Oct 07 California Gov. Newsom to call a special legislative session over soaring gas prices By Adam Beam, Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom will call a special session of the state Legislature to pass a new tax on oil companies. Newsom said Friday the session would begin Dec. 5 and accused oil companies of price gouging. Continue reading
Oct 07 Appeals court reinstates injunction blocking Arizona abortion ban By Bob Christie, Associated Press The ruling means that abortions can again take place in Arizona, at least for now, unless the state Supreme Court steps in. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 5:35 Jobs report shows economy, employment market cooling as questions of recession remain By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes The September jobs report shows the economy and employment market cooling but remaining steady. The labor market added 263,000 jobs, but that's down from the first half of the year when roughly 400,000 jobs were created a month. Stocks sank… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 3:45 News Wrap: Hurricane Ian death toll tops 100, Uvalde suspends campus police force In our news wrap Friday, Hurricane Ian is now the second-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, the Uvalde school district suspended its entire campus police force after intense criticism over their response to the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 7:57 Jury deciding how much money Alex Jones will pay Sandy Hook families for years of lies By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings A Connecticut jury will soon decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has to pay families from the Sandy Hook shooting. That's part of a defamation suit filed after Jones lied and called the shooting a hoax and the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 6:40 Federal prosecutors weigh tax and gun charges against Hunter Biden By Laura Barrón-López New details have been revealed in an ongoing FBI investigation of Hunter Biden. The Washington Post reported that federal investigators believe they have enough evidence to charge the president’s son with tax crimes and making a false statement related to… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 12:53 Brooks and Capehart on October surprises with just a month until the midterms By Amna Nawaz New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including October surprises in the U.S. and crises on the world stage with just a month until the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Judge hears arguments in challenge to Ohio abortion law By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Attorneys fighting for and against extending a stay on Ohio's near-total ban on abortions presented providers, medical scholars and ethicists at a hearing Friday. Continue reading
Oct 07 New York City mayor declares emergency over migrants sent from border states By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is "not sustainable." He says by the end of its fiscal year, the city expected to spend $1 billion helping the… Continue reading
Oct 07 Uvalde school district suspends entire police force after continued outrage By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Uvalde school leaders have pulled its embattled campus police force off the job four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting. Continue reading