Aug 04 Watch 4:32 How satellites and AI cameras are detecting wildfires before they get out of control By Ben Tracy This year is becoming one of the worst for U.S. wildfires in at least a decade. There have been more fires and more acreage burned at this point in the year compared to any in the last ten. With fire… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 5:37 Paid early access to Trump's posts raises insider trading questions By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant President Trump is selling early access to his social media posts. Truth Social launched a subscription service giving a first look at posts from the president. The price tag is reportedly up to $100,000 a month. Critics are raising alarms… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 7:46 The science behind using the arts to combat loneliness and social isolation By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes A new program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is using the arts to tackle loneliness and social isolation. Paul Solman reports on prescriptions for art instead of medicine for our series at the intersection of art and health, part of our… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 6:27 Annie Jacobsen and Geoff Bennett discuss 'Biological War' on 'Settle In' By Geoff Bennett What would happen if the next major national security threat wasn't a missile or a bomb but a deliberately engineered pathogen? That's the premise of "Biological War: A Scenario," the new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen. Geoff… Continue watching
Aug 04 Trump's arch could disrupt the significance of many of Washington's historical sites, National Park Service says By Gary Fields, Associated Press The report says the arch would break alignment between the Lincoln Memorial, Memorial Bridge and Arlington House, formerly Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's home. Continue reading
Aug 04 Is America prepared for biological war? By Geoff Bennett A weaponized biological pathogen could be “man’s last invention’ according to Annie Jacobsen, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author. Jacobsen sits down with Geoff Bennett to discuss her latest book, Biological War: A Scenario - which… Continue reading
Aug 04 Southern California Edison equipment blamed for 2025 Eaton fire in Los Angeles By Amy Taxin, Associated Press SoCal Edison has claimed in lawsuits earlier this year that Los Angeles County agencies failed to send timely evacuation warnings to residents in east and west Altadena. Continue reading
Aug 04 Man charged with setting largest Spokane wildfire went to prison for killing father By Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press A man who went to prison for manslaughter in his father’s 2010 killing in Arizona has been charged with intentionally setting the largest of the wildfires wreaking havoc on Washington state’s second-largest city. Continue reading
Aug 04 El Salvador man dies in Delaney Hall immigration facility in New Jersey By Hallie Golden, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday that Edwin Lopez-Cornejo had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested in June. The agency says he died Saturday. Continue reading
Aug 04 Lindsay Clancy chronicled her desperation and 'brain fog' in her diary before the killings By Michael Casey, Associated Press Clancy described feeling anxious and overwhelmed with motherhood, including her struggles to get her newborn to sleep and constant worries of his being sick. Continue reading