Feb 21 Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children By Kim Chandler, Associated Press The University of Alabama Birmingham said in a statement Wednesday that its UAB Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has paused the treatments "as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court's decision."… Continue reading
Feb 21 A private U.S. moon lander has reached low lunar orbit, a day ahead of attempting to land By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press On Thursday, flight controllers in Houston will lower the spacecraft's orbit and attempt a landing near the moon's south pole. Continue reading
Feb 21 Assange went beyond journalism and should face espionage charges in the U.S., government lawyers say By Jill Lawless, Sylvia Hui, Associated Press The lawyers were setting out arguments at Britain's High Court in response to a last-ditch bid by Assange's defense to stop his extradition from the U.K. to the United States. Continue reading
Feb 20 Hunter Biden’s lawyers suggest his case is tainted by claims of former FBI informant charged with lying By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The gun and tax charges against Hunter Biden are separate from the claims made by informant Alexander Smirnov, who has been charged with making up a bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son and a Ukrainian energy company. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Biden to impose major sanctions on Russia in response to Navalny’s death In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden says the U.S. will impose major new sanctions on Russia after Alexei Navalny's death, the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, two men are charged… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 8:10 Low demand for commercial office space fuels economic fears By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes Federal regulators in recent weeks have signaled concerns about commercial real estate, a financial sector that could spell economic trouble. A combination of decreased demand for office space and high interest rates have put pressure on lease holders and smaller… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 6:25 Deadly Minnesota shooting sheds light on nation’s growing domestic violence problem By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings, Shoshana Dubnow A shooting outside of Minneapolis over the weekend is putting the spotlight once again on domestic violence. Two police officers and a paramedic responding to a domestic-abuse call were killed. Rachel Louise Snyder, who covers domestic violence and is author… Continue watching
Feb 20 2 adults charged with murder in the deadly shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration By Nick Ingram, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press Missouri prosecutors say two men have been charged with murder in last week's shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade. Both adults are charged with second-degree murder and other charges. Continue reading
Feb 20 First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman’s killing By James Pollard, Associated Press Ritter is said to have been splitting time between South Carolina, where he had a job and driver’s license, and New York, where he lived with family and was eventually arrested. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: Russia cements substantial battlefield win in eastern Ukraine In our news wrap Monday, Moscow says its forces cleared Ukrainian defenders from a battered Donetsk city, 26 EU members called for an immediate humanitarian pause in Gaza as the death toll passes 29,000, the UN's top court kicked off… Continue watching