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
Aug 05 Hurricane Debby hits Florida as Category 1 storm, catastrophic flooding possible By Kimberly Chandler, Chris O'Meara, Associated Press Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday morning near Steinhatchee, a community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 7:01 The hidden history of Black sailors unjustly punished after the Port Chicago explosion By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young Eighty years ago, 320 people died in a massive explosion at a Navy munitions depot in Port Chicago, California. About two-thirds of those killed were Black sailors who loaded bombs and ammunition onto ships, and when 50 survivors refused to… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes on tent camp and schools in Gaza In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli conducted deadly airstrikes in Gaza while two people died in a stabbing attack in a Tel Aviv suburb, a right-wing mob tried to break into a U.K. hotel housing asylum-seekers, newly arrived F-16s took… Continue watching
Aug 04 Debby expected to strengthen into hurricane as it barrels toward Florida coast By Kimberly Chandler, Chris O'Meara, Associated Press The storm was likely to become a strong Category 1 hurricane before making landfall Monday in the Big Bend region of Florida or the Florida Panhandle, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Continue reading
Aug 04 Why 2024’s destructive tornado season was one of the most active on record By William Gallus, The Conversation Spring 2024 was menacing for large parts of the United States, with a tornado nearly every day in May. A meteorologist explains what created the perfect conditions for these violent storms. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 8:13 How the mineral mining boom endangers Indigenous communities worldwide By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young, Lana Green Minerals extracted from the earth help power many of our devices, from computers to car batteries. But what about the communities whose land is at the center of acquiring these minerals? Ali Rogin reports on the fight between companies seeking… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch 6:49 Key takeaways from Homeland Security watchdog’s report on Secret Service’s Jan. 6 actions By Laura Barrón-López, Claire Mufson The Secret Service is in the hot seat again, this time over its actions before and on Jan. 6, 2021. A new report from the Homeland Security Inspector General lays out several things the agency could have done better, from… Continue watching
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