• Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80

    Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80

    Nov 08, 2020 06:39 PM EST

    ... or not — hundreds of thousands of people who have sent in tweets, texts, emails, cards and letters wishing me well,” Trebek said. “I’m a lucky guy.” An outpouring of grief from former contestants and the wider public quickly followed news of his death. https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/1325495244784168960

  • Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge

    Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge

    Oct 17, 2020 05:51 PM EST

    ... time, people say they are not going to worry about it,” said Kathleen Taylor, a 67-year-old author who lives in Redfield, South Dakota. https://youtu.be/ehDTdoYCdbQ In swaths of the country decorated by flags supporting President Donald Trump, people took their cues on wearing masks from his ...

  • New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes

    New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes

    Sep 27, 2020 07:03 PM EST

    ... waste treatment system,” Bond said, but rather the area near a plant where hot water is discharged. “Anything beyond that would be subject to regulation.” https://youtu.be/bolpN3b5yd8 EPA said in a statement that federal agencies “do not anticipate changes in longstanding implementation practices associated with these systems.” Duke ...

  • Russia is cutting corners on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Here's why they matter

    Russia is cutting corners on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Here's why they matter

    Aug 14, 2020 05:14 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ZBZ2Zy7Lw&feature=emb_logo Problems if the vaccine is released too early Carefully conducted clinical trials are necessary to identify any problems with the vaccine. For example, studies of a new type of measles vaccine in the early 1990s found that it was detrimental ...

  • Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

    Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

    Aug 11, 2020 08:20 PM EST

    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump ...

  • Judge rules against Florida on felons paying fines to vote

    Judge rules against Florida on felons paying fines to vote

    May 25, 2020 01:55 AM EST

    ... Americans and presumably Democrats, though it's unclear how that group of Floridians overall would lean politically in an election and how many would vote. https://youtu.be/G8SsGgPmj24 The judge called the Florida rules a “pay to vote” system that are unconstitutional when applied to felons “who are otherwise ...

  • WATCH: New York's de Blasio defends tweets about funeral that defied social distancing rules

    WATCH: New York's de Blasio defends tweets about funeral that defied social distancing rules

    Apr 29, 2020 01:24 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdD1zGgMxng The virus has claimed just over 18,000 lives statewide since the outbreak began last month, according to state figures. The state total doesn’t include more than 5,300 New York City deaths that were attributed to the virus on death certificates ...

  • Barr tells prosecutors to look for unconstitutional virus rules

    Barr tells prosecutors to look for unconstitutional virus rules

    Apr 27, 2020 11:02 PM EST

    ... 19 into an overbearing infringement of constitutional and statutory protections, the Department of Justice may have an obligation to address that overreach in federal court." https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1254903299565916161?s=20 Barr's memo comes about two weeks after the Justice Department filed a statement of interest in ...

  • Fed takes emergency steps to slash rates and ease bank rules

    Fed takes emergency steps to slash rates and ease bank rules

    Mar 15, 2020 09:14 PM EST

    ... at the height of the financial crisis. Starting in 2008, the Fed cut its key rate to near zero and kept it there for seven years. The central bank has now returned that rate — which influences many consumer and business loans — to its record-low level. https://youtu.be/Y2Pk3y3tSG0

  • Syrian war, rumbling into 10th year, still has global impact

    Syrian war, rumbling into 10th year, still has global impact

    Mar 15, 2020 03:43 PM EST

    ... hundreds American troops there, ostensibly on a mission to protect Kurdish-controlled oil fields from remnants of the Islamic State group. Both U.S. and Russian troops patrol the tense area separately, and thousands of Iranian-backed militias are stationed nearby. https://youtu.be/AQWvuFOQgrM ‘A PERFECT STORM OF DEVASTATION ...