Dec 07 Watch 9:01 Historically denied 'pivotal' loans, Black farmers still struggle to get support By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster For decades, Black farmers have been excluded from federal farm programs — a systematic pattern of discrimination that the U.S. Department of Agriculture acknowledged decades ago. Yet proposals to compensate farmers for past wrongs have languished in controversy and red… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 8:50 Navy's water contamination flub in Hawaii follows 8 years of warning signs By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Claire Mufson U.S. military families stationed in Hawaii are dealing with tap water contaminated with petroleum. The cause is unknown, but investigators say a leak from a nearby fuel storage facility operated by the Navy may be to blame. On Monday, Secretary… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 7:45 Alex Gibney's 'The Forever Prisoner' reveals CIA torture tactics By Amna Nawaz, Layla Quran A new HBO documentary that debuted this week tells the story of a man once thought to be a top al-Qaida operative. It also reveals U.S. attempts to justify torture in the name of protecting Americans. Amna Nawaz recently sat… Continue watching
Dec 07 After pandemic pause, more incoming college students may face sexual assault risks By Nadra Nittle, The 19th Students at campuses around the country have protested what they see as their schools’ mishandling of sexual assault reports as more students are on campus for the first time after pandemic-disrupted years. Continue reading
Dec 07 Defense rests at Jussie Smollett's trial By Don Babwin, Sara Burnett, Associated Press Throughout his second day of testimony on Tuesday, Smollett repeatedly denied claims that he staged an attack against himself. Continue reading
Dec 07 Navy halts use of fuel storage complex above Hawaii aquifer after reports of water contamination By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro traveled to Pearl Harbor and told reporters he was apologizing to everyone affected by what he called a “horrible, horrible tragedy.”… Continue reading
Dec 07 Major outage hits Amazon Web Services, impacting a wide variety of sites By Associated Press The company provides cloud computing services to many governments, universities and companies. Continue reading
Dec 07 Some fear ripple effect on civil rights cases if Roe is overturned By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled in arguments last week they would allow states to ban abortion much earlier in pregnancy and may even overturn the nationwide right that has existed for nearly 50 years. Continue reading
Dec 07 New York City poised to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections By Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press Under a bill nearing approval, some 800,000 noncitizens would be allowed to cast ballots in elections to pick the mayor, City Council members and other municipal officeholders. Continue reading
Dec 07 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations. Continue reading