May 17 Watch 7:13 Grappling with grief as U.S. COVID deaths surpass 1 million By PBS NewsHour It's impossible to fully convey the staggering toll of COVID-19, with the number of deaths in the U.S. from the virus equal to losing the entire populations of Boston and Pittsburgh. But numbers describe just one part of this and… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 4:23 Remembering the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo By Courtney Norris After 10 people were killed last weekend in a mass shooting in Buffalo, we take a moment to reflect on their lives and the legacies they leave behind. Continue watching
May 17 Printing error affects mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania county By Geoff Mulvihill, Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Officials in Lancaster County say a commercial printer sent ballots to voters containing a code that makes them unreadable by scanning machines. Continue reading
May 17 Man who shot three women in Dallas had delusions about Asians, according to arrest warrant By Jake Bleiberg, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press The girlfriend of a man arrested in Dallas in a shooting that wounded three women in a hair salon in the city's Koreatown told police he had been admitted to health facilities because he was having delusions about Asian Americans. Continue reading
May 17 In Buffalo, Biden says ‘hate will not prevail’ By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black Americans in Buffalo. Continue reading
May 17 FDA authorizes COVID booster shot for healthy 5 to 11 year-old children By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 vaccine booster for healthy children ages 5 to 11. Continue reading
May 17 WATCH: Biden speaks in Buffalo, condemns racist attack By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden has traveled to Buffalo, New York, declaring that "evil will not win" in America. Continue reading
May 17 For Buffalo shooting victims and survivors, it was ‘like every other day’ By Carolyn Thompson, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press The 10 people shot and killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, were caregivers and protectors and helpers. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 5:24 Buffalo mourns as details emerge about gunman’s plans for second attack By Cat Wise, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Mary Fecteau, Shoshana Dubnow, Frank Carlson Federal authorities are investigating the massacre in Buffalo as a potential hate crime. Law enforcement officials also reported Monday that the accused gunman had planned to continue his shooting spree at another location if he had escaped. That news came… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 10:25 How America can respond to white nationalist violence This attack in Buffalo in a predominantly Black neighborhood, like too many before it, is leading to another period of conversation and self-examination for some on questions of race, white supremacy and extremist ideology. Eric Ward, of the Southern Poverty… Continue watching