Jan 23 Tribes, environmental groups ask U.S. court to block $10 billion energy transmission project in Arizona By Susan Montoya Bryan, Ken Ritter, Associated Press A filing in U.S. District Court in Arizona aims to block Pattern Energy's SunZia transmission project through the San Pedro Valley east of Tucson. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 4:03 News Wrap: Houthi rebels vow to continue attacks on ships in Red Sea In our news wrap Tuesday, Houthi rebels in Yemen expressed defiance after another round of Western air strikes and said they'll go on attacking ships in the Red Sea, Russian missiles killed 18 people in Ukraine, negotiators in the Senate… Continue watching
Jan 23 Kansas lawmakers want a report on last year’s police raid of a weekly newspaper By John Hanna, Associated Press Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House have introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record's offices and the home of its publisher in central Kansas. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 8:16 Michigan trial tests if parents are responsible for their child committing a mass shooting By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Eliot Barnhart A trial in Michigan is seeking to answer a difficult question: can parents be held responsible when their child commits a mass shooting? In this particular case, the teenage shooter has already been convicted. But as William Brangham reports, officials… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 6:03 How the rise of artificial intelligence is boosting tech stocks By Geoff Bennett, Shoshana Dubnow Rallies have driven both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the much larger S&P 500 to record highs this week. There are several reasons for that, including investors’ assessments of the economy right now and where it will be in… Continue watching
Jan 23 With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law By Claire Rush, Associated Press The bill would recriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs as a low-level misdemeanor, enabling police to confiscate them and crack down on their use on sidewalks and in parks, its authors said. Continue reading
Jan 23 How survivors of one of California’s largest wildfires are moving forward By Kerry Klein This winter marks three years since the Creek Fire was fully extinguished, but trauma still follows many of the fire’s survivors. There are harrowing stories, from people who made screaming 911 calls, or the parents who lost track of their… Continue reading
Jan 23 Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press Federal prosecutors are expanding their investigation into a bribery scheme involving two former DEA supervisors, turning their attention to two Miami defense attorneys suspected of profiting from repeated leaks of confidential information. Continue reading
Jan 23 Charles Osgood, CBS host and network’s poet-in-residence, dies at 91 By Associated Press Osgood, who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning,” was a broadcaster who could write essays and light verse as well as report hard news, and he worked radio and television with equal facility. Continue reading
Jan 23 Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to reconsider gag order in the 2020 election interference case By Associated Press Lawyers for the Republican presidential primary front-runner had asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to examine the gag order after a three-judge panel upheld but narrowed the restrictions on his speech. Continue reading