Feb 06 Watch 5:18 Go big or go home: America’s multi-billion dollar sports betting business By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sporting -- and betting -- event of the year. Despite the pandemic, bookkeepers are expecting wagers worth more than $4 billion this year. Since its expansion outside Nevada in 2018, the legal betting industry… Continue watching
Feb 06 Myanmar junta blocks internet access as coup protests expand By Associated Press Myanmar’s new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the Internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protest over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected civilian government. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 6:16 Before George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin had a history of using excessive force By PBS NewsHour Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is awaiting trial for the murder of George Floyd. But even before the killing that sparked nationwide protests last summer, Chauvin had a history of using excessive force. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jamiles Lartey… Continue watching
Feb 06 Inmates at St. Louis jail set fires, break out windows By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Inmates at a St. Louis jail set fires, broke out windows and threw things from fourth-floor windows Saturday in the latest disturbance over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions that have limited visits and stalled court proceedings, officials said. Continue reading
Feb 06 Calendar timing means virus deaths won’t be seen in census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one. Continue reading
Feb 06 Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines By Maria Cheng, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press Unlike past disease outbreaks, where less wealthy countries have generally waited for vaccines to be delivered by the U.N. and other organizations, many are now taking matters into their own hands. Experts are increasingly concerned that these go-it-alone efforts could… Continue reading
Jan 31 The Latest: Israel extends its lockdown for at least 5 days By Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced early Monday that the restrictions, which have forced nonessential businesses and most schools to remain closed for the past month, will remain in effect until at least Friday. A ban on nearly all incoming… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 5:47 How Congress is addressing the Jan. 6 insurrection Former President Donald Trump, charged with inciting the January 6 insurrection, is facing his second impeachment trial amid ongoing investigations by Congressional committees and federal agencies into the events that led to the attack. New York University School of Law… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch 5:56 Why governments will be key to global recovery from the pandemic As nations grapple with economic recovery, which is closely linked with getting people vaccinated and arresting the coronavirus spread, it has become clear that the pandemic exacerbated the impact of the global economic fractures that predate the COVID-19 outbreak. Dambisa… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch 4:37 Protests over Alexei Navalny’s arrest continue amid Kremlin crackdown on protesters By PBS NewsHour Despite threats of harsh consequences from the Kremlin, tens of thousands gathered to protest opposition leader Navalny’s arrest and were met with considerable force from Russian police. President Biden called Putin earlier this week to discuss Navalny’s possible release, and… Continue watching