Aug 13 Inconsistent methods for counting U.S. heat deaths stymie public health efforts By Anita Snow, Kendria LaFleur, Associated Press Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don't really know how many people die in the U.S. each year because of high temperatures in an ever warming world. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 2:51 News Wrap: Hawaii governor surveys Maui fire damage, warns death toll will grow In our news wrap Sunday, the Maui wildfire is now the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century as search efforts continue and the death toll keeps rising, at least 21 people died in a mudslide and flash… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 7:10 Why recruiting and confidence in America’s armed forces is so low right now By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery The U.S. military has reached crisis levels of low recruitment, at the same time the American public’s perception of the armed forces is increasingly divided. In a recent Gallup poll, only 60 percent of respondents said they had confidence in… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 4:55 Rural Montana factory closure disrupts local economy, farming community By Stan Parker, Montana PBS Farming can be an uncertain endeavor, at the mercy of the weather, pests and blight. But another sometimes unexpected factor for farmers around the country are the business decisions at the companies they rely on. In one small Montana community,… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 5:43 The legal battle in Oklahoma over public funding for a religious charter school By John Yang, Adam Kemp, Claire Mufson For several years, the Supreme Court has been lowering the barrier between church and state in education. Now, Oklahoma officials have approved what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school, setting off a court battle that will… Continue watching
Aug 13 Study links ‘forever chemicals’ exposure to testicular cancer among military personnel By Hannah Norman, Patricia Kime, KFF Health News A new federal study for the first time shows a direct association between PFOS, a PFAS chemical, found in the blood of thousands of military personnel and testicular cancer. Continue reading
Aug 13 Lahaina fire becomes deadliest in the U.S. in over 100 years as death toll rises to 93 By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Beatrice Dupuy, Associated Press As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town climbed to 93, authorities warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 3:45 News Wrap: Federal teams arrive to help search efforts after deadly Maui fires In our news wrap Saturday, the death toll in the Maui wildfires rose to 80 and is expected to grow as damaged buildings are searched, heavy rains forced over 80,000 people to evacuate in southwestern China, 6 people died when… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 6:10 Child care advocates seek solutions as pandemic-era federal funding winds down By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young The federal government has been using COVID relief funds to support child care programs across the country. That funding is set to expire at the end of September. Susan Gale Perry, CEO of Child Care Aware of America, joins Ali… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:03 New documentary explores mesmerizing, dangerous world of freediving By John Yang, Harry Zahn The extreme sport of freediving is growing in popularity and interest. A new Netflix documentary called “The Deepest Breath” goes inside the high-risk sport, following freedivers Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan. Director Laura McGann joins John Yang to discuss the… Continue watching