Dec 03 Watch 3:29 How Michigan educators are talking to students about the Oxford school shooting By Student Reporting Labs This week's shooting at a Michigan high school was the deadliest school shooting in three years and has led to fear, anger and anxiety at school districts around the state. And so have closings in dozens of schools because of… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: Biden signs short-term spending bill, averting government shutdown In our news wrap Friday, President Biden signed a short-term spending bill that averts a government shutdown, the latest jobs report shows fewer Americans were hired in November, a Virginia recount confirmed a Republican sweep in major races in the… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 7:37 NIH director on the spread of the omicron variant amid the ongoing pandemic Maryland, Nebraska and Pennsylvania are the latest states reporting cases of the new omicron variant in the U.S., while it has now spread to more than 40 nations worldwide. And the CDC director said Friday the omicron variant could become… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 12:27 Brooks and Capehart on the future of abortion rights, government funding brinkmanship New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the omicron variant, U.S. government funding, and a major abortion case before the Supreme Court. Continue watching
Dec 03 Wisconsin's Democratic governor vetoes GOP abortion bills By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed five Republican-authored anti-abortion bills, a move that came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could curtail if not end a woman's right to abortion. Continue reading
Dec 03 2 parents charged in Michigan school shooting, attorney says they left town for 'safety' By Corey Williams, Ed White, Associated Press Sheriff Mike Bouchard said their attorney, Shannon Smith, had agreed to arrange their arrest if charges were filed but hadn't been able to reach them. Smith, however, said the Crumbleys weren't on the run and had left town “for their… Continue reading
Dec 03 WATCH: Press secretary Jen Psaki says White House is preparing for possible Russian Ukraine invasion By Associated Press The briefing comes as the number of confirmed cases of the omicron variant rise in the U.S. after the first case was confirmed this week in California. Continue reading
Dec 03 WATCH: Michigan prosecutor gives update on decision to charge parents in Oxford school shooting By Corey Williams, Ed White, Associated Press The parents of a teen accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Continue reading
Dec 03 'We just feel it': Racism plagues U.S. military academies By James Laporta, Associated Press Some graduates of color from the nation’s top military schools who endured what they described as a hostile environment are left questioning the military maxim that all service members wearing the same uniform are equal. Continue reading
Dec 03 Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP's virus barbs By Zeke Miller, Associated Press As public patience wears thin amid the emergence of the new omicron variant and some GOP lawmakers' threats to shut down the government over vaccine requirements, the White House and its allies are seizing on what they see as a… Continue reading