Dec 29 Watch 7:00 Unseen crisis emerges as patients delay medical care during the pandemic By John Yang, Frank Carlson, Dan Sagalyn For much of the year, millions of Americans have been hunkering down and avoiding crowds to try to stay safe from COVID-19. But with that, many have also been delaying important medical care, sometimes with devastating consequences. John Yang reports. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 7:40 How the pandemic is shaking up college admissions and testing By William Brangham With many college admissions testing sites closing down during the pandemic, as many as 50 percent of early applications arrived without any test scores this year. That's resulted in some top-ranked schools seeing a surge in applications, but elsewhere, application… Continue watching
Dec 29 U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department announced that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to conclusively… Continue reading
Dec 29 First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado By Associated Press Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials announced Tuesday that the case was found in a man in his 20s who's in isolation and has no travel history. Continue reading
Dec 29 Minneapolis officials outline new police disciplinary plan By Associated Press The Minneapolis mayor and police chief announced changes in the city’s disciplinary processes for police officers in an effort to make it easier to hold them accountable for bad behavior. Continue reading
Dec 29 Lockdowns extended in large swath of California amid surge By Brian Melley, Associated Press The state's top health official said Tuesday that Southern California and the agricultural San Joaquin Valley still have what is considered no ICU capacity and that the state's coronavirus restrictions would continue longer there. Continue reading
Dec 29 WATCH: President-elect Biden criticizes pace of coronavirus vaccine rollout By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Biden says "it's gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people" at the current pace. Continue reading
Dec 29 Maryland may repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms By Brian Witte, Associated Press "Maryland, My Maryland" was written in 1861 as a call to arms for the Confederacy. It refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot and urges defiance to the "Northern scum."… Continue reading
Dec 29 WATCH: Vice President-elect Kamala Harris gets Moderna COVID-19 vaccine By Associated Press "That was easy! Thank you. I just barely felt it. I barely felt it," Harris said after receiving the shot. Continue reading
Dec 29 How the pandemic is shaping our 2021 resolutions — and what experts want you to keep in mind By Justin Stabley Just like this year has been different than what many of us had planned, the classic tradition of New Year’s resolutions will look a bit different than it normally does. Continue reading