Dec 09 Shohei Ohtani agrees to sign record $700 million contract with Los Angeles Dodgers By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Shohei Ohtani has set a financial record to go along with his singular on-field performance, getting a record $700 million to make a 30-mile move up Interstate 5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 3:00 News Wrap: Texas high court grants AG Paxton’s request to pause abortion ruling In our news wrap Saturday, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court’s decision to allow a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to get an abortion, Israel hit targets across Gaza as its war with Hamas… Continue watching
Dec 09 Liz Magill, UPenn president, resigns after antisemitism testimony draws backlash By Associated Press The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 5:40 News Wrap: Labor report shows economy added 199,000 jobs, unemployment drops to 3.7% In our news wrap Friday, the latest jobs report shows U.S. employers added a net 199,000 employees in November, a federal appeals court largely upheld a gag order on former President Trump in his 2020 election interference case, a pregnant… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 8:47 Racial disparity in addiction treatment access highlights inequities of opioid epidemic By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Mike Fritz The CDC says synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, contributed to about 75,000 overdose deaths in the United States in 2022. It's a crisis that hits every demographic group, but there are large racial disparities between who is offered the most effective… Continue watching
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