Mar 20 Ukraine war is backdrop in U.S. push for hypersonic weapons By David Sharp, Associated Press Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late next year. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 4:08 Amid growing humanitarian crisis, Zelensky calls for more peace talks By PBS NewsHour Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his call for peace talks as the humanitarian crisis grows. He blamed Putin for intentionally blocking aid and evacuation corridors as thousands of people remain trapped in Mariupol as fighting continues. NPR reporter Jason Beaubien… Continue watching
Mar 19 AP FACT CHECK: Republicans twist Jackson’s judicial record By Will Wessert, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press In the court of public opinion — like the Supreme Court nomination hearings coming this week — politicians ask questions of witnesses to score points for their side. In the court of law, judges ask questions to get answers. That… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 9:35 Racist language may soon be gone from Alabama’s constitution By Megan Thompson When Alabama’s state constitution was written in 1901 by 155 white men, their goal was to “establish white supremacy in this state.” The document has been hotly debated ever since. Earlier this month, the state legislature took an important step:… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 7:52 ‘Recovery is ongoing’: Aimee Mann on mental health, music By Tom Casciato Musician Aimee Mann was asked to write songs for a play based on the best-selling memoir “Girl, Interrupted,” about the author’s time spent in a mental hospital. Mann, who won a Grammy award in 2018 for her own album called… Continue watching
Mar 19 Antarctica and the Arctic are at least 50 degrees warmer than average By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average. Continue reading
Mar 19 Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help By Cara Anna, Associated Press The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war's worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World… Continue reading
Mar 13 Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard earlier this week. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 4:41 ‘The streets are largely abandoned’: On the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine By Jane Ferguson Russian forces continued indiscriminate shelling and artillery fire resulting in civilian deaths, including the death of American journalist Brent Renaud—another American journalist was also wounded. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jane Ferguson reports on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine. Continue watching
Mar 13 Obama tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s ‘feeling fine’ By Associated Press Obama encouraged more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite the declining infection rate in the U.S. Continue reading