Jul 06 New Orleans was once the center of U.S. slave trade. This artist wants to make sure we don't forget By Roby Chavez “America needs the ghosts of slavery to remind us of how our nation was really built,” artist Marcus Brown says. Continue reading
Jul 06 FDA allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's COVID-19 pill By Matthew Perrone, Tom Murphy, Associated Press Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that's intended to expand use of Pfizer's drug Paxlovid. Continue reading
Jul 06 Federal Reserve signals further hikes in interest rates to 'restrictive' levels By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were starting to anticipate higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it. Continue reading
Jul 06 Trump property appraiser held in contempt in New York civil probe By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press A company that has performed hundreds of property appraisals for Trump has been held in contempt of court for missing a deadline to turn over documents in the New York attorney general's civil investigation into the former president's business practices. Continue reading
Jul 06 Biden speaks with Brittney Griner's wife, reassures effort to bring her home By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The White House says President Joe Biden has called the wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia, and has pledged that he is working to win her release as soon as possible. Continue reading
Jul 06 WATCH: Lake County, Illinois prosecutor gives update on arrest of alleged Highland Park shooter By Michael Tarm, Kathleen Foody, Stephen Groves, Associated Press The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting… Continue reading
Jul 06 WATCH: Vice President Harris delivers remarks in Highland Park, IL after July 4th shooting By Associated Press U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the city of Highland Park on Tuesday, a day after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July Parade, killing seven and wounding dozens of others. Continue reading
Jul 06 California forest fire forces new evacuations By Associated Press Evacuation orders have been expanded for remote communities near a wildfire that's chewing through California forests. Continue reading
Jul 06 Vice President Harris calls on Congress to ban assault weapons By Associated Press In a speech to educators in Chicago on Tuesday, Vice President Harris decried the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, and renewed the call for an assault weapons ban. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 3:41 Police search for a motive in Highland Park mass shooting By Lisa Desjardins, Tommy Walters A seventh person has died from the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Police said today the gunman pre-planned the July Fourth attack for several weeks. More than 30 other people were injured after the suspect fired over 70 rounds… Continue watching