Sep 06 Watch 6:35 Chicago Fed president expects multiple interest rate cuts amid economic ‘overcooling’ By Geoff Bennett, Murrey Jacobson, Karina Cuevas The latest jobs report paints a mixed picture of the overall economy. The U.S. added 142,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.2 percent. The report was better than July, but with revisions, it shows… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch 6:15 7 deaths linked to football raise concerns about sport’s risks for young players By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins Fans and families will pack the bleachers in high school stadiums across the country as football season ramps up. But after at least seven deaths tied to the sport in August, including two teenagers who sustained brain injuries on the… Continue watching
Sep 06 Former hitman sentenced to 25 years for prison slaying of crime boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger By John Raby, Associated Press A former Mafia hitman has been sentenced to 25 years in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Continue reading
Sep 06 Teen and father charged in Georgia school shooting will stay in custody By Jeff Amy, Jeff Martin, Associated Press The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail. Continue reading
Sep 06 U.S. hiring rebounded slightly last month, showing cooling but steady job market By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Collectively, Friday's figures depict a job market slowing under the pressure of high interest rates but still growing. Continue reading
Sep 05 Father of 14-year-old Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on multiple charges By Jeff Amy, Jeff Martin, Associated Press The father of the teenager charged in the killing four people at a Georgia high school has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 3:24 Students mourn 4 killed in Georgia school shooting as investigators explore past threats By Geoff Bennett, Eliot Barnhart, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako Georgia is mourning the lives of the four people killed in a high school shooting Wednesday. Reports of the 14-year-old suspect’s past run-ins with law enforcement raised even more questions about his motive, how he accessed a gun and how… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 6:01 Why it’s so difficult to get mpox vaccines to areas facing an outbreak By William Brangham, Azhar Merchant The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first delivery of mpox vaccines. It comes nearly a month after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Mpox has infected an estimated 18,000 people and… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 5:21 Disney dispute leaves DirecTV customers without popular sports channels By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas More than 11 million DirecTV customers were left in the dark after Disney pulled ESPN, ABC and other channels from the provider on a busy sports night. Viewers were cut off in the middle of a U.S. Open tennis match… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 5:32 Olympic success brings big boost to some lesser-known sports By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre Team USA's success in the Olympic Games earlier this summer is already having an impact on sports fields and gyms across the country, especially on what have historically been less popular sports. Amna Nawaz reports. Continue watching