Aug 11 Watch 3:54 What to know as your driver's license gets a digital upgrade By Tim McPhillips Your old plastic driver's license could soon be getting a digital upgrade. Multiplatform producer Tim McPhillips walks us through four things you should know, including some of the benefits and some of the concerns. Continue watching
Aug 11 U.S. stocks edge further from their records as oil prices keep swinging By Stan Choe, Associated Press U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. Continue reading
Aug 11 U.S. existing homes fall 1.7% in July as record prices, high mortgage rates stifle would be-buyers By Matt Ott, Associated Press Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed again in July as record prices and the highest mortgage rates in a year prove to be an insurmountable hurdle for many prospective homebuyers. Continue reading
Aug 11 Severe weather pounds Illinois and Indiana, knocking out power as tornado sirens blare By Laura Bargfeld, Ed White, Associated Press Severe weather cut power to over half a million people in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 11 Almost nowhere in California is building enough housing. Here's why By Ben Christopher, CalMatters California cities and counties are struggling to meet state housing targets. Despite having state-approved plans, actual construction lags behind. Continue reading
Aug 10 Taylor Farms recalls several jalapeño products over salmonella concerns By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Guacamole, pico de gallo and taco dip are some of the prepared foods included in the recall. The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to… Continue reading
Aug 10 Contiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast. Continue reading
Aug 10 What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi By Sophie Bates, Terry Tang, Associated Press The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from trees in less than a year. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: Trump signs order calling for MMR vaccine split into 3 shots In our news wrap Monday, President Trump signed an executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines and spacing out shots across separate doctor visits, Tropical Storm Dolphin made landfall in eastern China and President Trump’s Board of Peace says it's… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 4:36 State voting officials join CISA security call with election 85 days away By Liz Landers, Doug Adams CISA, the federal agency tasked with protecting the cybersecurity of the nation’s critical infrastructure, held a conference call with state election officials to discuss the upcoming midterms. Despite President Trump’s claims about the risk of hackers targeting voting systems, this… Continue watching