Oct 24 West Maui to reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 after fire By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press The community has had an impassioned debate about when to welcome travelers back to the disaster-stricken region. Some residents drafted a petition opposing the return of tourists, saying the community wasn't ready. Continue reading
Oct 24 GM profit hit by strikes, more losses loom if pickets spread By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The UAW has been on strike since Sept. 15 — nearly six weeks — against GM and its Detroit competitors, Ford and Jeep maker Stellantis. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 3:33 News Wrap: UAW adds Michigan Stellantis factory to ongoing strike In our news wrap Monday, the United Auto Workers added a new factory to its ongoing strike, Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to federal charges he acted as an agent for Egypt, a Russian court ordered journalist Alsu Kurmasheva… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch 8:02 Israel-Hamas war leads to heated debate and protests on college campuses By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Weber, Shoshana Dubnow The attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians two weeks ago and the subsequent bombardment of Gaza by Israel has roiled college and university campuses across the country. Jeffrey Brown reports on how protests, backlashes and debates around free speech are… Continue watching
Oct 23 U.S. Forest Service sued over flooding deaths in the wake of New Mexico’s largest recorded wildfire By Associated Press The wrongful death lawsuit filed in early October alleges the agency was negligent in the management of the prescribed burn that caused the blaze. Continue reading
Oct 23 Oklahoma attorney general files lawsuit to stop first publicly funded religious school in U.S. By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond's warning that it would violate both the… Continue reading
Oct 22 Police find no evidence of a hate crime in murder of Detroit synagogue leader By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press The 40-year-old Woll, or “Sam” as she was known to friends and family, led the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, and was a campaign staffer for Attorney General Dana Nessel and former aide to Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 1:45 News Wrap: Russian rockets kill 6 in Ukraine In our news wrap Sunday, six people were killed overnight in Ukraine from a Russian rocket strike on a mail depot just outside Kharkiv. Plus, House Republicans now have a full slate of candidates for speaker of the House, with… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 6:28 Exploring ways to build faith and security in U.S. elections By Lisa Desjardins, Harry Zahn Last month, a group of election experts warned that American democracy is under great stress. Their report outlines 24 recommendations spanning law, media, politics and tech to protect American elections. Rick Hasen, the director of UCLA Law School's Safeguarding Democracy… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 7:25 How Muslim and Jewish faith groups are coming together during Israel-Hamas war By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Kaisha Young The conflict in the Middle East has been a fraught subject for decades, including in the U.S., and especially within American Jewish and Muslim communities. And for almost as long, interfaith groups have sought to bring those communities together to… Continue watching