• WATCH: Bidens host the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll after weather delays

    WATCH: Bidens host the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll after weather delays

    Mar 29, 2024 06:29 PM EST

    ... that this year's setup included a reading nook and exhibits on space travel and dinosaur fossils. The first couple also sat Monday for an interview with NBC's “Today” and said that Easter for them on Sunday featuring putting some dollar bills in some plastic easter eggs and holding ...

  • Indiana lawmakers override governor veto to enact transgender sports ban

    Indiana lawmakers override governor veto to enact transgender sports ban

    May 24, 2022 07:59 PM EST

    ... law wouldn’t prevent students who identify as female or transgender males from playing on boys sports teams. Holcomb said in his veto message the bill presumed “there is an existing problem in K-12 sports in Indiana that requires further state government intervention” but that he found no evidence ...

  • News Wrap: Dozens of wildfires still burning on West Coast

    News Wrap: Dozens of wildfires still burning on West Coast

    Sep 21, 2020 10:40 PM EST

    ... Oregon. It follows President Trump accusing the cities' Democratic mayors of allowing anarchy and violence in anti-racist protests. But, in New York today, Mayor Bill de Blasio dismissed the threat. Bill de Blasio: This is just another one of President Trump's games. It's thoroughly political. It's ...

  • After virus fades, service industries may be changed forever

    After virus fades, service industries may be changed forever

    Apr 07, 2020 12:05 AM EST

    ... 94% of the jobs that vanished last month as the U.S. economy plunged into recession. It is sure to claim many more. In an interview Monday on CNBC, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen predicted that unemployment rates could climb to Great Depression levels. But because the economy was in ...

  • Urine screens cost $8.5 billion a year — more than the entire EPA budget

    Urine screens cost $8.5 billion a year — more than the entire EPA budget

    Nov 07, 2017 10:26 PM EST

    ... selling of pills on the black market. “I have to know the medicine is safe and you’re taking it,” Kroll, 46, said in an interview. Kroll said that several states in which CPS is active have high rates of opioid use, which requires more urine testing. Kaiser Health News ...

  • Column: 5 questions to ask during your hospital stay

    Column: 5 questions to ask during your hospital stay

    Apr 30, 2017 06:44 AM EST

    ... had an orthopedic procedure. Avoid $300 bills for slings you could buy for $10 at a pharmacy, $1,000 knee braces, and $2,500 wheelchairs, all billed to insurance and cluttering up your front closet. For more on the topic, watch economics correspondent Paul Solman’s full interview with Rosenthal.

  • Kristen was the picture of health. She died of colorectal cancer at 38

    Kristen was the picture of health. She died of colorectal cancer at 38

    Mar 07, 2017 05:00 PM EST

    ... up at bat when the umpire called her out. McRedmond turned around and told the ump that she was wrong, that she had hit the ball. Kristen’s mother, Rita McRedmond, laughed as she recalled the story so many years later. “She didn’t hit the ball, but that was ...

  • Anime didn’t make it into the Oscar nominations this year. Here’s why that doesn’t matter.

    Anime didn’t make it into the Oscar nominations this year. Here’s why that doesn’t matter.

    Feb 25, 2017 06:36 PM EST

    ... Ghibli along with filmmakers Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki. They released their first film “Castle in the Sky” in 1986. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates back to 1917, and since then its diverse art form and style has continued to spread internationally. Anime is often adapted from “manga,” a ...

  • As Trump eyes infrastructure, local leaders say save ‘muni bonds’

    As Trump eyes infrastructure, local leaders say save ‘muni bonds’

    Feb 23, 2017 02:20 PM EST

    ... tax-exempt status of muni bonds is part of what makes them so attractive to investors, especially high-income taxpayers looking to reduce their tax bills. But exempting the bonds from federal taxes is projected to cost the U.S. Department of the Treasury as much as $617 billion in ...

  • 5 important stories that were lost in last week's news overload

    5 important stories that were lost in last week's news overload

    Feb 20, 2017 10:30 PM EST

    While the country can't agree on what happened last week, and the Russia questions still linger, here are five stories everyone can agree were overlooked.