Dec 07 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: California goes into lockdown with sharp rise in COVID-19 cases In our news wrap Monday, COVID-19 numbers continue to rise sharply as much of California goes into lockdown, President-elect Joe Biden announces his selections to oversee the pandemic and health care, the top elections official in Georgia has re-certified the… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 6:37 Virginia readies to rollout a half-million COVID-19 vaccine doses Like most other states in the country Virginia is seeing rises in COVID cases and hospitalizations, and with the vaccines approval expected soon, the state is set to receive nearly a half-million doses by the end of December. Virginia Gov. Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 9:37 Free from prison after 23 years, but facing new challenges during the pandemic By William Brangham, Mike Fritz The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of all Americans but it’s been especially hard on individuals known as returning citizens -- formerly incarcerated men and women who are re-entering society. William Brangham has the story of one man in… Continue watching
Dec 07 Breonna Taylor’s family praises Virginia ban on no-knock warrants By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press "Breonna's Law" is the first such law enacted by a state since Taylor was killed in March. Two other states — Oregon and Florida — already had similar bans. Continue reading
Dec 07 Flint officials say progress made toward ending water crisis By John Flesher, Associated Press Flint has taken important steps toward resolving the lead contamination crisis that made the impoverished Michigan city a symbol of the drinking water problems that plague many U.S. communities, officials said Monday. Continue reading
Dec 07 WATCH: Trump awards Medal of Freedom to Iowa wrestler Dan Gable President Donald Trump presented the nation's highest civilian honor to Dan Gable, a renowned wrestler and coach from Iowa who won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Trump called Gable "the greatest wrestler, probably ever."… Continue reading
Dec 07 Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for first time By Sharon Cohen, Associated Press Feeding America, the nation's largest anti-hunger organization, has distributed 4.2 billion meals in an 8-month period. That's an unprecedented pace in the group's history. Continue reading
Dec 07 Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Around 9:45 a.m. Monday, a crane plucked the statue off its base and slowly hoisted it to the ground at the public military college in Lexington, where allegations of systemic racism roiled the campus this fall. Continue reading
Dec 07 Supreme Court to decide whether Nazi art case stays in U.S. court By Associated Press Heirs to Jewish art dealers say their ancestors were forced to sell the Guelph Treasure to agents of Herman Goering, Hitler's second-in-command, in 1935. Continue reading
Dec 07 How rocky presidential transitions have shaped American history By Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Vika Aronson, Emily Carpeaux, Erica R. Hendry For most of American history, the transition from president to president-elect has been smooth. The loser accepts his fate, publicly concedes and the winner prepares to take the reigns. And although this election and President Donald Trump’s response to losing… Continue reading