Apr 27 Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert By Scott Sonner, Associated Press The San Francisco-based group posted a video on its website that said there are too many uncertainties to resolve in time to hold the event as scheduled Aug. 26 to Sept. 3 in the Black Rock Desert 100 miles north… Continue reading
Apr 27 Deputies shot Andrew Brown Jr. 5 times, independent autopsy report shows By Ben Finley, Jonathan Drew, Associated Press North Carolina deputies shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., who is Black. The five shots included the back of the head, according to an independent autopsy report. Continue reading
Apr 27 No major backlash for states passing anti-transgender laws By David Crary, Associated Press Five states have passed laws or implemented executive orders this year limiting the ability of transgender youths to play sports or receive certain medical treatment. There has been little in the way of tangible repercussions for those states. Continue reading
Apr 27 Biden to sign $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers By Josh Boak, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to hundreds of thousands of workers. WATCH: How a minimum… Continue reading
Apr 27 WATCH: White House COVID task force announces new CDC mask guidelines By Associated Press The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults have gotten at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, and more than a third have been fully vaccinated. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 4:23 News Wrap: DOJ announces probe into Louisville police, citing Breonna Taylor case In our news wrap Monday, a year after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor during a raid of her home, the U.S. Justice Department is launching a full-scale review of police tactics in Louisville, Kentucky. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 8:44 Why asylum seekers on either side of the southern border still face an uncertain future By Amna Nawaz, Lena I. Jackson, Adam Raney, Julia Galiano-Rios In February, President Joe Biden announced plans to wind down "Remain in Mexico" - the Trump administration policy that forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while immigration courts considered their cases. But thousands are still… Continue watching
Apr 26 Census: Texas gains Congress seats, California loses for the first time By Mike Schneider, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The nation's political center of gravity keeps shifting further to the Republican-led South and West. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 3:57 A Brief But Spectacular take on creating opportunities for others Linda Maduwura was raised in Zimbabwe and came to the U.S. in 2006, where she studied to become an accountant. She now has her own practice that creates new opportunities for her fellow Zimbabweans back home, especially young African women. Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 8:43 On the road, and online: How the people that inspired “Nomadland” make a living By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes This past year was no traditional year for the movies - or for the Oscar awards. But there were excellent films and more diversity in the nominations. Chloe Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director for… Continue watching