Oct 23 How wildfires impact wildlife and their habitats By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press Wildlife centers in the U.S. West are caring for animals that weren’t able to flee the flames or are looking for food in burned-over places. Continue reading
Oct 23 Deal on Biden’s $2 trillion plan edges closer; Harris is ‘confident’ By Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville, Alan Fram, Associated Press A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top Democrats edged close to sealing their giant domestic legislation, though the informal deadline appeared to slip as they worked to scale back the measure and determine how to pay for… Continue reading
Oct 17 Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline By Matthew Brown, Associated Press A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the Panama-registered MSC DANIT just hours after the massive ship arrived this weekend off the Port of Long Beach, the same area where the leak… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 5:23 Stevie Van Zandt’s new memoir documents his life in music and show business By Christopher Booker To call Stevie Van Zandt a renaissance man may be a bit of an understatement. He’s in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, was an E Street Band guitarist, an actor, an activist and a producer Van Zandt joins… Continue watching
Oct 17 Bill Clinton released from Southern California hospital By Haven Daley, Associated Press Bill Clinton was released Sunday from the Southern California hospital where he had been treated for an infection and will head home to New York to continue his recovery, a spokesman said. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 7:22 Native American tribes land buybacks start a commercial approach to social justice By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney In part two of a two-part series, Special Correspondent Kira Kay reports on the Nez Perce tribe and its efforts to regain control of part of the 7.5 million acres of land granted to it by the U.S. government in… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 4:06 Booster shots challenge governments during global vaccine inequality By PBS NewsHour COVID-19 was the number one cause of death for people between the ages of 35 to 54 during some months since the pandemic began last year, according to recent data. Meanwhile, as the Delta variant continues to drive infections around… Continue watching
Oct 16 Maduro ally extradited to US on money laundering charges By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press A top fugitive close to Venezuela’s socialist government has been put on a plane to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, a senior U.S. official confirmed Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 7:31 A delayed transportation infrastructure project moves forward in the Northeast Corridor By Hari Sreenivasan, Connie Kargbo It's been called the most urgent infrastructure program in America — but for decades, the Gateway Program has been on hold. The $30-billion project would see a dramatic upgrade to transportation infrastructure in the most heavily used section of the… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 7:57 Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney From 1877 to 1934, under a range of laws and reneged-upon treaties, the U.S. government appropriated tens of millions of acres of Native American land. In recent years there has been a growing movement known as “land back” to reclaim… Continue watching