Aug 06 Tropical Storm Debby slowly moving through southeastern U.S., bringing rain and flood By Russ Bynum, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Record-setting rain from the storm that killed at least five people was causing flash flooding in Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, among other areas of the Atlantic coast. Continue reading
Aug 06 WATCH: Boeing officials testify in NTSB hearing about 737 MAX door plug blowout By David Koenig, Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they weren’t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 4:45 Judge rules Google broke antitrust laws to maintain search monopoly By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris In a landmark ruling, a federal judge has found that Google broke antitrust laws to maintain a monopoly in online searches. The ruling could upend how Americans get their information online and fundamentally change the way big tech companies operate. Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 4:34 The data fueling investor concerns as stocks plunge on recession fears By Amna Nawaz Global markets have plunged on fears that the world’s strongest economy, the United States, may be slowing down. U.S. Stocks also fell with all three indexes recording losses. To discuss what happened and what it means, Amna Nawaz spoke with… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 3:19 Hurricane Debby lashes Florida’s coast and brings potential for historic rainfall inland By William Brangham, Jonah Anderson Hurricane Debby barreled into Florida as a Category 1 storm on Monday. Now a tropical storm, it's slowly moving inland and is expected to affect Georgia and the Carolinas. Debby's gusty winds are packing a punch, with hundreds of thousands… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 5:38 How Olympian Allyson Felix is changing the narrative around mothers competing By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Jackson Hudgins As Team USA continues to dominate at the Olympics, the most decorated American athlete in track and field history, Allyson Felix, is in Paris with a different goal in mind. She wants to change the narrative around mothers competing at… Continue watching
Aug 05 Court rules Google’s search engine dominance is antitrust violation and illegal By Matthew Barakat, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press The highly anticipated decision issued by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta comes nearly a year after the start of a trial pitting the U.S. Justice Department against Google in the country's biggest antitrust showdown in a quarter century. Continue reading
Aug 05 Bloomberg apologizes for early story on prisoner exchange and disciplines employees involved By David Bauder, Associated Press Bloomberg News is apologizing for a premature story written last week about the prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia. Continue reading
Aug 05 Why financial markets are falling and how we got here By Associated Press Worried about a slowing U.S. economy, investors sent the market in Japan to its worst day in decades and have sliced billions in market value off some of the world’s biggest technology companies. Continue reading
Aug 05 Simone Biles finishes Olympic return with silver medals on beam and floor exercise By Will Graves, Associated Press Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals on Monday after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds. Continue reading