Jul 01 Wildfire temporarily closes entrance to Alaska’s Denali National Park By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press Cars were turned around at the park’s only entrance, tour buses were canceled and public facilities, including the visitor’s center, were closed at the park, which is about a five-hour drive north of Anchorage. Continue reading
Jul 01 Newly released Epstein transcripts: Florida prosecutors knew billionaire raped teen girls years before cutting deal By Terry Spencer, Associated Press The transcripts show that the grand jury heard testimony that Epstein, who was then in his 40s, had raped teenage girls as young as 14 at his Palm Beach mansion. The teenagers testified and told detectives they were also paid… Continue reading
Jul 01 Arizona street medicine teams offer IV hydration to homeless people during extreme heat By Anita Snow, Associated Press Homeless people accounted for nearly half of the 645 people who died last year from heat-related causes in Arizona's Maricopa County. Continue reading
Jul 01 Pride Month reaches grand finale with marquee parades in NYC, San Francisco and beyond By Associated Press The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its grand finale as revelers hit the streets for parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. Continue reading
Jul 01 Boeing to acquire key supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion amid push to improve safety By Associated Press Boeing previously owned Spirit, and the purchase would reverse a longtime Boeing strategy of outsourcing key work on its passenger planes. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: New poll shows decline in voter confidence in Biden after debate In our news wrap Sunday, a new post-debate poll shows a jump in voters who say Biden should not be running for re-election, Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, the family of a 13-year-old boy… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 5:51 Historic floods in the Midwest put spotlight on America’s aging dams By John Yang, Kaisha Young Across the country, new weather extremes are testing aging dams. According to the federal government’s most recent climate assessment, the number of extreme precipitation days in the Midwest has increased 45 percent since the 1950s. Del Shannon, former president of… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 7:31 How the Lavender Scare forced LGBTQ+ workers out of the federal government By John Yang, Claire Mufson On this final day of Pride Month, the next installment of our “Hidden Histories'' series isn’t about an individual, but a phenomenon: how the anti-communist paranoia that gripped Washington at the dawn of the Cold War led to an often-overlooked… Continue watching
Jun 30 Community in turmoil as Utica police release video of officer fatally shooting teen on ground By Philip Marcelo, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting 13-year-old Nyah Mway, a refugee from Myanmar who had been tackled to the ground after he allegedly pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 6:18 Frequent gun violence near school grounds harms millions of kids, analysis finds By William Brangham, Juliet Fuisz From 2014 to 2023, communities across the U.S. saw more than 188,000 shootings within 500 yards of a school, an average of 57 shootings per day, according to a new analysis by The Trace. The report found that in 2023… Continue watching