Dec 21 U.S. population growth drops to lowest rate since nation's founding in pandemic's first year By Mike Schneider, Associated Press This past year was the first time since 1937 that the nation’s population grew by less than 1 million people. Continue reading
Dec 21 Chris Noth out at CBS show amid sex assault claims By News Desk Chris Noth will no longer be part of the CBS series "The Equalizer" in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the actor. Continue reading
Dec 21 WATCH: Biden announces 500 million free tests, other changes to COVID-19 strategy By Josh Boak, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden is expected on Tuesday to detail major changes to his COVID-19 winter plan, his hand forced by the arrival of the fast-spreading variant, whose properties are yet not fully understood by scientists. Continue reading
Dec 20 WATCH: Jury deliberates in trial of Kim Potter, former officer who killed Daunte Wright — Day 10 By Amy Forliti, Scott Bauer, Associated Press The jury weighing the case of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright worked through its second day of deliberations Tuesday without any hint of progress they might have made. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 5:34 News Wrap: Jury begins deliberations in Kim Potter trial over Daunte Wright shooting In our news wrap Monday, a Minneapolis jury began deliberating manslaughter charges against Kim Potter. The Pentagon clarified its rules on extremism in the military in further detail. Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric won Sunday's presidential runoff against a far-right lawmaker. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 7:05 What we've learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial By John Yang, Courtney Norris Closing arguments were made Monday in the federal sex-trafficking and conspiracy trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. Maxwell faces six counts for allegedly aiding and abetting Epstein’s abuse of underage teens. She is accused… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 9:03 Dr. Collins reflects on career at NIH, COVID response effort, work on genome sequencing Judy Woodruff speaks to Dr. Francis Collins, who is retiring from his role as director of the National Institutes of Health after more than a decade, about his career. He warned that the U.S. may face a million COVID cases… Continue watching
Dec 20 Less than a month after discovery, Omicron now 73 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S. Federal health officials said Monday that omicron accounted for an estimated 73% of new infections last week. Continue reading
Dec 20 Jury to decide in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press The fate of Ghislaine Maxwell is now squarely in the hands of a jury. The jury received the case in Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial just before 5 p.m. Monday, after prosecutors and Maxwell's defense attorneys delivered closing arguments. Continue reading
Dec 20 Moms have made it work during the pandemic -- but at what cost? By Megan McGrew, Molly Finnegan The worry that the coronavirus will upend life at any moment has never let up for families. Continue reading