Jul 17 Watch 6:44 News Wrap: Tornado hits upstate New York community In our news wrap Wednesday, upstate New York is cleaning up after a tornado ripped through Oneida County, prosecutors formally appealed a federal judge's ruling to toss out Donald Trump's classified documents case, an Israeli delegation touched down in Cairo… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 6:03 Frustration with power company mounts as Texans face weeklong outage after Hurricane Beryl By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas More than a week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, utility crews across Houston are still working to restore power to the last 50,000 customers who have been without electricity through a stretch of hot weather. Some residents and politicians say… Continue watching
Jul 17 The Navy unjustly punished 256 Black sailors in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion. Now they are exonerated By Tara Copp, Associated Press The Navy punished them. Now, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has signed paperwork saying the sailors were unjustly tried and convicted, clearing their names. Del Toro signed the paperwork Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the disaster. Continue reading
Jul 17 ‘I can’t breathe’: Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death By Karen Matthews, Associated Press On Wednesday, Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, plans to lead a march honoring her son on Staten Island. That's where Garner died after being restrained by Officer Daniel Pantaleo on July 17, 2014. Continue reading
Jul 17 Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally under investigation, Homeland Security inspector general says By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press The agency said Wednesday the objective is to evaluate the Secret Service's “process for securing” Trump’s Saturday event. No date is given for when the investigation started. Continue reading
Jul 17 With the help of $5B in federal funding, aging bridges in 16 states will be improved or replaced By David A. Lieb, Associated Press The grants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden's administration come from a $1 trillion infrastructure package he signed into law in 2021. The largest project provides an additional $1.4 billion to help replace two bridges carrying Interstate 5 traffic over… Continue reading
Jul 17 Long court fight awaits after judge’s order dismisses Trump classified docs case By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A planned appeal by special counsel Jack Smith of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order is expected to tee up a court fight that might reach the U.S. Supreme Court and could result in the reinstatement of the indictment and… Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 9:29 Historian explores how polarization and division leads to political violence By Judy Woodruff, Sarah Clune Hartman, Frank Carlson As Americans continue to grasp what led up to the threat on former President Trump's life, Judy Woodruff sought some perspective on how this moment of political violence and deep division relates to the country’s past. It’s the latest in… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: Midwest faces heavy rains and tornadoes overnight In our news wrap Tuesday, the Midwest was dealt a deadly combination of heavy rains and tornadoes Monday night, Israeli airstrikes across south and central Gaza killed more than 60 Palestinians, former media entrepreneur Carlos Watson was convicted in a… Continue watching
Jul 16 AP report: Secret Service boosted Trump protection after Iranian threat By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The additional resources did not prevent Saturday's attack at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania that left Trump injured to the ear, killed one rallygoer and severely injured two more when a 20-year-old with an AR-style rifle opened fire from a… Continue reading