Jan 26 Court upholds order for Dakota Access pipeline environmental review By Dave Kolpack, Associated Press U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled last year that a more extensive review was necessary than the one already conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Continue reading
Jan 26 Vaccine ramp-up squeezes COVID testing and tracing By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Balancing vaccinations with testing and other COVID-related tasks is a significant challenge for public health officials across California and the nation, because those functions draw on many of the same resources. Continue reading
Jan 25 U.N. chief says world faces ‘existential threats,’ fragilities By Edith Lederer, Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning global leaders that the world not only faces a COVID-19 emergency and the worst economic crisis in nearly a century. Continue reading
Jan 25 Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19 By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Mexico's director of epidemiology, said the 67-year-old had a "light" case of COVID-19 and was "isolating at home." Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero says he's still working as president. Continue reading
Jan 25 WATCH: Jen Psaki holds White House briefing By Associated Press White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden administration will provide public briefings on the coronavirus pandemic starting Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 25 California lifts coronavirus stay-at-home orders and curfew statewide By Associated Press The order had been in place in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, covering the majority of the state's counties. Continue reading
Jan 24 Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The decision to reverse the order is not surprising, but the addition of South Africa to the restricted travel list highlights the new administration’s concern about mutations in the virus. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 4:49 Biden rolls back Trump-era climate policies, commits to tackling crisis By Ivette Feliciano In his first hours in office, President Biden signed executive orders aimed at tackling the climate crisis and rolling back Trump-era policies, some of which denied the science of human-caused climate change. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke with May Boeve,… Continue watching
Jan 24 Israel targets flights, religious scofflaws, as virus rages By Josef Federman, Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel will be closing its international airport to nearly all flights, while Israeli police clashed with ultra-Orthodox protesters in several major cities and the government raced to bring a raging coronavirus outbreak under… Continue reading
Jan 24 UK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that three-quarters of the U.K.’s over-80s have received a vaccine shot. He said three-quarters of nursing home residents have also had their first jab. Continue reading