Apr 17 NewsHour viewers remember Robert MacNeil By Steff Staples, Dan Cooney Here’s how viewers and former colleagues are remembering Robert MacNeil's life and legacy. Continue reading
Apr 17 NBA bans Jontay Porter after gambling probe shows he shared information, bet on games By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press The NBA has banned Toronto two-way player Jontay Porter after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games. Continue reading
Apr 17 Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details how it was no match for unprecedented blazes By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered survivors inside their fire engines. Continue reading
Apr 17 U.S. court rejects a request by tribes to block $10 billion energy transmission project in Arizona By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Critics had accused the U.S. Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management of failing to recognize the cultural significance of the San Pedro Valley to several Native American tribes. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 8:59 Study links petrochemical plants in Louisiana to premature and low-weight births By William Brangham, Layla Quran About a fifth of America’s petrochemical production is concentrated on a stretch of land along the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana. That production comes with serious risks. The area has been known as ‘Cancer Alley’ because of the high rates… Continue watching
Apr 16 Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 country partnership By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press The Global Health Security Strategy, the president said, aims to protect people worldwide and "will make the United States stronger, safer, and healthier than ever before at this critical moment.”… Continue reading
Apr 16 Fourth body discovered as salvage crews race against clock to remove huge sections of collapsed Baltimore bridge By Lea Skene, Associated Press So far, over 1,000 tons (907 metric tons) of steel have been removed from the waterway. But the work is tedious, dangerous and incredibly complex. Continue reading
Apr 16 How the Mayorkas impeachment process could be cut short By Lisa Desjardins House Republicans are expected to deliver the articles Tuesday, jump-starting impeachment proceedings that will bring unprecedented questions of process to the Senate. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 5:10 News Wrap: FBI opens criminal probe into Baltimore bridge collapse In our news wrap Monday, the FBI has opened a criminal probe into why a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, the weapons supervisor on the set of the movie "Rust" was sentenced to 18 months in… Continue watching
Apr 15 Central U.S. faces severe thunderstorm threat and possible tornadoes By Associated Press The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said a large storm system hitting much of the central U.S. over the next few days is expected to bring severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes Monday evening to Kansas and Nebraska. Continue reading