Apr 01 A racially biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The U.S. transplant system ordered hospitals to quit using a test that made Black patients' kidneys appear healthier than they really were. Continue reading
Apr 01 Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence without parole in a state prison for killing his wife and son. He also pleaded guilty to similar financial crime charges in state court. Continue reading
Apr 01 WATCH: Maryland Gov. Moore holds news briefing on recovery efforts for Baltimore’s Key Bridge By Lea Skene, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press Crews have begun the complicated work of removing steel and concrete at the site of the bridge's deadly collapse into the Patapsco River after a freighter collision last week. Continue reading
Apr 01 Hyundai and Kia recalled millions of vehicles with a dangerous defect. Most remain on the road By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Hyundai and Kia have acknowledged that there's little hope of repairing most of the vehicles until June or later, roughly nine months after they announced the recalls. Continue reading
Mar 31 Crews in Baltimore continue complex work of removing fallen bridge piece by piece By Mike Pesoli, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press As divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the site took time on Easter Sunday to reflect on the six workers presumed to… Continue reading
Mar 31 Kia recalls more than 427,000 Telluride SUVs due to defect affecting parking safety By Associated Press According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the intermediate shaft and right front driveshaft of certain 2020-2024 Tellurides may not be fully engaged. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 2:25 News Wrap: 2 Palestinians killed, journalists injured in Israeli strike at Gaza hospital In our news wrap Sunday, an Israeli strike killed two Palestinians at a tent camp in central Gaza, Israelis held the biggest anti-government protest since the war began, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy marked the second anniversary of Russian forces leaving the Kyiv… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 6:26 Why more Americans are saying religion is losing influence in public life By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Lana Green In a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, 80 percent of respondents said religion’s role in public life is shrinking in America. That’s the highest proportion in two decades of asking the question. John Yang speaks with Gregory… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 10:09 What to know about Georgia’s controversial approach to expanding Medicaid By John Yang, Sam Weber, Kaisha Young Since Medicaid was created 60 years ago, it’s been expanded again and again. Now, it’s the U.S. government’s biggest public health insurance program. For our series “America’s Safety Net,” John Yang reports on efforts to expand it even further with… Continue watching
Mar 31 20 years ago, people thought Google’s Gmail launch was an April Fool’s Day joke By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks every April Fool's Day. As a result, the release of Gmail with what sounded like a preposterous amount of storage capacity 20 years ago was believed to be one of… Continue reading