Oct 20 Department of Justice announces center to help police, offers aid to Minneapolis By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it has put $3 million toward the creation of a national center that will provide training and assistance to help law enforcement agencies prevent the use of excessive force. Continue reading
Oct 20 WATCH LIVE: Trump holds campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania By Zeke Miller, Will Weissert, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is wooing Pennsylvania voters, brushing aside debate practice ahead of what may be his last, best chance to alter the trajectory of the race in the final presidential faceoff. Continue reading
Oct 20 Missouri capital city to remove disputed Confederate general marker By Associated Press Jefferson City Council members voted 8-2 Monday to remove the marker dedicated to Confederate Gen. Sterling Price. The marker said Price intended to attack Jefferson City on Oct. 7, 1864 , but decided against the plan and spared the city. Continue reading
Oct 20 Wisconsin voters line up to cast early in-person ballots By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Voters across Wisconsin lined up Tuesday to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state. Continue reading
Oct 20 Deadline looms, but COVID relief deal may be far off By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press With time nearly up for Congress and the White House to deliver aid to Americans before the election, the question remains: If not now, when?… Continue reading
Oct 20 Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust case against Google By Michael Balsamo, Marcy Gordon, Associated Press The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Continue reading
Oct 19 Debate commission adopts new rules to mute mics By Associated Press President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will have their microphones cut off in Thursday’s debate while their rival delivers their opening two-minute answer to each of the debate topics. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 4:33 News Wrap: DOJ charges 6 Russians with hacking In our news wrap Monday, the Justice Department has charged six Russians with hacking everything from the 2017 French elections to the 2018 Winter Olympics to U.S. hospitals. The indictment says all six were, or still are, officers in Russian… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 4:22 In these rural parts of the country, medical resources to battle COVID-19 are limited COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are soaring in areas that have previously been relatively unaffected -- including rural, less populated states in the West and Midwest. Dr. Bridget Brennan, chief medical officer of Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana, and… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:24 'Darkest part of the pandemic' is approaching, says public health expert As the coronavirus surges across much of the United States, infection rates are particularly high in some less-populated Western and Midwestern states, including Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Amna Nawaz talks to Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center… Continue watching