Dec 08 Watch 3:23 U.S. service members perform ‘Ocho Kandelikas’ for Hanukkah By Dan Sagalyn Each year, the NewsHour asks the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service at the Pentagon to produce holiday songs with service members singing. On this second night of Hanukkah, we present "Ocho Kandelikas" by the composer and singer Flory Jagoda. Continue watching
Dec 08 New York can enforce gun laws in ‘sensitive locations’ for now, appeals court rules By Anthony Izaguirre, Michael Hill, Associated Press New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling… Continue reading
Dec 08 Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford school shooting By Ed White, Corey Williams, Associated Press Life sentences for teenagers are rare in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court and the state's highest court said the violent acts of minors must be viewed differently than the crimes of adults. Continue reading
Dec 08 UNLV students won’t return for in-person classes this semester after shooting that killed 3 By Rio Yamat, Ben Finley, Associated Press Authorities say Polito appeared to be struggling financially. He taught some classes last year at Roseman University in Henderson, where he lived, but was let go after his program was canceled. Continue reading
Dec 08 The Christmas Eve bonfire tradition that almost wasn’t By Roby Chavez A statewide burn ban, which was a response to unusually dry weather, threw into question whether this year’s 300-year-old tradition of lighting up bonfires would move forward in Louisiana. Continue reading
Dec 08 Man fired shotgun outside New York synagogue, citing Mideast violence By Associated Press The episode in New York’s capital happened on the first night of Hanukkah amid rising fears of antisemitism worldwide and fallout from Israel’s intensifying war in Gaza. Continue reading
Dec 08 Woman arrested for attempted arson of birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. By Associated Press Video shot by a witness and broadcast by local television stations shows a young woman dressed in black pants, a black shirt and a black knit cap holding a large red gas canister standing on the front porch of the… Continue reading
Dec 07 WATCH: Marking start of Hanukkah, Emhoff condemns antisemitism, says Biden and Harris ‘have your back’ By Associated Press Emhoff, the first Jewish person to be the spouse of one of the country's nationally elected leaders, highlighted fear in the Jewish community, moments before the menorah was lit on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: U.S. military grounds all Osprey aircraft amid crash investigation In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. military began a full-scale investigation of its V-22 Ospreys after grounding all of the tilt-rotor aircraft, UNLV says the victims in Wednesday's shooting attack were faculty members, the last of three Palestinian students… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 7:30 Texas judge allows emergency abortion despite statewide ban By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre A district judge in Texas stepped in to allow a woman to terminate her pregnancy despite a statewide abortion ban. It’s believed to be the first case since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade where a woman has asked… Continue watching