Oct 07 Man charged in 2021 Colorado supermarket mass shooting ruled mentally competent to stand trial By Jesse Bedayn, Colleen Slevin, Associated Press A judge ruled Friday that the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in a 2021 shooting rampage is mentally competent to stand trial, allowing the stalled prosecution to move forward. Continue reading
Oct 07 FTX co-founder tells jury Sam Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from the beginning By Ken Sweet, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Sam Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers' funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange's earliest days, FTX's co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday. Continue reading
Oct 06 Georgia will be 1st state to allow pharmacies to sell medical marijuana By Associated Press Georgia soon will become the first state in the nation to offer medical marijuana products at independent pharmacies, state officials said. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 4:01 News Wrap: UAW holds off expanding strike after GM makes major concession In our news wrap Friday, the United Auto Workers held off expanding its strike after General Motors made a major concession, House Republicans face a weekend of weighing who should be the next speaker as Trump endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 6:52 Nobel Peace Prize for jailed Iranian activist bolsters her call for human rights By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to one of Iran’s most prominent, persecuted and persistent human rights activists. Nargis Mohammedi is in detention in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, for “spreading anti-state propaganda.” But Iranian efforts to silence her have… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 9:19 Return of tourism in West Maui sparks debate over grieving community and fragile economy By William Brangham, Sam Lane, Maea Lenei Buhre This weekend, tourists will be allowed back into areas of Maui not far from the site of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in more than a century. The reopening plan has sparked an uproar among some members of a community that’s… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 6:50 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on defending truth and the danger of A.I. in the wrong hands By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Veteran journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has a dire warning about the defense of truth in the digital age. She says we risk losing the information war to adversarial artificial intelligence and to authoritarian governments who can… Continue watching
Oct 06 This Oklahoma program pairs schools with farmers to cut down the cost of school meals By Adam Kemp Dropping the door to the trailer hitched to his pickup, Brandon Crow steered a forklift to unload boxes of okra, squash, cucumbers and cantaloupe. He arranged each stack next to a small paper sign with a local school name on… Continue reading
Oct 06 Simone Biles becomes most decorated gymnast ever with 6th gold at worlds all-around By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press The American superstar won the individual all-around title at the world championships for the sixth time on Friday to become the most decorated gymnast in history. Continue reading
Oct 06 Auto workers won’t expand strikes against Detroit Three after GM battery plant concession By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The announcement of the pause in expanding the strikes came shortly after GM agreed to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the UAW's national contract, essentially assuring that they will be unionized. Continue reading