May 05 Hong Kong reopens as Beijing begins less restrictive lockdown By Associated Press Hong Kong had closed water sports venues during an outbreak of the highly transmissible omicron variant but has been reducing restrictions as cases decline. Continue reading
May 05 WATCH: Senate Majority Leader Schumer holds briefing as Senate prepares vote on abortion rights By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press “Next week’s vote will be one of the most important we ever take,” Schumer said Thursday. “Because it deals with one of the most personal and difficult decisions a woman ever has to make in her life.”… Continue reading
May 05 WHO estimates nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID, more than double official toll By Maria Cheng, Associated Press The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years. Continue reading
May 04 LGBTQ advocates worry other rights at risk if court overturns Roe v. Wade By Lindsay Whitehurst, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Little doubt remains about what the Supreme Court plans to do with Roe v. Wade. But uncertainty abounds about the ripple effects as the court nears a final opinion expected to overturn the landmark 1973 case that created a nationwide… Continue reading
May 04 Watch 4:39 News Wrap: Secretary of State Antony Blinken tests positive for COVID In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19, Beijing shut down dozens of subway stations and bus routes as it tries to stem a COVID outbreak, Wall Street shot higher after Fed chair Jerome… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 8:24 Combat medics deliver lifesaving care on the frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine By Willem Marx, Ed Kiernan Just beyond Ukraine's frontlines, there is another fight to keep those injured on the battlefield alive. Resources are low, but the volunteers who run a vast network of emergency medical services remain committed to their lifesaving work. Elsewhere, care for… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 9:37 Anti-abortion and abortion rights advocates reckon with a potential Roe v. Wade reversal If the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade it will have a major impact in states across the U.S. that have already signaled their intention to restrict or ban abortion. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership… Continue watching
May 04 Beijing shuts some subway stations to curb COVID-19 spread By Associated Press The subway authority in a brief message says only that the mostly downtown stations were being shut as part of epidemic control measures. Continue reading
May 04 Here’s how the right to abortion is also an economic issue By Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th Some of the elements Alito describes in the opinion are still in a work in progress. In other cases, they are leaving out some of the most vulnerable Americans, experts say. Continue reading
May 04 Transgender kids tend to maintain their identities as they grow up, study suggests By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press After five years, 94 percent of children studied were living as transgender and almost two-thirds were using either puberty-blocking medication or sex hormones. Continue reading