Jun 10 Arizona refurbishes gas chamber in push to resume executions By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Arizona purchased materials to make hydrogen cyanide, the gas used in executions in the U.S. and by the Nazis to kill 865,000 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp alone. Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: National Cathedral rings bells in memory of 600k+ U.S. citizens lost to COVID-19 By Associated Press The landmark Washington National Cathedral marked COVID-19's grim death toll of an estimated 600,000 Americans lost to the disease by tolling its mourning bell 600 times - once for every 1,000 dead on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading
Jun 10 U.S. officials extend expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The company said a FDA review concluded the shots remain safe and effective up to 4-1/2 months. Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: House committee discusses federal response to unaccompanied children at the border By News Desk and Associated Press The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 09 Mayor says Seattle is 1st major city to fully vaccinate 70 percent By Associated Press The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States was north of Seattle in Washington in January 2020. The state also saw the nation's first deadly outbreak at a nursing home. Continue reading
Jun 09 Keystone pipeline nixed after Biden stands firm on permit By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline says it's pulling the plug on the contentious project after Canadian officials failed to persuade the Biden administration to reverse its cancellation of the company's permit. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: U.S. secures deal with Pfizer to send millions of vaccine doses overseas In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. will reportedly buy 500 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to donate to 92 countries and the African Union, the United Kingdom recorded its highest daily count of new COVID cases since… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 8:26 U.S. Capitol Police officer gives firsthand account of Jan. 6 attack A day after the release of a Senate report detailing the widespread security failures in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, we spoke with one of the police officers on the scene that day. Officer James Blassingame, a 17-year veteran of… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 3:50 States pull out all the stops in push to increase vaccinations By William Brangham, Claire Mufson With the pace of vaccination in the U.S. slowing, the Biden administration’s goal of getting 70 percent of adults inoculated with at least one shot by July 4 is looking harder. Given that, a month-long campaign has begun with incentives… Continue watching
Jun 09 Ex-Wisconsin pharmacist gets prison for ruining COVID-19 vaccine doses By Associated Press A former pharmacist in Wisconsin who purposefully ruined more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday. Continue reading