The outgoing head of America’s top public health agency, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, is stepping down on June 30. She used the word “intense” to describe her time as the director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Video/Shelby Lum) (June 21)…
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Michigan officer charged after video shows him punching man
A suburban Detroit police officer was charged with assault after video showed him punching a young man in the face and slamming his head to the ground at the jail. (June 20)
Biden meets with tech leaders to discuss AI risks
President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders in San Francisco to debate the risks and promises of artificial intelligence. Biden also told reporters he’s “proud” of his son Hunter who struck a plea deal with the Justice Department. (June …
Experts Discuss Challenges to Submersible Rescue
Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean are racing against time to find a missing submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. Experts weigh in on the challenge ahe…
Modi arrives in New York for four-day state visit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on Tuesday for his first stop of a four-day state visit. Modi’s visit will include an Oval Office meeting with Biden, an invitation to address a joint session of Congress, and a formal state dinne…
Videos show aftermath of fatal shooting of 3 boys
Police body cam video from the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office reveals the moments after a man allegedly shot and killed his three sons and wounded their mother at their Ohio home last week. The three boys, ages 3, 4 and 7, died at the scene. (June 20…
Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial set for Aug. 3
Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case is scheduled for trial in early August, casting him in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance. (June 20) (AP Video: Ted Shaffrey)
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Here’s the latest for Tuesday June 20th: Search continues for Titanic-viewing submersible; Blinken meets with Xi; Six teens shot in Milwaukee; Tornado damage in Mississippi.
Nevada confronts invasion of blood-red crickets
For weeks, the red critters known as Mormon crickets have been invading swaths of northern Nevada and causing chaos ever since tens of thousands of eggs buried about an inch deep in the soil began to hatch in late May and early June, said Jeff Knight, …
Nevada tribes mobiliza against Lithium mine
A huge lithium mine under construction in northern Nevada is at the center of a dispute over President Joe Biden’s clean energy agenda. (AP video shot by: Rick Bowmer and Susan Montoya Bryan)