Sep 01 Hotel housekeepers go on strike, seeking higher wages and better working conditions By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press Thousands of unionized hotel workers walked off the job Sunday at 25 hotels in eight cities, including Honolulu, Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Seattle. Continue reading
Sep 01 Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization takes effect, making possession a crime again By Claire Rush, Associated Press The new law taking effect Sunday, which passed with the support of Republican lawmakers who had long opposed decriminalization, makes possessing small amounts of hard drugs a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Polio vaccine drive gets underway for children in Gaza In our news wrap Saturday, aid workers began the first phase of their campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio, Russia is blaming Ukraine for the deaths of five people in Belgorod, a heavy storm prompted flood warnings in… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 4:26 Families paying for school lunches grapple with recurring online transaction fees By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic Schools are increasingly turning to online payment systems for school lunches. Those systems are run by payment processing companies, which typically charge transaction fees. According to federal analysis, families qualifying for reduced-price meals may be paying as much as 60… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:43 Why carbon monoxide poisoning is on the rise as extreme weather causes more power outages By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Veronica Vela Climate change is making extreme weather events like wildfires, floods and hurricanes more frequent and severe. Scientists now say that carbon monoxide poisonings are on the rise amid widespread power outages following those events. ProPublica’s Lexi Churchill joins Ali Rogin… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:25 Paralympian Tatyana McFadden on her quest for a track and field medal record By John Yang, Juliet Fuisz, Kaisha Young The 2024 Paralympics for athletes with disabilities is underway in Paris. One of the more than 4,000 competitors is closing in on a remarkable achievement: winning the most track and field medals in either the Olympics or Paralympics, for either… Continue watching
Aug 31 RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board in effort to get his name off state ballot By Olivia Diaz, Associated Press/Report for America The lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court Friday says the board's denial of his request to remove his name as a third-party presidential candidate violated state election law and his right to free speech, according to The News &… Continue reading
Aug 31 Mississippi bus crash leaves at least 7 people dead, 37 injured By Associated Press Authorities said the bus was traveling west when it left the highway near Bovina in Warren County and flipped over. The dead included a 6-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister. Continue reading
Aug 31 Border arrests expected to climb in August after 5-month decrease By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Authorities made about 54,000 arrests through Thursday, which, at the current rate, would bring the August total to about 58,000 when the month ends Saturday, according to two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. Continue reading
Aug 31 15 suspected ISIS militants killed in joint U.S., Iraq raid By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The U.S. military's Central Command said the militants were armed with “numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts” during the raid Thursday, which Iraqi forces said happened in the country's Anbar Desert. Officials said seven U.S. troops were hurt during… Continue reading