Oct 02 Prosecutors probing deaths of 2 Ole Miss students charge shop clerk and son with selling illegal kratom By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press A drug task force in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid kratom, an herbal substance that acts as a stimulant at low doses and a sedative at high doses, after authorities found packages of kratom derivatives while investigating the… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 6:27 What we know about Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike By Amna Nawaz, Sam Weber, Ali Schmitz Tennessee officials failed to carry out the lethal injection of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday. Her attorneys say she is alive and in critical condition after being given two separate doses of pentobarbital meant to kill her. Pike… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 6:12 New details intensify scrutiny of Cornell's handling of gang rape allegations By Amna Nawaz, Molly Mazilu, Karina Cuevas There are new revelations about how authorities handled an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024. New reporting out today finds Cornell police left out key information in a statement given to local law enforcement. That includes Jane Doe’s… Continue watching
Sep 30 WATCH: Senate health committee advances Dr. Nicole Saphier's nomination for surgeon general By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News Channel contributor, was advanced out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on a 12 to 11 vote to serve as surgeon general after she was grilled at her confirmation… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 5:55 New York prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged rape at Cornell University By Amna Nawaz, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte An investigation into an alleged gang rape in 2024 at Cornell University has been reopened after the woman who reported the assault sued the school and others. At the time, no criminal charges were filed, though Cornell said it investigated… Continue watching
Sep 29 WATCH: In return to court, Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now questions whether she killed her children By Michael Casey, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Clancy's lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children, a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 2:52 Powerful nor'easter batters parts of East Coast By Jeffrey Brown, Kayan Taraporevala Cleanup efforts are underway after a powerful nor’easter battered parts of the East Coast, bringing dangerous waves, flooding and damaging winds from New England to New Jersey. The storm also knocked out power for many. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 5:19 News Wrap: UK police investigating possible plot targeting U.S. base In our news wrap Monday, UK police are investigating five British nationals in connection with a possible plot at an American airbase, prosecutors in New York say they are reopening a criminal investigation into an alleged sexual assault at a… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 7:28 WFP official on addressing global hunger in face of wars and climate disasters By Nick Schifrin The United Nations recently announced a new executive director for the World Food Programme. Luke Lindberg was a Trump administration Agriculture Department official and inherits one of the UN's toughest jobs. Hundreds of millions around the world go hungry every… Continue watching
Sep 28 As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year. The rules are stricter than what the federal government is requiring. Continue reading