Mar 05 Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 still wait for advice By Carla K. Johnson, Mike Stobbe, Zeke Miller, Associated Press More than 27 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials for what they should and shouldn’t do. Continue reading
Mar 05 Introducing ‘The Longest Year,’ a podcast about life during the pandemic By News Desk We hear the stories of people across America as they've tried to get their arms around the staggering toll the coronavirus has taken. New episodes drop every Friday in March. Continue reading
Mar 05 New documents expose depth of Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, Associated Press Hundreds of emails, texts, photos and documents show how a patchwork of law enforcement agencies tried to support Washington, D.C., as protesters poured into town on January 6. Continue reading
Mar 05 Teacher vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push By Casey Smith, Associated Press As the U.S. prioritizes teachers nationwide for coronavirus vaccines, states and many districts are not keeping track of how many school employees have received the shots. Continue reading
Mar 05 The Longest Year: Fighting ‘the invisible enemy’ By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry In the first episode of a series we're calling "The Longest Year," which tells the stories of the isolation, uncertainty, fear, loss and new understanding that have spread alongside the virus, we focus on the people on the front lines. Continue reading
Mar 04 House passes George Floyd Act as Democrats avoid ‘defund the police’ clash By Will Weissert, Padmananda Rama, Associated Press Some Republicans argue that the proposed legislation would slash police force budgets. It doesn't do that. The bill will have a more difficult path in the Senate. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:33 News Wrap: Capitol Police ask the National Guard to remain deployed for two more months In our news wrap Thursday, Capitol Police asked for National Guard troops to remain deployed there for two more months, U.S. Senate begins debate on President Biden's COVID relief package, the U.S is now vaccinating more than 2 million people… Continue watching
Mar 04 WATCH: Biden lauds NASA team for giving U.S. ‘dose of confidence’ By Alexandra Jaffe, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The NASA rover traveled some 300 million miles in nearly seven months, as part of an ongoing quest to study whether there was once life on the planet. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 7:04 Asian Americans face a wave of discrimination during the pandemic By Amna Nawaz A string of brutal attacks on elderly Asian Americans has brought new attention to the rise of violence and harassment of Asian Americans. Since the pandemic began, more than 3,000 anti-Asian "hate incidents” have been reported in the U.S. according… Continue watching
Mar 04 U.S. traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled By Tom Krisher, Associated Press The nonprofit National Safety Council estimates in a report issued Thursday that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020. That's an 8% increase over 2019. Continue reading