Apr 21 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: 6th person facing charges in deadly birthday party shooting in Alabama In our news wrap Friday, police in Alabama have now charged a sixth person in last weekend's deadly birthday party shooting in Dadeville, the Sudan military and a rival paramilitary group announced a three-day ceasefire for the end of the… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 6:52 Ukraine national security head discusses U.S. intelligence leak, new weapons deliveries By Volodymyr Solohub, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The American and NATO commitment to help Ukraine defend itself was reinforced with the announcement of a timetable for training Ukrainian troops with American tanks. But there is tension in the relationship over the amount and kind of weapons supplied… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 13:33 Brooks and Capehart on Biden's chances for reelection as he prepares to announce 2024 run New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the state of abortion rights in America, Biden's chances for reelection as he prepares to announce his… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 8:11 How the war in Ukraine is threatening Britain's historic steam engines By Malcolm Brabant, Trine Villeman, Dan Sagalyn The war in Ukraine has had an effect on many aspects of life all around the world. Inflation, especially in the price of coal, is jeopardizing the future of some of Britain’s living and breathing museums, the country’s heritage railway… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 7:53 Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks explores the pandemic in 'Plays for the Plague Year' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Is it too soon to explore the pandemic through art? Not if you’re Suzan-Lori Parks, who wrote a short play a day while sitting at home for 13 months and has now turned those into a full-length performance at New… Continue watching
Apr 21 Edward Lee chosen as guest chef for White House state dinner By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Chef Edward Lee says food, at its best, tells a story. And the story he wants told with the meal he's whipping up for next week's White House state dinner is of the deep connection between the United States and its ally… Continue reading
Apr 21 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot, UN's weather agency says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The United Nations' climate agency in a Friday report says killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars. Continue reading
Apr 21 French producers frothing over 'The Champagne of Beers' By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press The Comité Champagne — the body protecting the Champagne designation — asked for the destruction of a shipment of 2,352 cans on the grounds that the term infringes the protected designation of origin “Champagne.”… Continue reading
Apr 21 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Sudan conflict continues By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Tara Copp, Associated Press An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as being in Sudan. The State Department has cautioned that that figure probably is inaccurate because there is no requirement for Americans to register nor is… Continue reading
Apr 21 Russia's air force bombs own city of Belgorod on accident By Associated Press Russia’s military has acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in a Russian city about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the Russia-Ukraine border. Continue reading