Apr 24 Gunfire at prom after-party in Texas injures 9 teens, police say By Associated Press Deputies in Jasper County said they responded just after midnight to shots fired at a home where the party was held and found nine victims with gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening. Continue reading
Apr 24 Trial to begin for man who killed 11 at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 By Peter Smith, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press The shooting was the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Continue reading
Apr 24 Book ban attempts soared in 2022. Here are the 13 most targeted titles By Joshua Barajas A graphic novel that explores gender identity and sexuality has topped the list of the most challenged books in the U.S. for the second year in a row. Continue reading
Apr 23 Analysis: Why the American front door can be a perilous border between public and private space By Ted Anthony, Associated Press In a land where private property is venerated and “get off my lawn” has become a mantra of jokey crankiness, the American front door is the landscape’s most intimate and personal of borders, the place where the public sphere encounters… Continue reading
Apr 23 Long war in Ukraine highlights need for U.S. Army to modernize ammo production By Marc Levy, Associated Press The invasion of Ukraine revealed that the U.S. stockpile of 155 mm shells and those of European allies were unprepared to support a major and ongoing conventional land war, sending them scrambling to bolster production. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 2:31 News Wrap: Civilians, foreign diplomats evacuated from Sudan conflict In our news wrap Sunday, U.S. special forces airlifted embassy employees out of Sudan as fighting continues in the North African nation, former Vice President Mike Pence said at a gathering in Iowa that a nationwide ban on abortion after… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch 6:06 'Stand your ground' laws under scrutiny again after recent spate of shootings In the space of one week in April, four young, unarmed Americans were shot over simple, everyday mistakes: pulling into the wrong driveway, ringing the wrong doorbell, getting into the wrong car. These cases have reignited the debate over self-defense… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch 7:44 How artificial intelligence is being used to create 'deepfakes' online By William Brangham, Harry Zahn, Michael Boulter As technology grows more sophisticated, so does the potential for deception. Last month, images went viral that purported to show police arresting Donald Trump and the former president in an orange prisoner’s jumpsuit — but they were fakes. Jack Stubbs,… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch 6:45 Tensions rise as nations race for valuable resources in the Arctic By Lisa Desjardins, Andrew Corkery, Azhar Merchant New research shows that climate change is causing the Earth’s ice sheets to shrink much faster than previously thought — the annual rate of sea ice loss has more than tripled since the 1990s. In the Arctic, melting ice is… Continue watching
Apr 23 Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, departing company over 'inappropriate relationship' By Associated Press Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday. Continue reading