Jun 03 Watch 4:14 Amid pressure from employees, Google drops Pentagon’s Project Maven account By PBS News Hour After resignations and refusals by Google employees to work on warfare technology, the company chose not to renew Project Maven, an artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon that could help drones strike more efficiently. The decision puts other tech giants… Continue watching
Jun 03 Greitens’ resignation shifts Missouri’s focus to Senate race By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press While Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' resignation dealt a blow to his political prospects, his departure could breathe new life into U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley's campaign. Continue reading
Jun 03 State attorney general races gain attention in Trump era By Geoff Mulvihill and Kathleen Foody, Associated Press In all, 30 states and the District of Columbia will have attorney general elections this year and Democrats are targeting Republican incumbents in 23 of them. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 3:43 Trump cites national security in effort to aid coal and nuclear power By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump this week ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to save less-profitable coal and nuclear plants from closure. A leaked draft memo lays out several proposals, including one to order the grid to buy power from these plants and… Continue watching
Jun 02 Ex-chemical industry lawyer to lead Superfund task force By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Steven D. Cook served more than 20 years as in-house, corporate counsel for LyondellBasell Industries, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: Iowa judge blocks nation’s most restrictive abortion law In our news wrap Friday, a judge in Iowa blocked the country's most restrictive abortion law from taking effect, which would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Also, President Trump kept up the pressure a day after… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 4:48 Stanley Cup matches NHL newcomers with veterans who exceeded expectations Saturday night the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals face off for game three in their Stanley Cup matchup. A year ago, the Golden Knights weren't even a team. How did they make it to the finals on their… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 7:37 Revitalizing Montgomery without erasing markers of the past By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe The Kress Department Store in the heart of downtown Montgomery, Alabama is one of many decaying buildings that New York-based entrepreneur Sarah Beatty Buller is trying to revitalize. Jeffrey Brown reports on a project to revive a neighborhood marked by… Continue watching
Jun 01 Trump says he wouldn’t mind replacing NAFTA with 2 deals By Jill Colvin, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The comment was sure to further complicate talks that have been under way for months to renegotiate the landmark free trade deal that eliminated most tariffs and duties between the three countries. Continue reading
Jun 01 The 2018 hurricane season has begun. Here’s what to expect By Michael Rios What we know about the upcoming hurricane season, and how states -- some of which are still recovering from last year's record storms -- are preparing. Continue reading