Oct 11 Gun violence is killing more American children By Jim Salter, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Experts say idleness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shares the blame with easy access to guns and disputes that too often end with gunfire. Continue reading
Oct 11 Pandemic-delayed 125th Boston Marathon returns By Jimmy Golen, Associated Press A rolling start and shrunken field allowed for social distancing on the course, as organizers tried to manage amid a changing COVID-19 pandemic that forced them to cancel the race last year for the first time since the event began… Continue reading
Oct 11 Southern California beach set to reopen after oil spill By Amy Taxin, Associated Press City and state beaches in Huntington Beach will reopen after water quality tests revealed no detectable levels of oil associated toxins in the ocean water. Continue reading
Oct 11 Merck asks FDA to authorize anti-COVID pill By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration — a decision that could come in a matter of weeks — it would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19. Continue reading
Oct 11 Sikh Americans push for greater visibility, awareness against years of hate crimes, misunderstanding By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang “We want to spend the next 20 years increasingly focused on measures and efforts to build community power and increase the community's direct role in shaping policies at the local, state, and national levels, from education to hate crime prevention… Continue reading
Oct 10 No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen By Hope Yen, Associated Press The House’s second-ranking Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise, repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, standing by Donald Trump’s lie that Democrat Joe Biden won the White House because of mass voter fraud. Continue reading
Oct 10 Facebook unveils new controls for kids using its platforms By Associated Press Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo sharing app Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:22 LGBTQ seniors fear discrimination when searching for housing By Ivette Feliciano Many LGBTQ+ seniors who live in long-term care communities and senior housing are fearful of being mistreated, refused care, neglected, or abused—with some even re-closeting themselves for safety. In many states, it's still legal to deny access to housing and… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 5:27 Research on the run: How a Cleveland city planner is mapping his city By Karla Murthy, Sam Weber Phil Kidd moved to Cleveland two years ago to work as a city planner. In the midst of the pandemic, he decided to start an ambitious project to better understand his adopted city. Kidd has started a project to run… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 4:31 2021 saw a record number of abortion restrictions enacted While the latest ruling in a US court of appeals has reinstated the near-total ban on abortions in Texas – two days after the restrictive law was challenged by the Biden administration – an analysis found that more than 19… Continue watching