Jan 31 DOJ requests Tesla automated driving documents By Tom Krisher, Michelle Chapman, Associated Press “To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred,” Tesla said in the filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue reading
Jan 31 AP report: DOJ examining AI screening tool used by Pa. child welfare agency By Sally Ho, Garance Burke, Associated Press Several civil rights complaints were filed in the fall about the Allegheny Family Screening Tool, which is used to help social workers decide which families to investigate, AP has learned. Continue reading
Jan 31 Winter weather causes 1 death, cancels hundreds of flights in Texas storm By Associated Press Numerous auto collisions were reported in Austin, Texas, with at least one fatality according to the Austin Fire Department. Continue reading
Jan 31 ‘Our act of defiance’: Why Planned Parenthood is launching its 1st mobile clinic By Gabrielle Hays Missouri was one of the first states to outlaw abortion after Roe v. Wade fell. Now providers are hoping a mobile clinic across the border will help those who are seeking access. Continue reading
Jan 31 Tyre Nichols killing show officers still fail to intervene against misconduct By Jim Salter, Associated Press Just like the attack on George Floyd nearly three years ago, intervention could have saved a life. Instead, Nichols is dead and the officers are charged with second-degree murder and other crimes. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 7:20 6th Memphis officer suspended amid calls for more accountability following Nichols death By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings A sixth police officer has been suspended in the death of Tyre Nichols. Memphis police announced officer Preston Hemphill has been relieved of his duties as part of an internal investigation. The move comes amid calls for further accountability for… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 6:46 How videos of police brutality traumatize many Americans By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris Authorities said releasing video of the Tyre Nichols beating was important to convey the brutality of the attack. But for many Americans, the video is traumatizing and one of far too many they have witnessed after a police killing. Clinical… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 4:57 News Wrap: At least 59 killed in bombing at Pakistan mosque In our news wrap Monday, a suicide bomber killed at least 59 people and wounded 157 at a mosque in Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israelis and Palestinians to step back after days of growing bloodshed and… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 6:38 What’s causing the price of eggs to skyrocket nationwide? By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes Prices at the grocery store have risen for many foods, but the cost of eggs climbed the most in the last year and consumers have scrambled to keep up. What's behind so-called Eggflation? Economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look. Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 3:54 Biden highlights infrastructure spending at century-old train tunnel due for replacement By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan, Tess Conciatori President Biden was in Baltimore Monday to highlight a major railway tunnel reconstruction project that will be paid for, in part, by the bipartisan infrastructure law. The project will replace a century-old tunnel connecting Philadelphia and Washington, a familiar route… Continue watching