Aug 04 Watch 4:10 This advocate says justice system is our failure to imagine anything besides punishment Jorge Antonio Renaud says that the United States is enamored with the idea that certain individuals are just “crime prone.” At 20, he was arrested and put in jail, where he survived a traumatic attack. Feeling lost led him to… Continue watching
Aug 04 As COVID cases surge again, here's how vaccinations are rising By Laura Santhanam With the more transmissible delta variant fueling steep spikes in places where vaccination rates are low, experts insist more must be done. Continue reading
Aug 04 Nursing home operator tells workers to get vaccine or lose their jobs By Bernard Condon, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press The industry has largely rejected compulsory measures for fear of triggering an employee exodus that could worsen already dangerous staffing shortages. Continue reading
Aug 04 More Americans now know transgender people, but most still don't seem to understand them By Kate Sosin, The 19th The number of people who know a transgender person has jumped dramatically in the past five years. But the number of people who believe gender is determined by sex assigned at birth has barely budged. Continue reading
Aug 04 Pentagon identifies officer killed in violence outside building By Lolita C. Baldor, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Pentagon Force Protection Agency said Officer George Gonzalez was a New York native and Army veteran who served in Iraq. He’d been on the police force for three years. Continue reading
Aug 04 Trump-backed Carey, centrist Brown win Ohio U.S. House races By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist backed by former President Donald Trump, beat a bevy of Republicans in central Ohio, while Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown pulled out a victory for the Democratic establishment in Cleveland, in a pair of… Continue reading
Aug 04 Sydney McLaughlin breaks her previous world record to win Olympic gold in 400-meter hurdles By Eddie Pells, Associated Press The 21-year-old from New Jersey won the 400-meter hurdles title Wednesday, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another history-making day on the speedy Olympic oval. Continue reading
Aug 03 Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple By Jim Salter, Associated Press Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple's home last year. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 8:23 Biden calls on Cuomo to resign after sexual harassment findings New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexually harassing multiple women, sparking a cascade of calls for his resignation, including from President Biden. Cuomo denied the claims. New York State Public Radio's Karen… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch 6:11 Former Cuomo aide: 'he embraced me a little bit too tight, too long' Karen Hinton was questioned by the New York Attorney General's investigators as part of their probe after she came forward earlier this year accusing Gov. Cuomo of touching her inappropriately in 2000. She served as an aide to him when… Continue watching