plans, actual construction lags behind. Continue reading