Nov 11 Minnesota Vikings bar fans from final games as state COVID-19 deaths hit record By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press The Minnesota Vikings say they’ve given up on trying to host large crowds and instead will close the four remaining home games to fans. Continue reading
Nov 11 Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86 By Associated Press Lucille Bridges walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as Ruby became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school in 1960. Continue reading
Nov 11 WATCH: Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day observance By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, emerging in public for the first time since his failed reelection bid to take part in the annual presidential rite. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 5:50 Why the Affordable Care Act is back before the Supreme Court, amid a pandemic By John Yang, Jason Kane Health care policy was a major topic during the presidential campaign, and President Trump’s administration has long sought to invalidate the Affordable Care Act. But Obamacare, as it is popularly known, is now deeply woven into American health. With health… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch 6:49 What Trump's refusal to concede could mean for the presidential transition With President Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the election, his supporters are doubling down on his message, and national tensions persist. Those calling for Trump to concede point to the long American history of presidential concessions and peaceful… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch 6:38 How U.S. history could provide a path out of polarization By Paul Solman The U.S. feels more deeply divided than it has in decades. According to social scientist Robert Putnam, the data backs up that assessment. Putnam, author of the seminal work on social capital and isolation “Bowling Alone,” believes looking back to… Continue watching
Nov 10 Confederate Avenue renamed in Virginia amid racial reckoning By Associated Press The renaming is part of a much larger and ongoing reckoning over the city's historical ties to slavery and racial discrimination. Continue reading
Nov 10 Democrat Cal Cunningham concedes to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying “the voters have spoken” and it was clear Tillis had won. Continue reading
Nov 10 U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press A U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders. Continue reading
Nov 10 WATCH: Biden, Harris defend health care law as high court mulls its fate By Associated Press During remarks Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware, Harris said that Biden "won the election decisively," and that "every vote for Joe Biden was a statement that health care in America should be a right, not a privilege."… Continue reading