Feb 15 Outcry after NYC woman killed by man who followed her into Chinatown apartment By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Authorities say a woman was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan apartment by a man who followed her from the street into her building. Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Senate Finance committee hearing on protecting youth mental health and barriers to care By News Desk The U.S. faces a growing shortage of mental health professionals trained to work with young people — at a time when depression and anxiety are on the rise. Continue reading
Feb 14 West's megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Monday's study says the megadrought is now the worst-case scenario officials and scientists worried about in the 1900s. The drought deepened so much in 2021 that it is 5 percent worse than the old record in the late 1500s. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: Federal judge dismisses Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against New York Times In our news wrap Monday, a federal judge in New York dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, the federal hate-crimes trial of three white men for killing Ahmaud Arbery got underway, a 22-year drought in the… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 7:39 Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden's SCOTUS nominee? By Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori President Biden plans to personally interview potential nominees to the Supreme Court this week, and likely among them will be federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson isn't new to the Supreme Court short list, she was considered a long-shot pick… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 6:22 Super Bowl halftime show sparks more conversations about the NFL's record on race By Amna Nawaz, Ryan Connelly Holmes The Super Bowl was a close and compelling game on Sunday, and as always there was a lot of attention around the halftime show. This year's show was led by hip-hop legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem,… Continue watching
Feb 14 Parkland victim's dad scales crane near White House in push for gun violence prevention By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Associated Press Families and gun control advocates are pressing President Joe Biden to do more to address gun violence, four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Continue reading
Feb 14 What the pandemic taught us about racism at work and how to handle going back to the office By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn Digital correspondent Nicole Ellis spoke with Y-Vonne Hutchinson, the CEO and founder of Ready Set, a workplace inclusivity consulting firm, about how to talk about racism with your boss as employees return to the office. Continue reading
Feb 14 Judge dismisses Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against the New York Times By Tom Hays, Associated Press A judge said Monday he’ll dismiss a libel lawsuit that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin filed against The New York Times, claiming the newspaper damaged her reputation with an editorial falsely linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting. Continue reading
Feb 14 Biden's inflation plan offers long-term solutions, but faces voters demanding action now By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden came into office with a plan to fix inflation but not the particular inflationary problem that the country now faces. Continue reading