Dec 01 WATCH LIVE: Pentagon holds news briefing as Ukraine continues to request Patriot missiles By Associated Press Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder holds a news briefing on Thursday as Ukraine continues to request Patriot missiles batteries to fend off Russian attacks. Continue reading
Dec 01 Applications for jobless benefits fall, suggests labor market unaffected by interest rate hikes By Matt Ott, Associated Press The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits came back down last week and continue to hover around levels suggesting the U.S. labor market has been largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes. Continue reading
Dec 01 Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried says he didn’t ‘knowingly’ misuse customers’ funds By Ken Sweet, Associated Press The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX says that he did not "knowingly" misuse customers' funds. Continue reading
Dec 01 WATCH: Biden, France’s Macron vow unity against Russia, discuss trade issues By Sylvie Corbet, Matthew Daly, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron are celebrating the long-standing U.S.-French relationship, but these are friends with differences. Continue reading
Dec 01 Obama to campaign for Warnock in Georgia as Democrats seek early vote advantage By Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy, Associated Press Georgia voters have cast more than 1 million ballots ahead of the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Continue reading
Nov 30 Egyptians call on British Museum to return the Rosetta stone By Associated Press The bilingual carvings on the relic proved to be the breakthrough in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after being unearthed by colonialists in Egypt in 1799. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: House Democrats elect Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as new leader In our news wrap Wednesday, House Democrats elected New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries as their new leader making him the first Black lawmaker to head a major political party in Congress, the Islamic State group says its latest leader has… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 8:33 House passes bills to stop railroad strike, give rail workers more paid sick leave By Lisa Desjardins, Tommy Walters Congress moved swiftly to head off a nationwide railroad strike. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impose a compromise settlement on freight railroads and a dozen labor unions and approved more paid sick leave for rail workers. The measures… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 9:13 Incarcerated LGBTQ Americans find little to no support system upon release By Cat Wise, Mary Fecteau, Maea Lenei Buhre LGBTQ people are incarcerated at a rate three times higher than the general population. But when they are released from prison, experts say many reentry programs fail to meet their unique needs. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports for our series,… Continue watching
Nov 30 EU seeks specialized court to investigate Russia war crimes By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday the EU will work with international partners to get "the broadest international support possible" for the tribunal while supporting the International Criminal Court. Continue reading