Jul 13 Watch 7:26 How Democrats are feeling about the midterm elections Less than four months until midterm elections, Democrats are facing a series of headwinds on inflation, gun violence and abortion rights. A New York Times-Siena College poll just out shows 60 percent of voters, including a quarter of Democrats, disapprove… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 6:11 Mary McLeod Bethune becomes first Black American honored in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall A new statue unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol marks a historic first. Civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is the first Black American to represent a state in Statuary Hall. Florida lawmakers voted to remove a statue representing a… Continue watching
Jul 13 In Louisiana, orphan wells seen as an 'accident waiting to happen' By Roby Chavez There are thousands of orphaned wells in Louisiana that pose a threat to residents and the environment. New federal funding will help the state plug many abandoned wells, but some question if that's enough. Continue reading
Jul 13 Wait lists at U.S. border frustrate, confuse asylum seekers By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Opaque waiting lists for asylum-seekers to enter the United States at the Mexico border have carried over from the Trump administration, frustrating many migrants to the point that they cross illegally. Continue reading
Jul 13 Amazon handed Ring doorbell footage to police without user consent By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user's permission. The disclosure came in a letter Amazon sent on July 1 and was made public on Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey. Continue reading
Jul 13 Social media platforms fail to stop LGBTQ hate speech, according to GLAAD report By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press A new report says social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users. Continue reading
Jul 13 Anguish in Uvalde over surveillance video of police response to shooting By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America, Paul Weber, Associated Press Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with an AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were… Continue reading
Jul 13 Ada Limón named 24th U.S. poet laureate By Hillel Italie, Associated Press On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate. Continue reading
Jul 13 WATCH: Capitol statue of civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune, unveiled By Michael Warren, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press A statue commissioned by the state of Florida honoring Mary McLeod Bethune has been unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. She's the first African American to represent a state in Statuary Hall. Continue reading
Jul 12 Louisiana judge blocks state from enforcing abortion ban By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing a near total ban on abortion, this time under a judge's order released Tuesday by a state court in the capital. Continue reading