Virginia is removing three Confederate statues from a park and civic campus in Richmond. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will preserve the statues.

TThe Associated Press2026-08-28 20:50

Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist and ESG officer and a Bloomberg contributor, says 47% of people saw their real wages decline because of inflation. She discusses rising costs across the economy and how Americans are coping with higher prices.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 20:47

Congress changed the rules for 529 plans in 2022. People without children can now contribute to these accounts after reaching their annual retirement-plan limits, using the 529 as a backdoor route to fund a Roth IRA.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 20:47

As US employers brace for the biggest increase in employee health-plan prices in 15 years, more are dropping group insurance altogether. Instead, more than 20,000 companies entered Health Reimbursement Arrangements in 2026, allowing them to avoid providing medical benefits directly.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 20:47

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say they feel guilty spending money on things that bring them joy rather than directing it toward their financial goals. Bloomberg Money discusses the sentiment.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 20:47

Morgan Stanley Managing Director Andrew Slimmon says he is pleased with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech and remains consistent in his view. He says the prospect of an interest-rate hike is reshaping leadership in stock markets.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 20:43

The US-Iran conflict has reached its six-month mark. An expert says whether sanctions on China can cut off Iran’s economic lifeline will be decisive in the endgame. The program also covers Trump honoring NASA astronauts, creating a US Space Academy by executive order, and expanded US sanctions on Iran involving a Hong Kong bank.

VVOA Chinese2026-08-28 20:40

Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has called for a national dialogue to ease tensions while barring M23 rebels from participating. The government also plans to suspend 11 public universities in areas controlled by the rebels.

FFrance 24 English2026-08-28 20:35

President Donald Trump promised the war on Iran would end within weeks. Six months later, US troops remain deployed across the region, gas prices are still high and Iran’s nuclear programme, though damaged, remains. The president who campaigned against forever wars now faces questions over whether he has begun one himself and what the conflict has achieved.

AAl Jazeera English2026-08-28 20:30

US stocks finished lower after a speech by Warsh, in Bloomberg’s cross-platform coverage of the market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio and YouTube.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 20:25

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten examines public opinion on President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” including whether Americans are using the new name. Abby Phillip’s “NewsNight” panel debates whether the move is a troll and whether it is a worthwhile use of presidential time.

CCNN2026-08-28 20:16

The Red Cross says the Nepal-Tibet floods have caused enormous trauma, with thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. Rescue teams have intensified efforts in some of the worst-hit areas, while Nepali officials say more than 540 people have died on their side of the border. The podcast also reports King Haakon VIII’s accession after King Harald V’s death and Jewish settler violence against Palestinians.

BBBC News2026-08-28 20:15

Six months after the war, the physical and human toll remains visible across Iran. Destroyed buildings in Tehran and elsewhere stand as reminders of the devastation, while economic hardship continues to affect millions and psychological uncertainty weighs on people rebuilding their lives after the conflict.

AAl Jazeera English2026-08-28 20:09

The Artemis II crew received the congressional space honor from Trump at NASA’s Houston site bearing Lyndon B. Johnson’s name.

RReuters2026-08-28 20:08

The four Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Friday, the nation’s highest space honor. President Donald Trump also announced the creation of a new U.S. Space Academy at the event.

TThe Associated Press2026-08-28 20:06

Dozens of witnesses testified over three weeks in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial about events before and after the killing of her three young children. Clancy did not take the stand, but prosecutors and defense lawyers extensively read diary entries she wrote in the months before the 2023 killings in a coastal Massachusetts town, drawing different implications from them.

NNBC News2026-08-28 20:02

Parts of Europe have endured a dreadful summer marked by more raging wildfires. More than 300,000 people fled their homes in France and Spain, despite both countries having some of the best-equipped firefighters in the world.

DDW News2026-08-28 20:01

Rescuers are searching for thousands of people missing after catastrophic flash floods struck Nepal and Tibet. The State Department is prioritizing efforts to locate missing Americans, while local families continue hoping their loved ones are safe.

FFox News2026-08-28 20:00

Canadian singer Céline Dion arrived in Paris on Friday, 28 August, to begin a 16-concert run in the French capital, marking her return to the stage after six years away.

Eeuronews2026-08-28 20:00

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he had signed an executive order beginning the process of creating a U.S. Space Academy. He said that as the Space Force, commercial space industry and American ambitions in space expand, the United States cannot rank second in space.

VVOA Chinese2026-08-28 19:50

Leela Gray, a Democratic congressional candidate in Florida and retired Army brigadier general, said that as the Iran war reaches its sixth month, it has “achieved nothing but a cost of living crisis.”

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 19:49

President Donald Trump said he plans to authorize farmers and ranchers to process their own food, in the administration’s latest effort aimed at US meatpackers and high beef prices. Will Harris of White Oak Pastures also discussed how the Iran War is affecting farming overall.

BBloomberg Television2026-08-28 19:49

Catastrophic flash floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, leaving hundreds dead and thousands missing, including 30 Canadians and permanent residents. The program speaks with an aid worker, a climate scientist and a Nepalese Canadian seeking contact with missing friends, while examining support needed by Canada’s diaspora.

CCBC News2026-08-28 19:46

Curling is drawing strong interest this summer despite the heat. The sport’s popularity has climbed since the 2002 Olympics and received another boost after this year’s Milan Cortina Games. NBC News examines why curling is taking off.

NNBC News2026-08-28 19:43