Oct 06 Jury hears closing arguments in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial By Dave Collins, Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press A Connecticut jury has heard closing arguments in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. Continue reading
Oct 06 Uvalde school district abruptly fires ex-trooper who stood by during shooting after outcry By Paul J. Weber, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press Uvalde school officials have abruptly fired a former Texas state trooper who was on scene of the Robb Elementary School massacre in May and then hired by the school district. Continue reading
Oct 06 City to pay $12 million to children of Daniel Prude, Black man killed by police By Associated Press Rochester officials have agreed to pay $12 million to the children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police held him down until he stopped breathing on a snowy street in the upstate New York city. Continue reading
Oct 06 Federal judge halts key parts of New York's new gun law, labeling them unconstitutional By Michael Hill, Associated Press A federal judge has halted key provisions of New York's gun rules that restrict where people can carry weapons and require permit applicants to hand over social media information. Continue reading
Oct 06 Local elections offices across U.S. target of falsehoods and threats By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Local election offices across the U.S. have seen the movement spawned by former President Donald Trump that spreads false election narratives arrive on their doorsteps. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: Biden says IBM investment will help competition with China By Josh Boak, Associated Press The CHIPS and Science Act, which Biden signed in August, was a rare bill for which the president was able to win bipartisan support. Continue reading
Oct 06 Homelessness surging in many cities in amid end to COVID assistance By Kathleen Ronayne, Michael Casey, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Homelessness is expected to be up when the federal government releases results from an annual count in coming months, the first full tally since the coronavirus pandemic began. Continue reading
Oct 06 Revised 'Dreamers' program to get another court review, barring new applicants for now By Kevin McGill, Associated Press A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. Continue reading
Oct 06 Brittney Griner afraid she will be 'left and forgotten in Russia,' wife says By Associated Press Cherelle Griner said the basketball player told her in a phone call that she felt “like my life just doesn’t matter.”… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 6:56 Biden surveys catastrophic damage left behind in Florida by Hurricane Ian By William Brangham, Lizz Bolaji President Biden arrived in Florida Wednesday to survey the damage left behind in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The visit comes as search and rescue crews continue their work in the hardest hit parts of the state. Jennifer Hiner, a… Continue watching