Dec 24 Watch 3:04 COVID-19 spreads holiday misery, as canceled flights strand thousands on Christmas Eve By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings The COVID-19 pandemic is once again upending holiday plans around the world, from halting air travel to scaling back festive celebrations. All this as new infections in the U.S. have spiked 55 percent in the last two weeks alone, largely… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 3:12 News Wrap: Huge storm system dumps snow, heavy rain on much of western U.S. In our news wrap Friday, a huge storm system is dumping snow and heavy rain on much of the western U.S., a fire on a crowded river ferry in Bangladesh has left 39 people dead, Myanmar’s military launched a new… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 5:53 Why a judge rejected a settlement with the Sackler family for their role in opioid crisis By William Brangham, Courtney Norris Experts link a record number of overdoses this year from black market opioids back to the original marketing and distribution of legal opioids made by Purdue Pharma, the company owned by the Sackler family that made OxyContin. Last week, a… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 12:15 The barriers to reentering society after prison By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz Every year about 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons. As part of our "Searching for Justice" series, Amna Nawaz spoke with formerly incarcerated people about the difficulties older men and women face after decades behind bars, and… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 12:30 Brooks and Capehart on Democrats' legislative setbacks, Biden's pandemic response New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's handling of the omicron variant, and how to find hope during this holiday season. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 5:19 How the pandemic helped bring artistic dreams to life By Jared Bowen, GBH The COVID pandemic led many people to reevaluate, even change their priorities. For some, it inspired them to try something new. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston has the story of people who used the last year to bring… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 2:22 U.S. service members perform 'Feliz Navidad' By Dan Sagalyn On this Christmas Eve, we continue a tradition we started a few years ago with members of the U.S. military providing a holiday song. This year, musicians from the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps perform "Feliz Navidad." This… Continue watching
Dec 24 How Asian Americans in holiday movies can challenge 'the white fantasy of Christmas' By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang As the demographics of the United States change, representations of the country’s diversity seen in film and television have been slower. Continue reading
Dec 24 How will Biden's COVID-19 test giveaway work? By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home. Continue reading
Dec 24 Feds seek jail for Capitol riot suspect found with rifle By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The Justice Department on Thursday asked a federal judge to revoke 29-year-old James Tate Grant’s pretrial release after his recent arrest. Continue reading