Nov 26 Watch 4:37 How the NCAA's endorsement rule change is paying off for college athletes The NCAA's rule change allowing college athletes to sign paid endorsement deals went into effect in July 2021. Dan Matheson, director of the Sport and Recreation Management Program at the University of Iowa, joins John Yang to discuss how it's… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 6:10 Food waste is contributing to climate change. What's being done about it? Discarded food is responsible for as much as 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Rhode Island PBS Weekly's Isabella Jibilian reports on why so much food is going to waste and what some… Continue watching
Nov 26 Federal judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping case By Associated Press A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Continue reading
Nov 25 Kari Lake files elections records suit after losing Arizona governor's race By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 12:05 Brooks and Capehart on recent mass shootings and the lame-duck session of Congress New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including recent mass shootings in America and what can be done during the lame-duck session of Congress. Continue watching
Nov 25 Elon Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service after previous failed attempt Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to revamp the service after a previous attempt backfired. Continue reading
Nov 25 After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges amid holiday season By Laura Ungar, Associated Press The omicron variant is driving U.S. COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just in time for the holiday season. Continue reading
Nov 25 Biden, Democrats continue push for assault weapons ban By Colleen Long, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press After the mass killing last Saturday at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Biden said in a statement: "When will we decide we’ve had enough? ... We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off… Continue reading
Nov 25 Walmart shooter bought gun morning of shooting, left 'death note' on his phone By Ben Finley, Matthew Barakat, Associated Press The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia left behind what he called a “death note” on his phone that apologized for what he was about to do while simultaneously blaming others for mocking him. Continue reading
Nov 25 Colorado Springs reckons with past after Club Q shooting By Sam Metz, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Though the suspect facing possible murder and hate crime charges is not from Colorado Springs, the targeting of LGBTQ people has reminded some of the 1990s, when the city was known as an epicenter of religion-infused, family-values conservatism unfriendly to… Continue reading