Apr 07 Manhattan district attorney says Trump criminal investigation is continuing despite leadership shakeup By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business practices is continuing despite a recent shakeup in the probe's leadership. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 5:32 News Wrap: Congress votes to ban Russian oil and cut off normal trade relations In our news wrap Thursday, a near-unanimous Congress voted to cut off normal trade relations with Russia and ban imports of Russian oil, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive COVID, Pakistan's supreme court rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's bid to… Continue watching
Apr 07 Alabama bans gender-affirming medication for youths By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Alabama lawmakers have approved sweeping legislation outlawing transgender youth's access to gender-affirming medications. Continue reading
Apr 07 WATCH: What happens now that Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the Supreme Court? By Nicole Ellis, News Desk, Kenichi Serino “This is a bit of an unprecedented situation, according to Supreme Court historians, in that she has a long wait," PBS NewsHour National Correspondent John Yang said. Continue reading
Apr 07 D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tests positive for COVID-19, reports mild symptoms By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press In a string of messages on Twitter, Bowser said Thursday that she was experiencing "mild cold-like" symptoms and would work at home while following isolation protocols. Continue reading
Apr 07 What consumers need to know about the avian flu outbreak By Yuko Sato, The Conversation Bird flu is highly contagious in domestic flocks. A major outbreak is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 07 Power outage in Puerto Rico leaves a million customers without electricity, many without water By Dánica Coto, Associated Press More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire at a main power plant caused an island-wide blackout that forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices in the biggest outage yet… Continue reading
Apr 06 Kentucky governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Kentucky's governor has vetoed a bill that would bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college. Continue reading
Apr 06 Texas governor orders increased patrolling at border, taunts Biden administration's lack of action By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The move announced Wednesday amounts to a taunt at President Joe Biden and Congress over what the Republican governor calls a failure by the federal government to stop the flow of migrants coming to the southern border. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 5:29 News Wrap: U.S. charges Russian media baron over sanctions violations In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. charged a Russian media baron with spreading propaganda on Ukraine in violation of U.S. sanctions and seized $10 million in assets, Israel's parliament is in disarray after a single lawmaker's defection erased its… Continue watching