Aug 30 Two-week-old wildfire threatens Lake Tahoe area By Noah Berger, Associated Press Fire officials ordered more evacuations near Lake Tahoe and told other residents to be ready to leave as a destructive fire roared through forests southwest of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada state line. Continue reading
Aug 29 Crews battle to protect Lake Tahoe region from wildfire By Associated Press Firefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a massive California wildfire from reaching the Lake Tahoe resort region Saturday, hoping to take advantage of calmer winds before hot, heavy gusts return. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: Florida judge reverses DeSantis order banning school mask mandates In our news wrap Friday, a judge in Florida ruled that school districts in the state can impose mask mandates in the classroom, reversing an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis banning such mandates. The Texas House easily passed a… Continue watching
Aug 26 California wildfire dangers may be spreading across state By Christopher Weber, John Antczak, Associated Press A wildfire that burned several homes near Los Angeles may signal that the region is facing the same dangers that have scorched Northern California this summer. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 3:44 News Wrap: WHO says its search for COVID origins has stalled due to cold trail In our news wrap Wednesday, the World Health Organization warned that its probe of COVID-19's origins has stalled and the trail is growing cold. Northern California's Caldor Fire rained more ash over the Lake Tahoe basin, leaving a thick yellow… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 6:12 News Wrap: Capitol Police shooting of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt found 'lawful' In our news wrap Monday, an internal investigation has cleared a U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed a woman, Ashli Babbitt, on January 6th. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used his last day in office to defend himself… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: FDA to grant full approval to Pfizer's COVID vaccine next week By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, The Food and Drug Administration is ready to grant full approval to Pfizer's COVID vaccine. A federal appeals court temporarily upheld the CDC's latest moratorium on pandemic evictions. San Francisco became the nation's first major… Continue watching
Aug 20 5 Stories: Why wildfires are raging in one of the coldest places on Earth, NASA's pretend mission to Mars and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin NASA welcomes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, new research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age after all. Check out… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 5:08 News Wrap: Man behind Capitol bomb threat surrenders after 5 hour police standoff In our news wrap Thursday, a North Carolina man claiming to have a bomb in his truck parked outside the U.S. Capitol surrendered after a 5 hour standoff with police. COVID vaccinations in the U.S. hit their highest levels in… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 3:34 'Nearly every acre' in California has potential to burn, state fire official warns By Lisa Desjardins, Meredith Lee Hot, dry conditions continue to fuel over a dozen wildfires in California, mostly in the state's northern quarter. Fire officials said they were seeing a "generational destruction of forests." Six of the seven largest fires on record in California have… Continue watching