Aug 27 5 Stories: An underwater volcano creates a new island off Japan, customs officials confiscate thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin An Ivory Coast painter turns discarded flip-flops into art, new research suggests chemicals in household products are linked to 900,000 premature deaths each year and artist Josephine Baker is posthumously honored at Paris’s Pantheon. Check out these stories and others… Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: New Orleans officials give news briefing on Tropical Storm Ida By Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. Continue reading
Aug 25 Biden tackles cybersecurity with tech, finance leaders By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers. Continue reading
Aug 24 Chicago watchdog harshly criticizes ShotSpotter system By Don Babwin, Associated Press Chicago's watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot detection system the police department uses rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city. Continue reading
Aug 23 California firefighters battle a dozen large wildfires By Associated Press More than 13,500 firefighters are working to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee. Continue reading
Aug 22 Haiti latest: earthquake recovery efforts continue as death toll rises By PBS NewsHour The death toll in Haiti topped 2,200 today in the wake of last week’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 5:46 COVID-19 boosters shots ‘a tough balance’ for FDA, epidemiologists By PBS NewsHour The Biden Administration announced last week that COVID-19 booster shots will be available by mid-September for those eight months into being fully-vaccinated. But with many Americans still unvaccinated and vaccine access worldwide varying wildly, are booster shots premature? Stat reporter… Continue watching
Aug 22 Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island By David Klepper, David Porter, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led to flash flooding from New Jersey to Massachusetts. Continue reading
Aug 20 U.S. imposes limited sanctions over Russian gas pipeline By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on three Russian ships and companies involved in constructing a controversial gas pipeline from Russia to Europe. Continue reading
Aug 20 5 Stories: Why wildfires are raging in one of the coldest places on Earth, NASA’s pretend mission to Mars and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin NASA welcomes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, new research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age after all. Check out… Continue reading