| After a career of cracking cold cases, investigator Paul Holes opens up
- Holes spent more than 20 years investigating crimes in California and played a critical role in identifying Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. as the so-called Golden State Killer. His new book is Unmasked.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:57:43 -0400
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| Polio vaccine boosters are offered to London children as the virus spreads
- Children were made eligible for booster doses after health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of London but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:47:32 -0400
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| Taylor Swift says she never listened to 3LW before writing 'Shake It Off'
- Taylor Swift says she had never heard of the group 3LW or their 2001 song "Playas Gon' Play" before a lawsuit was filed against her accusing her of stealing lyrics.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:38:24 -0400
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| A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion
- Police say that in Facebook messages they've obtained, Jessica Burgess tells her 17-year-old daughter that she has abortion pills to end her 24-week pregnancy. They're both charged with felonies.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:23:48 -0400
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| Trump says he refused to answer any questions under oath in today's New York testimony
- "I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question," Trump said in a statement. He called the case a politically motivated witch hunt.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:44:21 -0400
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| This Montana couple built their dream home, only to have it burn down in minutes
- After 18 months of building, the Holetts were nearly set to move into their dream home in Dayton, Mont. It took their life savings to build the cabin. It took one wildfire to burn it down in minutes.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:30:50 -0400
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| Inflation is cooling thanks to gas prices, but many things still cost a lot more
- Falling gasoline prices put a dent in the July inflation rate, which fell to 8.5% from 9.1% in June. But other costs such as housing continue to climb, putting a strain on many family budgets.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:22:00 -0400
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| Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U.S. presidents, data shows
- There have been five presidents who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote, including George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:01:40 -0400
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| A Florida license plate has reopened the debate over the 'Don't tread on me' flag
- Gov. Ron DeSantis says a plate featuring the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars." Others say the flag symbolizes a dangerous far-right extremist ideology.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:01:20 -0400
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| Le bon temps continue to roll on Cajun radio in Southern Louisiana
- Eight radio stations in Southern Louisiana still broadcast partially in French as they try to keep alive a dying language in the area. French has been spoken there since the mid-1700s.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:00:20 -0400
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| Their mentor was attacked. Now young OB-GYNs may leave Indiana
- Dr. Caitlin Bernard was publicly vilified for providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim. And that's got some medical residents who were open to practicing in Indiana thinking again.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:00:20 -0400
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| The U.S. lost track of why it was in Afghanistan, former commander says
- Recently retired General Frank McKenzie reflects on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, who bears responsibility for the way it unfolded, and how the U.S. "lost track" of why it was in the country.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:00:20 -0400
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| Some Native Americans say this Pilgrim site is failing as a bi-cultural museum
- Members of Massachusetts's Wampanoag community say the people running the Patuxet living history site have done little to ingratiate themselves with tribes.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:44:05 -0400
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| Stranded whale dies after a rescue operation to remove it from a French river
- A veterinarian said that during the rescue operation, the dangerously thin white mammal began to have breathing difficulties, and so experts decided to humanely euthanize the creature.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 04:10:00 -0400
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| A Brazil court reopens the case of a rainforest park larger than New York City
- The court's decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil's Amazon.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:07:00 -0400
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