Mar 12 Daylight saving time springs forward this weekend By Associated Press The annual shift comes at 2 a.m. local time Sunday in most of the United States. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: White House COVID-19 task force offers update on pandemic By Laura Santhanam These remarks came after Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act and President Joe Biden signed it into law Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 12 Federal look into Breonna Taylor’s death casts a wider net By Dylan Lovan, Associated Press The federal investigation into Breonna Taylor's death will be "slow and methodical," experts said, examining everything from what the officers may have been thinking that night to how they were trained leading up to the shooting. Continue reading
Mar 12 The Longest Year: How COVID-19 has reshaped our lives By Amna Nawaz, Gretchen Frazee, Jaywon Choe, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry Take a second to remember what your life was like one year ago. For most of us, it all feels like a distant memory. From how we work to how we learn, who we see and where we can go,… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: House Democrats pass bills calling for background checks on all gun sales In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives opened a drive for the first major gun control measures in 20 years, activists in Myanmar say 12 more protesters were shot dead, China’s ceremonial legislature moved to tighten control… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 7:37 How the coronavirus pandemic has transformed our lives one year later By Amna Nawaz It was one year ago when the World Health Organization declared the COVID crisis a pandemic. This was the week shutdowns rapidly escalated, large public gatherings began coming to an end and the country faced the prospect of a very… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 3:12 Teenagers reflect on how their worlds changed during the pandemic For teenagers, this year of quarantine and remote school forced an unprecedented experiment in learning and coping. We asked our network of student journalists to reflect on how their worlds changed and what they're looking forward to once the pandemic… Continue watching
Mar 11 Portland pays $2.1 million in police shooting of Black teen Quanice Hayes By Associated Press Portland, Oregon, will pay more than $2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit arising from the police killing of a Black teenager in 2017. Continue reading
Mar 11 Gov. Cuomo groping allegation reported to police By Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press Several other women who worked for the governor in Albany or during his time in former President Bill Clinton’s Cabinet, and one who met him briefly at a wedding, have also accused Cuomo of inappropriate conduct. Continue reading
Mar 11 Judge approves 3rd-degree murder charge for ex-cop in George Floyd death By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder count against a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Continue reading