Jan 02 Watch 5:57 Harvard president resigns amid controversy over antisemitism testimony, plagiarism claims By William Brangham, Courtney Norris After weeks of intense scrutiny, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday. It comes after she was criticized for testimony during a congressional hearing on rising anti-semitism on campus and alleged plagiarism in her academic writings. Gay was the first Black… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 7:22 New York City looks to amend ‘right to shelter’ rule as it struggles to house migrants By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Christine Romo, Sam Weber Over the weekend, several buses carrying migrants who'd recently crossed the southern border were headed to New York, but they were diverted instead to New Jersey. It's the most recent effort by officials to manage a crisis that has seen… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 6:06 Why renting over buying might be the favored choice in today’s real estate landscape By Geoff Bennett, Dorothy Hastings Buying has almost always been favored over renting when it comes to housing. For generations, the prevailing wisdom has been that renting is a waste of money. But what about now, with a tough real estate market characterized by elevated… Continue watching
Jan 02 Laws banning semi-automatic weapons and library censorship to take effect in Illinois By John O'Connor, Associated Press Illinois will usher in 320 new laws on New Year's Day. Continue reading
Jan 02 Threats to medication abortion access drive U.S. women to stockpile pills By Laura Ungar, Associated Press Nationally, the average number of daily requests shot up nearly tenfold, from about 25 in the eight months before the leak to 247 after the leak. Continue reading
Jan 02 Police investigating gunman in Colorado Supreme Court break-in, unrelated to Trump case By Nicholas Riccardi, Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Colorado's justices have received threats ever since they ruled 4-3 last month that a rarely-used constitutional provision barring from office those who “engaged in insurrection” applies to Trump. Authorities, however, said Tuesday's incident appears unrelated to that case. Continue reading
Jan 02 States and Congress scramble to secure water systems against cyberattacks By Marc Levy, Associated Press The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:04 How child migrants are put to work in unsafe and illegal conditions By Laura Barrón-López, Shoshana Dubnow Migrant children in the U.S. are working some of the most dangerous jobs in the country and private auditors assigned to root out unlawful labor practices often overlook child labor. The most common job for migrant children is also one… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 7:00 Doctors unionize as healthcare services are consolidated into corporate systems By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster As recently as the early 80s, about three of every four doctors in the U.S. worked for themselves, owning small clinics. Today, some 75 percent of physicians are employees of hospital systems or large corporate entities. Some worry the trend… Continue watching
Jan 01 Federal appeals court temporarily delays new state-run court in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. Continue reading