Mar 14 2 years after Breonna Taylor was killed, her family and supporters continue to push for justice By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Associated Press Breonna Taylor’s family has joined with demonstrators and other supporters to honor the two-year anniversary of the Black woman’s passing in a botched police raid. Continue reading
Mar 11 Ohio police officer cleared in shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Ohio prosecutors have announced that a grand jury declined to charge the police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last year. Continue reading
Mar 11 Texas judge blocks investigations of transgender youth's parents By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction Friday preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's directive that compels the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate. Continue reading
Mar 11 Wisconsin crime lab destroys Kyle Rittenhouse rifle By Associated Press Rittenhouse's attorneys and prosecutors agreed in January that the gun would be destroyed. Rittenhouse's attorneys has said Rittenhouse didn't want someone to buy it as a trophy. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 5:41 News Wrap: The world marks 2 years since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the world marked two years since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the Texas Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the nation's toughest abortion law, arrests of migrants inside the U.S. have fallen sharply in… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 12:55 Capehart and Abernathy on the domestic impact of Russia's invasion in Ukraine By PBS NewsHour Jonathan Capehart and Gary Abernathy, both columnists for The Washington Post, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the financial squeeze Americans are feeling amid sanctions on Russia and whether new laws in Florida on race and… Continue watching
Mar 11 Judge says Trump's attempt to delay E. Jean Carroll's defamation claims is in 'bad faith' By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A judge says former President Donald Trump's moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser's defamation claims from reaching trial are in bad faith and so far succeeding. Continue reading
Mar 11 This Texas family is being investigated because their child is trans: 'I don't know where it's safe' By Kate Sosin, The 19th The Dallas-area family says it is under investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and at risk of losing their kids. Continue reading
Mar 11 How daylight saving time poses a host of health concerns, according to a neurologist By Beth Ann Malow, The Conversation By altering the body’s internal clock, ‘springing forward’ may contribute to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading
Mar 11 Lawsuit against Texas abortion ban 'effectively over' By Paul J. Weber, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Texas abortion providers say their best hope of stopping the nation's most restrictive abortion law is all but over. It comes after the Texas Supreme Court on Friday ended what little path forward clinics had under a federal lawsuit to… Continue reading