Feb 25 Watch 5:05 What’s causing current shortages of baby formula and medicine for kids? By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara From baby formula to children’s medicine, parents are being battered by a wave of shortages. Chabeli Carrazana, economy reporter for The 19th, joins Ali Rogin to discuss what’s missing on store shelves and the effect it’s having on families. Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 4:44 How a pioneering pilot made the first attempt to break NASA’s racial barrier By John Yang, Kaisha Young Space exploration has long fascinated humans, from the fantasy of the ancient Greeks to the moon landings of the last century. It’s about pushing into new frontiers — and not just technological ones. In the last part of our series,… Continue watching
Feb 25 Blizzards forecast in California mountains as massive winter storm continues By John Antczak, Associated Press A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, piling up snow and swelling rivers with runoff. Continue reading
Feb 25 Analysis: Did dangerous substances spread after the Ohio train derailment? By Maddie Burakoff, Drew Costley, Associated Press Scientists say burning vinyl chloride can indeed generate highly toxic dioxins, some of the most dangerous human-made compounds. Some say it's important to test for the compounds now. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: 54 dead as heavy rain devastates coastal areas in Brazil By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the death toll from heavy rain in Brazil that devastated coastal areas has risen to 54, parts of California saw blizzard and flood warnings as a storm intensified across the western U.S., the Federal Reserve’s… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 3:49 New lawsuit may help provide answers about Malcolm X’s assassination By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Malcolm X was assassinated 58 years ago this week. Since that day, there have been many difficult and painful questions about who may have been involved in his murder and what led to it. His family took new action, announcing… Continue watching
Feb 24 Images of ‘Black life, Black joy,’ are immortalized in historic Charlottesville portraits By Casey Kuhn, Rachel Liesendahl, Nicole Ellis A portrait exhibit at the University of Virginia aims to show a side of the Black community that gives a more complete view of the people going through Jim Crow segregation in the South – and to do so from… Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Blinken speaks at U.N. Security Council ministerial meeting on Ukraine By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department announced late Thursday that Blinken would travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan before going to India for a meeting of the Group of 20 foreign ministers from the world’s largest industrialized and developing countries, including China and Russia. Continue reading
Feb 24 ‘Cold and dangerous winter storm’ settles into California By Robert Jablon, Associated Press The National Weather Service issued rare blizzard warnings for Southern California mountain areas and urged drivers to avoid dangerous roads. Continue reading
Feb 24 U.S. to sanction Russian companies and individuals a year after invasion of Ukraine By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The action, taken in coordination with Group of Seven allies, seeks to punish 250 people and firms, puts financial blocks on banks, arms dealers and technology companies tied to weapons production. Continue reading