Aug 21 Triple-digit temperatures scorch Southwest, putting millions under excessive heat warnings By Ken Miller, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press A major heat alert is in place for Texas, reflecting what the weather service called “rare and/or long-duration extreme heat with little to no overnight relief.” An extreme heat alert was issued for eastern New Mexico. Continue reading
Aug 21 U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs than first reported, sign job market has been slowing By Associated Press The Labor Department estimated that job growth averaged 174,000 a month in the year that ended in March — a drop of 68,000 a month from the 242,000 that were initially reported. The revisions released Wednesday were preliminary, with final… Continue reading
Aug 21 Long-time New Jersey congressman, Bill Pascrell Jr., dies at 87 By Mike Catalini, Associated Press Pascrell, who was 87, had been in and out of the hospital with an illness recently. A lifelong resident of Paterson, Pascrell served in the Army and Army Reserve after college and graduate school. Continue reading
Aug 21 Warriors Hall of Famer Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches, dies at 87 By Janie McCauley, Associated Press The Warriors announced that Attles had died in his East Bay home on Tuesday surrounded by family. Nicknamed “The Destroyer” for his physical style of play, the Warriors were his love and his only team after they selected him in… Continue reading
Aug 21 FAA sent 43 more cases of unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution By Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that the rate of troubling passenger behavior has come down sharply since early 2021, but it's still too high. Airlines have reported more than 1,240 cases to the FAA this year, compared with nearly… Continue reading
Aug 21 By building new lower-cost pickups and a commercial van, Ford seeks to shift electric vehicle strategy By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The company says all will cost less, have longer range and be profitable within a year of reaching showrooms. Ford, which is losing millions on its current EVs, gave few details about the new products. Continue reading
Aug 21 In November voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion By Sejal Govindarao, Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that advocates used to collect signatures is valid, clearing the way for the issue to remain on the ballot. Montana's secretary of state on Tuesday certified its abortion measure to… Continue reading
Aug 21 60 years ago Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her ‘Is this America?’ speech By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1964, the racially integrated group challenged the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 7:17 What to know about this summer’s major surge in COVID infections By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week. According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25… Continue watching
Aug 20 After Ernesto, the power is still off for tens of thousands in Puerto Rico By Dánica Coto, Associated Press It's been a week since Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm. Continue reading