Sep 01 Authorities release bodycam video showing the fatal police shooting of Black woman Ta’Kiya Young By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America The lawyer for Young’s family said Friday the family has seen the video. The footage shows Young slowly accelerating toward the officer in her path as he yells for her to stop before firing the single bullet that ended her… Continue reading
Sep 01 Economy adds 187,000 jobs in August despite Federal Reserve’s high interest rates By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The nation's employers added a healthy 187,000 jobs in August in a sign of a still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. Continue reading
Sep 01 Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee hours before landfall By Jeff Martin, Isabella O'Malley, Associated Press A last-minute turn spared the state’s capital city of Tallahassee from far more serious devastation. Continue reading
Aug 31 Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental approval for minors to create social media accounts By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction requested by NetChoice, a tech industry trade group whose members include X, formerly known as Twitter, and Facebook parent Meta. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 8:01 Residents in Florida’s Big Bend region begin recovery after Hurricane Idalia By William Brangham, Layla Quran, Mary Fecteau, Sam Lane Tropical Storm Idalia is heading back out to sea, but in its wake, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas are busy cleaning up. As a Category 3 hurricane, Idalia caused major damage in Florida's Big Bend region, but overall there was… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: McConnell cleared to continue working a day after news conference freeze up In our news wrap Thursday, Sen. Mitch McConnell got the green light to continue working a day after he froze up during a news conference, the White House asked Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill and prevent a partial… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:36 How the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and violence is impacting the community By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings The murders of several LGBTQ+ people and allies in recent weeks are raising alarm across the U.S. O’Shae Sibley was stabbed to death in Brooklyn after police said he confronted a group who made homophobic slurs and Laura Ann Carleton… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 5:54 U.S. health officials recommend moving marijuana to lower-risk drug classification By John Yang, Dorothy Hastings The Department of Health and Human Services is recommending a major change in the way the federal government treats marijuana, but stops short of saying it should be decriminalized under federal law. HHS says marijuana should no longer be classified… Continue watching
Aug 31 Judge rules white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who went to wrong house By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Judge Louis Angles ruled Thursday that there was sufficient evidence to bind Andrew Lester over on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the April 13 shooting. Continue reading
Aug 31 Texas Attorney General Paxton pursued perks beyond impeachment allegations, former staffers say By Jake Bleiberg, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Twenty articles of impeachment accuse Paxton of bribery and abuse of office that span years of highly publicized criminal and whistleblower accounts. Continue reading