May 20 Foundation urges UNC trustees to rethink Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure decision By Associated Press The foundation that funds the University of North Carolina professorship offered to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is urging the university to reverse its decision to deny her tenure. Continue reading
May 20 Senate panel advances Biden nomination for White House science adviser By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Lander, a geneticist and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome, the so-called "book of life." He has been nominated as director… Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Biden signs bill to combat anti-Asian hate crimes By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press The Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved a resolution condemning attacks in March that killed six women of Asian descent at Atlanta-area massage businesses. Continue reading
May 20 U.S. ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment By Ben Fox, Associated Press A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Health care leaders testify on workforce shortage By News Desk The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing Thursday on addressing workforce shortages in the health care industry. Continue reading
May 20 U.S. jobless claims decline to 444,000, a new pandemic low By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 444,000, a new pandemic low and a sign that the job market keeps strengthening as consumers spend freely again, viral infections drop and business restrictions ease. Continue reading
May 19 Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4 million to hackers By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press Colonial Pipeline's CEO Joseph Blount told The Wall Street Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn't know the extent of the damage. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: New York state conducting criminal probe of Trump Organization In our news wrap Wednesday, the New York state attorney general's office opened a criminal probe into former President Trump's business. House Democrats moved to create an independent commission to investigate the Capitol assault on January 6. More pandemic restrictions… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 8:19 How colorism haunts dark-skinned immigrant communities By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Adam Raney The death of George Floyd last year has shone a spotlight on what it means to be Black, and especially, to be dark-skinned in America. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from Minnesota, home to a growing… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 7:57 The dangerous secrets inside the Secret Service, and how the agency has been shortchanged The motto of the United States Secret Service is "Worthy of Trust & Confidence," and its reputation for being an elite force is unparalleled. But a new book, "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" from The… Continue watching