Sep 08 Climate change takes center stage at worldwide events ahead of global summit By Michael D. Regan People in the U.S. and more than 90 other countries planned to take to the streets in 800 towns and cities to call for immediate action on climate change. Continue reading
Sep 08 U.S. lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms By Matthew Lee, Susannah George, Associated Press The Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with a massive military assault against Syria's northwest Idlib province. Continue reading
Sep 07 Analysis: What we learned from more than 39 hours of Kavanaugh confirmation hearings By Daniel Bush At its core, Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing was not about senators making up their minds about which way they’d vote. Rather, it was about members -- from both parties -- defending or attacking the nominee. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 4:22 Witnesses voice concern about and defend Kavanaugh on final day of hearing On the final day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, Republicans called on colleagues and others who depicted him as a thoughtful man, while Democrats countered with former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, who voiced concerns about… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 9:39 Even with Roe v. Wade intact, many states have aggressively restricted abortion access By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Emily Carpeaux Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court has many abortion rights advocates worried that the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is in imminent peril. In many places the rollback of access is already steadily progressing. Amna Nawaz reports… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 7:41 How winning the U.S. Open gave Arthur Ashe the spotlight to speak out against injustice By Jeffrey Brown The huge stadium where U.S. Open championships are won and lost is named for a tennis great who transcended the court and sport itself. In "Arthur Ashe: A Life," author Raymond Arsenault examines the athlete's journey and the connection between… Continue watching
Sep 07 More than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here's what we know By Joshua Barajas Amid the ongoing reunification effort for these migrant families was Thursday's news of the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to change the longstanding Flores agreement, which requires the government to hold immigrant children in the "least restrictive setting" and generally… Continue reading
Sep 07 Students accused of sexual misconduct get legal boost from federal court By Ed White, Associated Press The University of Michigan violated the rights of a male student by refusing to allow him or a representative to question witnesses in an alleged incident of sexual misconduct at a "Risky Business"-themed fraternity party, the court said. Continue reading
Sep 07 Dallas officer to be charged with manslaughter after shooting a neighbor By Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press The officer who shot 26-year-old Botham Jean said that she believed the victim's apartment was her own when she entered it. It's not clear whether investigators believe race was a factor in the shooting. Continue reading
Sep 07 Tesla stock falls as CEO appears to smoke marijuana on video By Associated Press Shares of electric car maker Tesla Inc. tumbled about 7 percent as the markets opened Friday after the CEO appeared to smoke marijuana during an interview and the company's accounting chief left after a month on the job. Continue reading