• Kentucky communities in shock as death toll from tornadoes rises

    Kentucky communities in shock as death toll from tornadoes rises

    Dec 12, 2021 10:07 PM EDT

    Search and rescue operations continue across several states after the devastation caused by the tornado outbreak in the central and southern U.S. Kentucky has reported scores of deaths after tornadoes tore across the western part of the state. Liam Niemeyer, assistant director at WKMS public radio joins. ... Hari Sreenivasan ...

  • Minneapolis police chief, who oversaw George Floyd response, announces retirement

    Minneapolis police chief, who oversaw George Floyd response, announces retirement

    Dec 06, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he won't accept a third term as chief, a blow to a department that has been reeling since four officers were charged in George Floyd's death. Arradondo, 54, said he would retire in January after 32 years at ...

  • Global warming goal to stop climate change on 'life support', says U.N. chief

    Global warming goal to stop climate change on 'life support', says U.N. chief

    Nov 11, 2021 04:16 PM EDT

    ... is what will be your first step. Because if your first step is the wrong step, you will not have the chance to do a search to make a second or third one." Guterres said he agreed with youth climate activists — who have been a daily presence protesting in large ...

  • Google cracks down on ads promoting climate change denial

    Google cracks down on ads promoting climate change denial

    Oct 08, 2021 01:58 PM EDT

    ... be placed on content calling climate change a hoax or denying that greenhouse gas emissions and human activity have contributed to the earth's long-term warming, the company said. Google will use both automated tools and human reviewers to enforce the policy when it takes effect in November for ...

  • UK government says lights will stay on despite energy price surge

    UK government says lights will stay on despite energy price surge

    Sep 20, 2021 06:03 PM EDT

    ... phenomenon. But we're going to fix it." U.K. consumers are already feeling the pinch, with price comparison websites reporting heavy volume as people search for increasingly rare opportunities to lock in prices with long-term contracts. Gas and electricity costs for many people are set to jump next ...

  • On TikTok, misogyny and white supremacy slip through ‘enforcement gap’

    On TikTok, misogyny and white supremacy slip through ‘enforcement gap’

    Aug 24, 2021 07:43 PM EDT

    ... Men Going Their Own Way” movement, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has categorized as a male supremacist group. Other videos used a white supremacist term to criticize women in mixed-race relationships. Some praised the mass shooter Elliot Rodger, who in 2014 killed six people near a California college ...

  • News Wrap: FDA to grant full approval to Pfizer's COVID vaccine next week

    News Wrap: FDA to grant full approval to Pfizer's COVID vaccine next week

    Aug 20, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... lot of water. And the second thing I would say is we haven't seen a lot of 50- and 60-mile-an-hour short-term gusts, much less sustained gusts, for a really long time. Judy Woodruff: Thirty years ago this week, Hurricane Bob blew ashore in Rhode Island ...

  • 'I feel so helpless.' Afghans in the U.S. worry for friends and family back home

    'I feel so helpless.' Afghans in the U.S. worry for friends and family back home

    Aug 20, 2021 04:50 PM EDT

    ... and help them with logistical things like housing, furniture, food and work permits. Those types of organizations, however, are not designed to provide ongoing, longer term support. Khalil, who runs the refugee enrichment organization in Sacramento, said many refugees rely 100 percent on cash aid to pay rent and bills ...

  • News Wrap: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing new criminal charges

    News Wrap: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing new criminal charges

    Aug 11, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    ... I have not been close, physically or otherwise, in terms of much time. I`m going to stand right here. At the end of my term, whenever it ends, no one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment. William Brangham: Hochul will be the first woman to ...

  • Belarus targets rights activists, journalists with raids

    Belarus targets rights activists, journalists with raids

    Jul 14, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

    Other organizations targeted in the raids included the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the World Association of Belarusians, the For Freedom movement and the Gender Perspectives association. The search of the offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists was the second in three months. "The authorities use the most disgusting methods of ...