Jun 18 Watch 4:15 Scarcity of tampon products drives consumer frustration By Lisa Desjardins, Winston Wilde Tampons are the latest addition to the growing list of out-of-stock items in states all across the country. Supply chain woes have left many shelves sparse, and the products have become more expensive, making it equally hard to find affordable… Continue watching
Jun 18 Court posthumously vacates Freedom Riders' 1947 convictions in North Carolina By Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press On April 9, 1947, a group of eight white men and eight Black men began the first “freedom ride” to challenge laws that mandated segregation on buses in defiance of the 1946 U.S. Supreme Court Morgan v. Virginia ruling declaring… Continue reading
Jun 18 Yellowstone recovery after flooding could take years By Lindsay Whitehurst, Brian Melley, Associated Press Floodwaters this week wiped out numerous bridges, washed out miles of roads and closed the park as it approached peak tourist season during its 150th anniversary celebration. Nearby communities were swamped and hundreds of homes flooded as the Yellowstone River… Continue reading
Jun 18 CDC recommends COVID vaccines for children under 5 By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the decision hours after an advisory panel voted unanimously that vaccines should be made available to children as young as 6 months. Continue reading
Jun 18 Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that Roundup weed killer is safe By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reexamine its 2020 finding that glyphosate did not pose a health risk for people exposed to it by any means — on farms, yards or roadsides… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 4:11 News Wrap: FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5 In our news wrap Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5, the Federal Reserve doubled down on its pledge to curb soaring inflation, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty… Continue watching
Jun 17 Police say 3rd victim in Alabama church shooting has died By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Police say prosecutors are preparing to charge a 71-year-old man with murder in the shootings Thursday night at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church outside Birmingham. Police Sgt. Shane said the shooter occasionally attended services at the church. Continue reading
Jun 17 Heat stress blamed for thousands of cattle deaths in Kansas By Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press The final toll remains unclear, but as of Thursday at least 2,000 heat-related deaths had been reported to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the state agency that assists in disposing of carcasses. Continue reading
Jun 17 New Mexico official in election standoff avoids more prison time for participating in the Capitol riot By Michael Kunzelman, Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press An elected official who is a central figure in a New Mexico county's refusal to certify recent election results based on debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines has avoided more jail time for joining the mob that attacked the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 17 Conspiracy theories fuel anger as New Mexico counties try to certify 2022 primary vote By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee, Associated Press Deep-seated conspiracy theories about the security of voting machines erupted into heated, angry outbursts Friday as the deadline looms for New Mexico counties to certify results from their recent primary. Continue reading