Mar 18 Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shot By Zeke Miller, Associated Press U.S. officials have been laying the groundwork to deliver additional booster doses to shore up the vaccines' protection against serious disease and death from COVID-19. The White House has been sounding the alarm that it needs Congress to “urgently” approve… Continue reading
Mar 17 Child was driving pickup in crash that killed 9 By Cedar Attanasio, Jill Bleed, Anita Snow, Associated Press A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 5:55 News Wrap: House votes to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, Belarus By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus over the war in Ukraine, the number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits hit a fresh low, clean-up efforts are… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 11:06 Fauci on the BA.2 variant, funding for the COVID fight and the possibility of a new surge COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all down substantially in the U.S. with restrictions loosened in most places. But the nation is still losing more than a thousand people a day on average to the virus, and as cases rise… Continue watching
Mar 17 FBI investigating 6 suspects after bomb threats at Black colleges By Collin Binkley, Associated Press More than a third of America's 101 historically Black colleges and universities have been targeted by calls or emails threatening bombings since early January. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 5:59 Rising rents squeeze Americans across the country By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Roby Chavez, Gabrielle Hays, Talesha Reynolds, Karina Cuevas We've talked about inflation a lot lately and how it's at a 40-year high. But rising rents are a part of that calculation. In many places around the country, rents have been climbing for months, far above the lows of… Continue watching
Mar 17 Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he is open to running again after resignation By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is dangling the possibility he may run for his former job just six months after he resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Continue reading
Mar 17 American civilian killed in Russian attack on bread line in Ukraine By Associated Press An American man was killed in a Russian attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, where he was seeking medical treatment for his partner. Continue reading
Mar 17 Family of Black man killed by Ohio police files civil rights lawsuit By Associated Press The family of a Black man who a white Ohio police officer fatally shot without warning on New Year's Day has sued the officer and the city of Canton in federal court. Continue reading
Mar 17 In California's San Joaquin Valley, ACLU says sheriffs test sanctuary policies that protect immigrants By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado The American Civil Liberties Union detailed in a new report the ways sheriff’s departments in eight counties of California’s San Joaquin Valley – home to nearly a million immigrants – have “circumvented” the state’s sanctuary laws meant to protect California… Continue reading