We're getting started with a look at a recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives concerning President Donald Trump and the issue of impeachment. Late last week, the House voted 232 to 196 to formalize its impeachment inquiry of the president....
First story out of California. Hurricane force is a term to describe wind speeds that blow at or faster than 74 miles per hour and some of the winds buffeting wildfires near Los Angeles are at hurricane force. These are the Santa Ana winds hot, dry,...
It's been a year and a day since a passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff in the island nation of Indonesia. The flight was operated by Lion Air, a low cost airline, and the plane was built by Boeing, an American company. That's part of the reas...
In the U.S. state of California, students at Mount Saint Mary's University and NBA star LeBron James have a couple of things in common. One, they live near Los Angeles. Two, they've evacuated because of wildfires. The one threatening the L.A. area br...
Who is the current U.S. Treasury secretary? Jack Lew, Kathleen Sebelius, Wilbur Ross, or Steven Mnuchin? The role is currently filled by Steven Mnuchin, the nation's 77th secretary of the treasury. One role of Secretary Mnuchin's department is to man...
First story in our lineup today is the death of the leader of an infamous terrorist group. Since 2014, news organizations around the world have done a lot of reporting on ISIS. It's an acronym for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. And that's what it w...
First story takes us to the largest country in South America, where a mystery is washing up along Brazil's coast. Crude oil hundreds of tons of it has appeared on Brazil's northeast beaches. This has been going on since early September. Roughly 1,200...
First story we're explaining a ceasefire in northern Syria that America's leader believes will last. Here's what's happening Turkey, which borders Syria to the north, has been fighting ethnic Kurds in Syria. Turkey considers the Kurds to be terrorist...
Which of these World War II battles was a turning point in the fight between the U.S. and Japan? Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Coral Sea or Battle of Kursk. Fought in early June of 1942, the Battle of Midway, a naval battle, wa...
Up next, a settlement worth hundreds of millions of dollars related to America's opioid epidemic. A trial was set to begin this week. The plaintiffs were two counties in Ohio, and the defendants were four pharmaceutical companies. The counties accuse...