Mar 15 Watch 5:15 News Wrap: Biden voices hope of reaching COVID vaccine skeptics In our news wrap Monday, President Biden voiced hope of reaching COVID vaccine skeptics among former President Trump's supporters, Myanmar's military imposed martial law on much of Yangon, the Vatican formally declared the Roman Catholic Church will not bless same-sex… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 4:27 What Debra Haaland's confirmation as interior secretary means to Native Americans Debra Haaland's confirmation in the U.S. Senate Monday as secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior makes her the first-ever Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary. She'll oversee energy and climate policy on millions of acres of… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 8:00 How politics is disrupting the vaccine rollout for inmates Prisons and jails have been hit hard by the pandemic, with major outbreaks across the country. But when it comes to allocating scarce vaccines, states have dramatically different ideas about how inmates should be prioritized. And the experience of one… Continue watching
Mar 15 AP Report: U.S. to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site By Nomaan Merchant, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The memo says federal agencies will use the facility to house boys ages 15 to 17. The memo describes the soon-to-open site as a "decompression center."… Continue reading
Mar 15 Security officials to scale back fencing around U.S. Capitol By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The fencing will be scaled back in two phases, Timothy Blodgett, the acting House sergeant-at-arms, said Monday in a memo to members of Congress and their staff. Continue reading
Mar 15 FBI says Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The man who blew himself up inside his recreational vehicle in a Christmas Day bombing in Nashville was grappling with paranoia and eccentric conspiracy theories, but there are no indications he was motivated by social or political ideology. Continue reading
Mar 15 2 charged in assault of Capitol officer who died after riot By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether it caused the officer's death. Continue reading
Mar 15 Chicago parish fiercely backs priest after sex abuse claims By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Michael Pfleger's initial accusers were two brothers in their 60s who haven't publicly identified themselves. They allege that Pfleger groomed them as children and abused them at Chicago-area rectories. Continue reading
Mar 14 Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package By Hope Yen, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,” but said she isn’t sure whether the next major item on President Joe Biden’s agenda will attract Republican… Continue reading
Mar 14 Cuomo vaccine czar's calls to gauge loyalty raise concerns By Associated Press A longtime adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo leading the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been calling county executives to gauge their loyalty to the Democratic governor amid a sexual harassment investigation, according to reports in The Washington Post and The… Continue reading