Jul 14 Justice Ginsburg treated in hospital for possible infection By Associated Press The court says in a statement that the 87-year-old Ginsburg went to a hospital in Washington on Monday evening after experiencing fever and chills. Continue reading
Jul 14 Fired VA staffer admits to murdering 7 patients with insulin By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press At a plea hearing, Mays admitted to purposely killing the veterans, injecting them with unprescribed insulin while she worked overnight shifts at the hospital between 2017 and 2018. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 4:10 Rising virus cases in many states could mean new restrictions More states are setting records for coronavirus infections and deaths, with some moving toward implementing restrictions as a result. California, Florida and Texas are a trio of high-population hot spots, reporting 30,000 new cases among them on Monday alone. And… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch 6:25 News Wrap: UK reverses course, bans Huawei from 5G mobile network In our news wrap Tuesday, the British government reversed course and will ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei from its next-generation mobile phone system. The U.S. had pushed for the change. Also, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dropped its directive… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch 7:19 How one community college is grappling with the pandemic, reckoning on race By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise How will the fall of 2020 look for students, families and schools as the pandemic reshapes the education landscape? Community colleges, which educate about 40 percent of U.S. undergraduates, were already stretched thin. Now, their enrollment is expected to increase… Continue watching
Jul 14 Trump bristles at question about police killings of Black Americans By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump seemed taken aback when asked by CBS's Catherine Herridge why African Americans are still dying at the hands of police. "And so are white people," he responded. Continue reading
Jul 14 White House campaign aims to help jobless find new paths By Darlene Superville, Associated Press A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to "find something new."… Continue reading
Jul 14 Philadelphia protesters sue city over tear gas, police use of force By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Three civil rights lawsuits filed in Philadelphia on Tuesday accuse the city of using military-level force against peaceful demonstrators protesting racial inequality and police brutality. Continue reading
Jul 14 For people leaving prison, rebuilding a life is hard even without a pandemic By Cynthia A. Golembeski, The Conversation More than 40,000 restrictions, most imposed by states, leave rights, benefits and opportunities out of reach for Americans with past convictions. Continue reading
Jul 14 Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail on Epstein-related sex abuse charges By Larry Neumeister, Tom Hays, Associated Press Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend has been denied bail and will remain behind bars on charges she recruited girls and women for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago. Continue reading