Aug 25 Musk says investors convinced him Tesla should stay public By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. will remain on the public stock exchanges after CEO Elon Musk said Friday that investors have convinced him the company shouldn't go private. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 6:45 News Wrap: McCain ends treatment; North Korea meeting delayed In our news wrap Friday, the family of Arizona senator John McCain announced that he is ending treatment for his aggressive form of brain cancer. Also, President Trump postponed an upcoming visit to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 9:01 A second top Trump associate receives legal immunity By Judy Woodruff, Matt Loffman In exchange for immunity, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, will reportedly talk to investigators about the reimbursements he helped arrange to Michael Cohen. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor experienced in trying… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 13:05 Brooks and Klein on Trump’s ‘moral affront’ and the rule of law It’s been a dramatic week for President Trump and some of his former associates. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Ezra Klein from Vox join Judy Woodruff to discuss the president's legal and moral standing, emerging patterns among the… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 7:27 In rural Oregon, regional theater sparks a creative revival By Jeffrey Brown A remote area of the Pacific Northwest might not sound like a top theater destination. But as Jeffrey Brown reports, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has sparked a wave of creative and economic growth in rural Ashland. One of the country’s… Continue watching
Aug 24 More than 500 migrant children are still separated from their parents By Joshua Barajas The numbers only improved slightly from what the federal government reported last week. Continue reading
Aug 24 Ex-CDC director Thomas Frieden arrested on sex abuse charge By Karen Matthews, Associated Press A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas Frieden, was arrested on Friday on a sex abuse charge but said the woman's allegation "does not reflect" who he is or the values he has. Continue reading
Aug 24 Georgia county scraps widely condemned plan to close most polling places By Brinley Hineman, Associated Press Voting and civil rights groups applauded the decision but said the episode demonstrates the need to restore Voting Rights Act protections that were tossed out by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013. Continue reading
Aug 24 Trump administration acts to stop high-tax states from skirting $10,000 cap By Marcy Gordon, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Four states — Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York — already have sued the federal government over the deduction cap, asserting it's aimed at hurting a group of Democratic states and tramples on their constitutional budget-making authority. Continue reading
Aug 24 Hurricane Lane dumps rain on Hawaii, 5 people rescued from flooded homes By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press Forecasters said the center of the storm will move close to or over parts of Hawaii's main islands late Friday, bringing dangerous surf of 20 feet. Continue reading