May 14 8 dead, at least 40 injured after pickup collides with a farmworker bus in central Florida By Mike Schneider, Terry Spencer, Associated Press The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Continue reading
May 14 Grief persists after Florida deputy shoots U.S. airman Roger Fortson By Tara Copp, Associated Press Fortson was holding his legally owned gun when he opened his front door, but it was pointed to the floor. Based on body camera footage released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, the deputy only commanded Fortson to drop the… Continue reading
May 14 In hush money trial, witness Michael Cohen says, 'Everything required Mr. Trump's sign-off' By Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price, Colleen Long, Associated Press Donald Trump, the first former U.S. president to go on trial, was joined at the courthouse by an entourage of lawmakers that included House Speaker Mike Johnson, who claimed the case was politically motivated. Continue reading
May 14 Raw milk sales spike despite CDC's warnings of risk associated with bird flu By JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press From 1998 to 2018, the CDC documented more than 200 illness outbreaks traced to raw milk, which sickened more than 2,600 people and hospitalized more than 225. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 6:51 How families can protect children as FBI sees increase in online sextortion cases By Stephanie Sy, Madison Staten FBI field offices across the country have reported an increase in youth sextortion cases where sexually explicit content is used as blackmail. Stephanie Sy reports on the concerning trend and preventive efforts to protect minors. Continue watching
May 13 Mississippi Gov. Reeves signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Reeves on Monday criticized a federal regulation banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. Continue reading
May 13 WATCH: Crews in Baltimore conduct controlled demolition of collapsed bridge span By Lea Skene, Associated Press Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down… Continue reading
May 13 Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 4:59 6 voices on what motherhood means to those with and without children By Claire Mufson, Lana Green The American family has changed significantly since Mother’s Day became a national holiday more than a century ago. Families are smaller, more people are choosing not to have children and more are choosing to be single parents. Still others want… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 2:14 A mother and daughter's heart-to-heart talk about their unbreakable bond By StoryCorps Yomi Young was born with a rare genetic disorder that causes her bones to break under the slightest pressure. In this animated feature from our partners at StoryCorps, she and her mother, Sarah Churchill, talk about the day she was… Continue watching