Nation Jun 02 Live Nation reveals data breach at Ticketmaster that may have affected millions of customers By Associated Press
World Jun 01 Watch 2:49 News Wrap: Netanyahu clashes with Biden over conditions for permanent cease-fire in Gaza In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called Biden’s proposal to end the war in Gaza a “nonstarter” until Israel’s conditions are met, a barrage of Russian missiles and drones targeted Ukraine’s power grid, South Africa’s ANC party…
Health Jun 01 Watch 4:41 As COVID precautions vanish, people with disabilities struggle with safety and isolation The pace of COVID fatalities in the U.S. has slowed significantly, with the nation’s death toll standing at more than 1 million people. With precautions like mandatory masking no longer in place, it can seem as if worries about the… By Andrew Corkery
Nation Jun 01 Watch 5:36 Why rents are still higher in much of the U.S. than before the pandemic Rents today are well above what they were before the pandemic. According to a recent Gallup poll, Americans’ second-highest personal finance concern this election year is the cost of housing, behind only inflation. John Yang speaks with Diane Yentel, CEO… By John Yang, Marconja Zor, Kaisha Young
Nation Jun 01 Idaho man sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in doomsday plot Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just… By Associated Press
May 31 When a Black person goes missing, families say their cases get left behind By Gabrielle Hays Advocates call missing persons cases a “silent epidemic” in the United States, and one that affects Black and Indigenous women at disproportionate rates. In Missouri, the mothers of missing children want their stories told. Continue reading
May 31 WATCH: Trump found guilty in hush money trial. What happens now? By William Brangham, Deema Zein Trump is the first former U.S. president to be convicted on criminal charges. Continue reading
May 31 2023 set a record for U.S. heat deaths. Why 2024 could be even deadlier By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman, Anita Snow, Associated Press An Associated Press analysis of federal data shows that about 2,300 people in the United States died in the summer of 2023 with their death certificates mentioning the effects of excessive heat. That's the highest in 45 years of records. Continue reading
May 31 After catastrophic floods, Vermont becomes first state to enact law requiring oil companies to pay for damage from climate change By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather… Continue reading
May 31 Challenge to Texas abortion law over medical exceptions rejected by state Supreme Court By Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications… Continue reading