Dec 18 Watch 8:24 Guster, My Morning Jacket, other musicians unite to make concert tours more sustainable By Tom Casciato From gas-guzzling tour buses to concession stands loaded with single-use plastic water bottles, concert tours aren’t exactly easy on the environment. But now, a movement to make touring more climate-friendly is empowering musicians to not only talk about issues like… Continue watching
Dec 18 Tornadoes’ toll: Family members mourn those they lost By John Hanna, Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The victims included grandmothers, veterans and in some cases, multiple members of a single family. On one street in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 12 people died — eight of them children. Continue reading
Dec 18 Netherlands ‘going into lockdown again’ to curb omicron By Danica Kirka, Mike Corder, Associated Press Schools, universities, and all non-essential stores, bars and restaurants in the Netherlands will be closed until Jan. 14 starting Sunday, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday night. Continue reading
Dec 18 Europeans reimpose restrictions as omicron sweeps continent By Associated Press Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, triggering calls for protests from Paris to Barcelona. Continue reading
Dec 12 South African president tests positive for COVID, mildly ill By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Last week, Ramaphosa visited four West African countries. He and all members of his delegation were tested for COVID-19 in each of the countries during the trip. Some in the delegation tested positive in Nigeria and returned directly to South… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 4:10 Kentucky communities in shock as death toll from tornadoes rises By PBS NewsHour 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,… Continue watching
Dec 12 Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press The company has not said how many people were in the building not far from St. Louis when the tornado hit at 8:35 p.m. Friday — part of a swarm of twisters across the Midwest and the South that leveled entire communities. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 6:59 Mdou Moctar: From Niger to international guitar hero By Christopher Booker In the world of music, ‘guitar hero’ is a title achieved by very few. Now, a new hero has emerged from a remote village in rural Niger to become an international superstar with a 6-string style of his own. NewsHour… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 6:17 Climate change threatens Michigan’s Fishtown and its historic shanties By Hari Sreenivasan, Aaron Martin, Laura Fong Preservationists in a tiny lakeside community in Michigan are using new approaches to fight the threat of flooding caused by climate change. While the fishing industry has struggled in the region, saving the historic buildings in Fishtown is critical to… Continue watching
Dec 12 Inflation is painfully high, but some relief may be coming By Stan Choe, Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press Prices have dropped on global markets for crude oil and natural gas, which is filtering into lower prices at the pump and for home heating. That should keep inflation somewhat in check, even if prices keep rising elsewhere in the… Continue reading