Mar 24 Watch 2:16 Why Stumpy, D.C.'s beloved cherry tree, is seeing its final peak bloom this year By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin An annual, celebrated event took place this past week in Washington, D.C., and it didn’t have anything to do with politics. It’s known as peak bloom, the day 70 percent of blossoms are open on Washington’s iconic cherry trees around… Continue watching
Mar 24 New England and Sierra Nevada hit by wintry weather, with storm forecast in central U.S. By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, heavy snow and gusty winds. Continue reading
Mar 23 California's Prop 1 homelessness measure passed by a hair. Here's what both sides are saying By Hannah Grabenstein Advocates say Proposition 1 will inject much-needed funds into a struggling mental health care system, but opponents worry about who will get left behind. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 1:54 News Wrap: Government shutdown averted as Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding bill In our news wrap Saturday, Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending bill to fund more than half the government through the end of the current budget year, Egypt said about 7,000 aid trucks are being denied entry to Gaza as… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 7:08 Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Andrew Corkery Advocates of legal immigration say foreign-born workers have long been a key factor in U.S. economic growth. But are they sharing in the benefits of their contributions? For more than a year, ProPublica has been investigating the harsh realities of… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 5:38 How a small Wisconsin community is responding to a recent migrant surge By Nathan Denzin, Wisconsin Public Television Complications resulting from an influx of migrants aren’t limited to big cities like New York and Chicago. PBS Wisconsin’s Nathan Denzin went to the small city of Whitewater in southern Wisconsin and reports on the effects there. Continue watching
Mar 23 Texas pre-K school bus struck by cement truck, killing 2 and injuring 51, authorities say By Associated Press A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities said. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 4:07 News Wrap: Dozens killed in terror attack at Moscow concert In our news wrap Friday, gunmen killed dozens in a terror attack at a concert in Moscow, a tense meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spotlighted the strains in U.S.-Israeli relations over the… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 6:53 Transplant of pig kidney into a human marks medical milestone By Karina Cuevas, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako In a historic first, a kidney from a genetically modified pig was successfully transplanted into a human. Researchers hope for more of this kind of transplant because there aren’t enough human organs for the thousands in need. But putting animal… Continue watching
Mar 22 Massachusetts debates how best to keep families housed amid migrant crisis By Michael Casey, Associated Press The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system that has been at the center of the migrant crisis. Continue reading