Dec 11 WATCH: Biden unveils top picks with deep Obama administration ties By Jonathan Lemire, Will Weissert, Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden is introducing five top picks for his new administration on Friday, drawing on leading names from the Obama White House while also tapping an Ohio congresswoman and a congressional committee veteran. Continue reading
Dec 11 COVID-19 viral spread related to Thanksgiving appears across U.S. By Carla K. Johnson, Amy Forliti, Associated Press Contact tracers and emergency room doctors are hearing repeatedly from new coronavirus patients that they socialized during the Thanksgiving holiday with people outside their households. The next round of festivities could yield even more cases. Continue reading
Dec 11 Trump administration plans 2nd execution in as many days By Michael Tarm, Associated Press The series of executions after Election Day, the first in late November, is the first time in over 130 years where federal executions have occurred during a lame-duck period. Continue reading
Dec 11 Time magazine names Biden and Harris ‘Person of the Year’ By Associated Press Time's other Person of the Year candidates were President Donald Trump; frontline health care workers and Dr. Anthony Fauci; and the movement for racial justice. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. set to execute first of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration By Michael Tarm, Associated Press If Bernard, now 40, receives a lethal injection as planned at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, it would be a rare execution of a person who was in his teens when the crime occurred. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 3:59 FDA panel endorses emergency use of a Pfizer vaccine As the U.S. COVID-19 death toll topped 291,000, a panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration late Thursday endorsed the emergency use of a Pfizer vaccine to save lives for those who are 16 and older. It's… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 4:58 Do states have what they need to conduct mass vaccinations? Many are hoping the first doses of a Pfizer vaccine could be given out in the U.S. as soon as next week, and a vaccine by Moderna could follow before the month's end. But there are real concerns about how… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 5:35 How drug testing in Alabama holds former prisoners back from creating a new life Across the U.S. random drug testing is required for many people charged with or convicted of crimes dealing with alcohol or drugs. But a joint NewsHour and AL.com investigation found that one state system, Alabama's, can trap people with high… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watchdog clears Pompeo’s wife of travel ethics charges By Matthew Lee, Associated Press But it also determined that the State Department did not secure proper written approval or documentation for six of Susan Pompeo's eight trips covered by the investigation. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine By Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers. The advisory group, in 17-4 vote with one abstention, concluded that the shot appears safe and effective against the coronavirus in people 16… Continue reading