Sep 23 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Prosecutors say Routh left note saying he intended to kill Trump In our news wrap Monday, prosecutors say Ryan Routh engaged in a premeditated plot to kill Donald Trump and left behind a pre-written note, the Biden administration is proposing a ban on Chinese software and hardware in autonomous vehicles, Alabama… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 5:58 California sues ExxonMobil, saying company deceived public about plastics recycling By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold A new lawsuit accuses ExxonMobil of contributing to the world’s plastic pollution. The oil and gas company is one of the largest producers of the material used to make single-use plastics. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit following… Continue watching
Sep 23 FBI report shows violent crime declined in 2023. Here’s what else the numbers show By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Violent crime in the US dropped again in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike. Continue reading
Sep 23 Birmingham leaders offer reward money for information after mass shooting that killed 4 By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, are pleading with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more than a dozen others. Continue reading
Sep 23 OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible implosion renews interest in deep sea exploration By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Businessman Guillermo Sohnlein, who helped found OceanGate with Stockton Rush, told a Coast Guard panel on Monday that "this can't be the end of deep ocean exploration."… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 5:07 Judy Woodruff discusses takeaways from the Crossroads town hall in Wisconsin By John Yang, Judy Woodruff PBS News senior correspondent Judy Woodruff was in Milwaukee this past week for her ongoing series, America at a Crossroads, where she met with more than 50 Wisconsin residents from across the political spectrum for a frank conversation about the… Continue watching
Sep 22 Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 17 in Birmingham, Alabama nightlife district, police say By Kim Chandler, Associated Press The mass shooting, one of several this year in the city, unnerved residents and left city officials pleading for help to both solve the crime and address the broader problem of gun violence. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 5:40 How a rise in extreme heat threatens the health of young children worldwide By John Yang, Andrew Corkery According to a recent report from UNICEF, nearly half a billion children live in places around the world where there are at least twice the number of days that are 95 degrees or hotter than in the 1960s, creating a… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 7:14 A look at the economic impact and progress of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act so far By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic In 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest investment in projects to combat climate change in American history. To date, more than 100,000 new jobs have been created in clean energy manufacturing. But such a mammoth… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 6:34 How Montana’s Glacier National Park is navigating a flood of visitors and vehicles Glacier National Park in Montana attracts millions of visitors a year. Officials began a vehicle registration program in 2021 to try to ease congestion, but there have been unintended consequences for visitors and local businesses. Aj Williams of Montana PBS… Continue watching