Jun 28 Watch 4:39 Why billions of snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea By Kirsten Dobroth, KMXT The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled after billions of crabs disappeared, devastating Alaska’s fishing industry and the livelihoods of those who depend on it. From Alaska Public Media and KMXT in Kodiak, Kirsten Dobroth reports researchers are working… Continue watching
Jun 28 Why post-Roe abortion restrictions worry domestic violence experts By Laura Santhanam For years, advocates for reproductive health, social support and legal services have cautioned that the revocation of abortion rights could worsen domestic violence. Early evidence and anecdotes suggest that is already happening. Continue reading
Jun 28 Airline cancellations and delays already up ahead of July 4 holiday weekend By David Koenig, Associated Press Huge crowds, bad weather, inability of some airline crews to reach their scheduling offices — even a Delta jet that made a belly landing in Charlotte, North Carolina — have all contributed to the mess. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Rapinoe says World Cup will be a 'paradigm shift' for women's sports By Hannah Grabenstein, Amna Nawaz U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe answered a question from PBS NewsHour co-anchor Amna Nawaz about what this moment means for the game. Continue reading
Jun 28 Justice Department dedicates more resources to address high rate of missing, murdered Native Americans By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Five attorneys and five coordinators will be dispatched to several regions around the country to help with investigations of unsolved cases and related crimes. Continue reading
Jun 28 EPA drops environmental justice investigations in Louisiana By Michael Phillis, Associated Press The investigations were looking into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk. Continue reading
Jun 28 Air quality plummets in parts of the U.S. again due to wildfire smoke from Canada By Corey Williams, Associated Press More than half of Canada's wildfires are burning out of control. Haze has settled over most of the Great Lakes region while unhealthy air has moved as far south as Kentucky and Missouri. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch 5:13 Supreme Court rejects legal theory that could have thrown 2024 election into disarray By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan The Supreme Court rejected a legal theory that state legislatures have almost unlimited power to decide the rules for federal elections and draw partisan congressional maps without interference from state courts. Trump allies raised the theory as part of an… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 5:36 Audio of Trump discussing classified material further complicates his legal troubles By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura Newly leaked audio appears to show former President Donald Trump discussing sensitive documents with people who didn’t have security clearance during a 2021 meeting. The two-minute recording could hold key evidence in Trump's indictment over his handling of classified information… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 8:30 Women face new sexual harassment with deepfake pornography By Laura Barrón-López, Mary Fecteau, Emily Carpeaux, Murrey Jacobson For years, women have faced sexual harassment online and with the rise of artificial intelligence, it’s only getting worse. Deepfakes use AI to create manipulated but realistic images and videos of real people in fake situations and are routinely used… Continue watching