Oct 04 Response time questioned in Southern California oil spill By Amy Taxin, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Some residents, business owners and environmentalists questioned whether authorities reacted quickly enough to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent California history. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 3:42 Democrats push and pull over President Biden's spending bills By PBS NewsHour In a stand-off this week between moderate and progressive Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed a vote on President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill as negotiations over a more than $3 trillion social spending bill continue. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield… Continue watching
Oct 03 Major oil spill off Southern California fouls beaches By Associated Press The Los Angeles Times reported that birds and fish have been killed. Crews led by the U.S. Coast Guard deployed skimmers and floating barriers known as booms to try to stop further incursion into the wetlands and the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 3:40 New state abortion laws, the future of Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court's upcoming term By PBS NewsHour Abortion rights activists are marching today, voicing opposition to a Texas law that heavily restricts abortion access. The Supreme Court's new term begins Monday, in which it is scheduled to hear a case stemming from a Mississippi law that banned… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 8:05 How Seattle's Vietnamese community is helping Afghan refugees By Mike Cerre The swift fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban and the refugee crisis in the conflict-torn nation is a painful reminder to many Vietnamese-Americans, many of whom were forced to leave their nation after Saigon fell in 1975. Special… Continue watching
Oct 02 COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in U.S. as delta variant rages By Heather Hollingsworth, Tammy Webber, Associated Press It’s a milestone that by all accounts didn’t have to happen this soon. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 7:28 Biden shrugs off infrastructure vote delay, is confident about passing both major bills Another day on Capitol Hill with no vote on infrastructure and no deal on a bigger spending package. But as Lisa Desjardins reports, President Joe Biden was on the scene to make a direct appeal to Democrats. Desjardins and Amna… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 4:23 News Wrap: California to mandate COVID vaccine for schoolchildren In our news wrap Friday, California announced the nation's first statewide COVID-19 vaccination mandate for schoolchildren. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said he is fully vaccinated and shows no symptoms. The United… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 6:24 Merck's antiviral pill may help beat COVID-19, but vaccines and testing still needed Although COVID-19 vaccines help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and resulting deaths, there have not been many good or easy treatment options for the actual virus. But a new antiviral drug from Merck offers hope for keeping patients infected with… Continue watching
Oct 01 NYC teachers' appeal to block school vaccine mandate denied By Associated Press The teachers had filed for the injunction with Sotomayor on Thursday, in an effort to keep the mandate from going into effect Friday. Continue reading