Jul 13 A timeline of the Texas elementary school shooting By Jamie Stengle, Jake Bleiberg, Sean Murphy, Associated Press Over an hour passed from the time officers followed the 18-year-old gunman into the school and when they finally entered the fourth-grade classroom where he was holed up and killed him. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 5:45 Soaring costs drive inflation increases above expectations Inflation in the U.S. is the highest in four decades and new numbers out Wednesday show no signs of letting up. The Labor Department reported consumer prices jumped 9.1 percent from last year. Gas prices, furniture, clothing, healthcare, groceries and… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 3:39 News Wrap: Ukraine and Russia hold first direct talks in months In our news wrap Wednesday, Ukraine and Russia held their first direct talks in months about resuming grain shipments through the Black Sea where a Russian blockade has halted exports, Sri Lanka's president has officially fled the country, protests over… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 6:35 Biden embarks on his first visit to Israel since taking office By Nick Schifrin President Biden arrived in Israel Wednesday, the beginning of a four-day Middle East trip that will also take him to Saudi Arabia. Much of his focus today was in Israel’s military, and regional cooperation against Iran. Biden also began his… Continue watching
Jul 13 Why the U.S. inflation surge is accelerating, and when it may ease By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Inflation's relentless surge didn't merely persist in June. It accelerated. For the 12 months ending in June, the government's consumer price index rocketed 9.1 percent, the fastest year-over-year jump since 1981. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 7:26 How Democrats are feeling about the midterm elections Less than four months until midterm elections, Democrats are facing a series of headwinds on inflation, gun violence and abortion rights. A New York Times-Siena College poll just out shows 60 percent of voters, including a quarter of Democrats, disapprove… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 6:11 Mary McLeod Bethune becomes first Black American honored in U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall A new statue unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol marks a historic first. Civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is the first Black American to represent a state in Statuary Hall. Florida lawmakers voted to remove a statue representing a… Continue watching
Jul 13 Ex-CIA engineer convicted in massive release of classified information By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Schulte chose to act as his own defense attorney, calling himself a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. A mistrial was declared at his original 2020 trial after jurors deadlocked on the most… Continue reading
Jul 13 Brazil’s former President Lula da Silva asks for calm after leftist official’s killing By Mauricio Savarese, Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Da Silva's calls for peace reflect growing concerns about the presidential campaign and October election in a highly polarized Brazil. President Jair Bolsonaro has suggested he may not accept the ballot, while urging Brazilians to arm themselves. Continue reading
Jul 13 Democrats stress national security as computer chips bill stalls By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Biden administration and Democrats are warning of dire consequences if Congress fails to act on computer chips legislation. They say Congress needs to pass a bill by the end of July that's designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the… Continue reading