Mar 30 Watch 5:15 Centenarian Bennie Fleming reflects on her dedication to a life of service By Michelle San Miguel, Barbara Dury and Justin Kenny, Rhode Island PBS Weekly For our “Hidden Histories” series as Women’s History Month draws to a close, Rhode Island PBS Weekly’s Michelle San Miguel introduces us to Bennie Fleming, a 100-year-old woman who embodies what it means to live a life of service —… Continue watching
Mar 30 Crews carefully start removing 1st section of collapsed Baltimore bridge from river By Serkan Gurbuz, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Teams of engineers are working Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland,… Continue reading
Mar 30 How can bridges be protected from ship collisions? A civil engineer explains By Sherif El-Tawil, The Conversation In an interview, University of Michigan civil engineer Sherif El-Tawil explained how often ships collide with bridges, what can be done to protect bridges from collisions. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 5:21 News Wrap: Salvage operation underway at the site of Baltimore bridge collapse In our news wrap Friday, initial stages of a salvage operation are underway at the site of the bridge collapse in Baltimore, a gauge tracked by the Federal Reserve shows signs inflation is gradually easing, former senator and vice presidential… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 6:05 How heavy industries contribute to climate change and what can be done to cut emissions By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow Electricity and transportation each contribute about a quarter of America’s carbon emissions. Thanks to the growth of renewable energy and electric cars, those sectors are starting to get cleaner. Heavy industry is also a major source of pollution. The White… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 6:39 Police tactics meant to stop people often ends up killing them, investigation reveals By John Yang, Karina Cuevas, Courtney Norris An investigation found that between 2012 and 2021, more than 1,000 people died after police used physical force that's considered non-lethal. That includes batons, stun guns, physical restraints and chemical agents. Only 28 of the officers involved faced criminal charges. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 4:38 The inspirations behind Beyoncé's genre-defying album 'Cowboy Carter' By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Norris, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Eliot Barnhart Beyoncé’s highly-anticipated album that’s deeply rooted in country music, “Cowboy Carter," just dropped. It’s Beyoncé, it’s big and it’s venturing into an unexpected arena of music. "Cowboy Carter" also features some of country music’s biggest stars. Jeffrey Brown discussed the… Continue watching
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