Oct 30 U.S. captures key militant in Benghazi attack, officials say By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The suspect is in the custody of the Department of Justice and is expected to arrive within the next two days on a military plane, according to one of the officials. Continue reading
Oct 30 NBC fires Mark Halperin after sexual harassment accusations By David Bauder, Associated Press NBC News said Monday it has terminated its contract with Mark Halperin, the political journalist who was accused of sexual harassment by several women when he worked at ABC News more than a decade ago. Continue reading
Oct 29 Puerto Rico cancels contract with Whitefish Energy By Michael D. Regan Puerto Rico’s power company on Sunday pulled out of a $300 million contract with utility provider Whitefish Energy Holdings. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 10:10 Five years after Sandy, locals torn on flood protection By PBS NewsHour, Stephanie Sy Five years ago, Hurricane Sandy decimated the East Coast, killing at least 60 people and causing an estimated $70 billion in property damage. It’s forced residents in Sea Bright, New Jersey to decide whether to support pricey taxpayer projects to… Continue watching
Oct 29 Confusion coming with California’s legal marijuana By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for pot shops and growers. Continue reading
Oct 29 Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan By Associated Press A helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan killed Jacob M. Sims, a 36-year-old chief warrant officer from Juneau, Alaska. Continue reading
Oct 29 Why we’ll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters By Leo Braudy, The Conversation All the popular monsters you'll see out trick-or-treating, from Frankenstein to Dracula, were born out of fear and anxiety about change and technology. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 4:50 Military on verge of sentencing Bergdahl for desertion By PBS News Hour Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is in the middle of a sentencing hearing for his guilty plea to desertion, which prosecutors say injured and killed… Continue watching
Oct 28 Five years after Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers call for action on climate change By Michael D. Regan Five years after Hurricane Sandy struck the shores of New York and New Jersey, advocacy groups and residents question whether the region is moving fast enough to prepare for the next major storm. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 5:29 How the anti-Trump dossier came to be By PBS News Hour The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative site based in Washington, D.C., confirmed that it hired the firm Fusion GPS to unearth damaging information about President Donald Trump in the run-up to the election. GOP donor and billionaire Paul Singer is… Continue watching