Dec 28 With Roe v. Wade in peril, state legislatures stand ready to enact new abortion laws By Wilson Ring, Associated Press An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v. Wade entirely is setting off a renewed round of abortion battles in state legislatures across the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 28 Inspired by own stories, immigrants welcome Afghan refugees By Janie Har, Associated Press A San Francisco Bay Area health clinic founded four decades ago to screen refugees from Southeast Asia is part of the U.S. effort to resettle tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan. Continue reading
Dec 28 WATCH: Experts pull documents, money from Lee statue time capsule By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Conservation experts in Virginia's capital have pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Continue reading
Dec 28 After a quiet 2020, flu cases begin to rise again By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off. Continue reading
Dec 28 'So difficult': Frigid temperatures in Northwest force some to seek shelter By Manuel Valdes, Associated Press Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. has brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest and heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada. Continue reading
Dec 28 Jan. 6 committee agrees to defer request for Trump administration records By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its request for hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration. Continue reading
Dec 28 Biden authorizes $768.2 billion in defense spending, a 5 percent increase By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 4:45 News Wrap: Winter storm slams Northern California, Nevada In our news wrap Monday, parts of Northern California and Nevada are buried under heavy snow after a major winter storm over the weekend. Thousands of people in Northern Brazil are bracing for a new round of flooding after two… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 9:27 Why the CDC reduced COVID quarantine time despite omicron's spread By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings The omicron variant of the coronavirus has upended plans to put the pandemic behind us. Instead, average daily U.S. COVID infections are up 80 percent in two weeks. Hospitals are hunkering down, and the White House is scrambling to respond. Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 10:32 Amy Walter and Asma Khalid on the omicron variant, inflation and Dem agenda Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and NPR’s Asma Khalid join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the American public’s views on the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation and how… Continue watching