Dec 04 North Carolina power outages could last days after shooting attacks on substations By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Continue reading
Dec 03 Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. faces pivotal years in countering China's rise By Tara Copp, Associated Press The U.S. is at a pivotal point with China and will need military strength to ensure that American values, not Beijing's, set global norms in the 21st century, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday. Continue reading
Dec 03 Nevada toad threatened by geothermal power project gets endangered status By Scott Sonner, Associated Press A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially been declared an endangered species, after U.S. wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely used emergency basis last spring. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 5:22 Walker, Warnock make final appeals to voters ahead of Georgia runoff Georgia voters set a new record for single-day early in-person turnout ahead of Tuesday's runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Laura Barrón-López joins Geoff Bennett from Atlanta to discuss the latest developments. Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 3:18 News Wrap: China eases some COVID policies in several cities In our news wrap Saturday, former President Trump called for the Constitution to be "terminated" over unfounded allegations of 2020 election fraud, cities in China eased more COVID restrictions after protests, Iran announced construction of a new nuclear plant, volcanic… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 7:15 VA denied benefits for Black veterans at higher rate for decades, lawsuit says A new lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs alleges decades of discrimination against Black military veterans. To learn more, Geoff Bennett speaks to Conley Monk Jr., a Vietnam War veteran whose VA benefits were denied for nearly 50 years,… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 3:42 A Brief But Spectacular take on abolishing debt By Moe Sattar, Melissa Williams, Ana Davila Astra Taylor is a writer, documentary filmmaker and debt abolitionist who speaks and teaches about the power that debtors can wield. Taylor shares her Brief But Spectacular take on student loans and rethinking what it means to be in debt. Continue watching
Dec 03 Lava from Mauna Loa could block main highway on Hawaii's Big Island By Audrey McAvoy, Haven Daley, Associated Press Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. Continue reading
Dec 03 Rail workers say quality-of-life concerns not resolved under deal imposed by Congress By Josh Funk, Associated Press President Joe Biden signed a bill Friday to block a strike and force workers to accept the agreements union leaders made in September, even though four of the 12 unions — which include a majority of rail workers — voted to reject them. Continue reading
Dec 03 Survivors of Uvalde shooting seek $27B in class action lawsuit By Associated Press Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement officials seeking $27 billion due to delays in confronting the attacker, court… Continue reading