Feb 12 WATCH: Trump says it’s ‘up to’ Congress to act on plan to rebuild roads By Ken Thomas, Associated Press "If you want it badly, you're going to get it," Trump told state and local officials during a meeting at the White House. "And if you don't want it, that's OK with me too."… Continue reading
Feb 12 Donald Trump Jr.’s wife hospitalized after she opened an envelope with white powder By Associated Press Police say Vanessa Trump called 911 Monday morning after opening a letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. at their midtown Manhattan apartment. Police say she said she was coughing and felt nauseous. Continue reading
Feb 11 New York attorney general sues Harvey Weinstein and his company By Kamala Kelkar New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued ousted movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company on Sunday for more than 10 years of sexually harassing women in the entertainment industry and demanding sex in exchange for employment. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 10:43 Flight attendants and passengers call for clearer policies around sexual assault on planes By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman In 2017, the FBI investigated 63 allegations of sexual assault on airplanes, with several public figures speaking out about their own experiences. But no database tracks these incidents, and airlines are not required to report them to the federal government. Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 3:18 How will CDC cuts affect health programs abroad and at home? By PBS News Hour The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently lost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts, including a $750 million cut in December. On Friday, President Trump signed a bill that slashed $1.35 billion from its Prevention and… Continue watching
Feb 11 ‘It’s pervasive, it’s every day’ — How a history of sexism in the airline industry echoes today By Michael D. Regan, Megan Thompson Flight attendants are often targets of sexual assault and harassment, but the airline industry has few standardized rules in place to protect their employees. Continue reading
Feb 11 Senate to debate immigration, but Trump is the question mark By Alan Fram, Associated Press President Donald Trump's day-to-day turnabouts on the fate of the "Dreamer" immigrants has confounded both Democrats and Republicans. Continue reading
Feb 11 Even when not at fault, Amtrak can bear cost of accidents By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press Amtrak generally bears the full cost of damages to its trains, passengers, employees and other crash victims — even in instances where crashes occurred as the result of a freight rail company's negligence or misconduct. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 4:35 ProPublica tool finds misleading political ads on Facebook By PBS News Hour Amid an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Facebook came under fire for its opacity on how it targets political ads. A few months ago, ProPublica released Political Ad Collector, a tool that crowdsources the job of… Continue watching
Feb 10 It’s not just athletes: Doctors at the Olympics have also worked years to get there By Leah Samuel, STAT The official U.S. Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Division recruits a crew of volunteer doctors — as well as orthopedists, chiropractors, nurses, sports therapists, massage therapists, and more — every two years. Continue reading