Mar 29 More Americans are worried about legal immigration than they were a few years ago, AP-NORC poll finds By Rebecca Santana, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press Overall, about 4 in 10 Americans say that legal immigration to the U.S. is beneficial to the economy and culture, but that sentiment is down since 2017. Continue reading
Mar 29 WATCH: Bidens host the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll after weather delays By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the Easter egg roll at the White House for 90 minutes on Monday, but the event eventually kicked off under gray skies with a large crowd including many youngsters wearing ponchos or colorful jackets against… Continue reading
Mar 29 Cranes start to arrive to remove Baltimore bridge wreckage By Lea Skene, Brian Witte, Associated Press A crane appeared at the site of a collapsed highway bridge in Baltimore as crews prepared Friday to begin clearing wreckage that has stymied the search for four missing workers and blocked ships from entering or leaving the city's vital… Continue reading
Mar 29 Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say By Ben Finley, Brian Witte, Associated Press Experts say it's better to look to more recent bridge disasters for a sense of how quickly reconstruction may happen. Continue reading
Mar 28 Tennessee Gov. Lee signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press By enacting the legislation, the Republican governor sided with GOP lawmakers who forged ahead despite pleas from Nichols' parents to give them a chance to find compromise. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 5:34 News Wrap: Cranes on way to Baltimore to clear wreckage of collapsed bridge In our news wrap Thursday, cranes are on the way to Baltimore to clear away the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the UN's top court ordered Israel to open more land crossings into Gaza, Russian investigators arrested a… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 5:46 Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for massive FTX fraud By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow Former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for what prosecutors said was one of the biggest financial crimes in U.S. history. Bankman-Fried was found to have stolen at least $8 billion from FTX customers. William… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 7:21 New book ‘Women Money Power’ chronicles long fight for economic equality By Layla Quran, Amna Nawaz A new book by journalist Josie Cox charts women’s fight to close the gender pay gap and the legal and social hurdles faced along the way. "Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality" highlights the women who… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 7:14 Major League Baseball opens season with controversy over ‘papery’ uniforms By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes Thursday is Opening Day for Major League Baseball and it comes after a Spring Training chock full of controversies. Among the eye-catching storylines: a clothing snafu. Economics correspondent Paul Solman has been pulling threads to bring us this report. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 3:15 A Brief But Spectacular take on spreading ‘Rolligion’ By Katie Hodgman David Miles Jr., known as “The Godfather of Skate," has been the driving force behind the roller skating scene in the Bay Area of California for the past four decades. He’s known for making skating accessible through the Church of… Continue watching