Dec 11 Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79 By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press Paul Silas — who touched the game of basketball as a player, coach and president of the National Basketball Players Association — has died, his family announced Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 11 Suspect in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 taken into U.S. custody By Eric Tucker, Sylvia Hui, Associated Press A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington, the… Continue reading
Dec 11 Keystone pipeline shuts down after oil spill in Kansas creek By John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth, Josh Funk, Associated Press An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, briefly causing oil prices to rise Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 11 Dorothy Pitman Hughes, pioneering Black feminist and community activist, dies at 84 By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and lifelong community activist who toured the country speaking with Gloria Steinem in the 1970s and appears with her in one of the most iconic photos of the second-wave feminist… Continue reading
Dec 11 Scientists lower Mauna Loa alert level, say eruption could end soon By Associated Press Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and said the mountain's first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 1:59 Outpouring of grief after sudden death of sports journalist Grant Wahl By Geoff Bennett, Lorna Baldwin Prominent American sports journalist Grant Wahl died suddenly on Saturday while covering the World Cup in Qatar, during the waning minutes of the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands. Geoff Bennett reports. Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 1:53 News Wrap: Russian drones attack power grid in southern Ukraine In our news wrap Saturday, Russian drone strikes knocked out energy infrastructure across southern Ukraine, a major storm system moving inland from the Pacific Coast threatens severe weather across the U.S., and Republican Kari Lake has asked a court to… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 7:58 How inflation is changing the way some Americans celebrate the holidays By Stephanie Sy, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery The holiday season is in full swing, and many Americans whose paychecks haven't kept pace with inflation are finding themselves strapped for cash to pay for entertainment, travel or shopping. As Stephanie Sy reports, the increase in prices is altering… Continue watching
Dec 10 Defense bill passed by House includes $34 billion to protect Texas coast from storms By Juan A. Lozano, Michael Phillis, Associated Press Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against… Continue reading
Dec 09 Former police officer who who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year sentence By Stephen Groves, Amy Forliti, Associated Press The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues kneeled on the Black man's neck has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Continue reading