Aug 03 Watch 2:20 News Wrap: Concerns of wider Middle East conflict escalate as tensions flare In our news wrap Saturday, Israel says it killed a Hamas leader in the West Bank as concerns of a wider regional conflict rise, the U.S. Defense Department revoked a controversial plea deal for the accused mastermind of the 9/11… Continue watching
Aug 03 Depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Debby as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast By Associated Press A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of Cuba on Saturday and was newly predicted to become a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Florida. Continue reading
Aug 03 Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui wildfires reach $4 billion global settlement By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Continue reading
Aug 02 Defense Secretary overrides plea agreement for 9/11 defendants, reinstates as death penalty cases By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The move comes two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced it had reached plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices in the attacks. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 5:28 Economist says Federal Reserve too slow to cut interest rates and weakening the economy By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant The U.S. labor market slowed down in July and looked weaker than expected, creating 114,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate also ticked up to 4.3 percent. It's raising questions about whether the Federal Reserve has waited too long to cut… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 3:25 Families reunited as Americans who were detained in Russia arrive home By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Lachlan Hyatt Rarely has an airport seen such joy after very long delays. But Thursday night was no ordinary night at Joint Base Andrews near Washington where three Americans held by Russia returned home to a presidential welcome. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 6:21 Kurmasheva’s husband on release from Russia: ‘I didn’t believe it until I actually saw it’ By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Alsu Kurmasheva is one of the Americans detained in Russia to come home in a prisoner exchange. To discuss the emotional family reunions, Nick Schifrin spoke with Kurmasheva's husband, Pavel Butorin, and their older daughter, Bibi. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 5:58 News Wrap: Secret Service not on radio system with local police at Trump rally shooting In our news wrap Friday, acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said agents were not on the same radio system as local law enforcement on the day of the Trump rally shooting, the leading global authority on food security officially… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 8:57 New book chronicles the formerly enslaved man crucial to creating Jack Daniel’s By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Jack Daniel's is a famous whiskey brand, but Daniel didn’t create the method for distilling Tennessee whiskey. He learned it from a formerly enslaved man named Nearest Green. Fawn Weaver created Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey to honor and preserve Green’s… Continue watching
Aug 02 How a political fight is delaying timely mental health treatment in Oklahoma’s jails By Adam Kemp Two of Oklahoma’s top state officials are at an impasse over how to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the state of not providing timely mental health services to people awaiting services in county jail. Continue reading