Jun 02 Oregon dropping AI tool used to help decide child abuse cases By Sally Ho, Garance Burke, Associated Press Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions. Continue reading
Jun 02 Ohio governor to sign bill allowing armed school employees By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press The Republican-backed measure aims to undo the effect of a 2021 state Supreme Court ruling that said under current law armed school workers would need hundreds of hours of training. Continue reading
Jun 02 Michael Avenatti gets 4 years in prison for stealing book proceeds from Stormy Daniels By Bobby Caina Calvan, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to four years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds at the height of his famed clash with then-President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jun 02 Historic California report on systemic racism in law and policy hailed by slave reparations advocates By Janie Har, Associated Press California released an exhaustive report detailing how government laws and policies perpetuated discrimination against African Americans. Continue reading
Jun 02 Gunman armed with rifle kills 4 people at Tulsa medical building By Sean Murphy, Jill Bleed, Associated Press A man who blamed his surgeon for continuing pain after a recent back operation bought an AR-style rifle and opened fire hours later at a Tulsa medical office, killing the doctor and three other people in an attack that ended with… Continue reading
Jun 02 WATCH: House committee considers legislation to raise age limit for buying certain firearms By News Desk and Kevin Freking, Associated Press The House is preparing gun legislation in response to mass shootings by 18-year-olds in Texas and New York. Continue reading
Jun 01 Multiple people shot, 4 killed at medical building in Tulsa, police say By Associated Press Police officials say four people have been killed in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Buffalo grand jury formally charges suspect for racist rampage that killed 10 In our news wrap Wednesday, a grand jury in Buffalo formally charged a white 18-year-old suspect for the massacre of 10 Black people at a supermarket, Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as chief operating officer for Meta, Shanghai residents celebrated… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 5:22 'We're not getting anything conclusive,' Texas state senator says on Uvalde police probe In Uvalde, it will take two full weeks for the community to hold funerals for the 21 lives lost in the school shooting. But even as the grieving continues the community is awaiting reports about the law enforcement response amid… Continue watching
Jun 01 Utah's transgender athlete ban challenged in lawsuit By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A ban on transgender athletes playing on girls' sports teams is being challenged in court in Utah, one of more than a dozen states that have passed similar bans over the last two years. Continue reading