Dec 02 Watch 7:47 What to know about the COP28 deal and new U.S. rules to cut methane emissions By John Yang, Murrey Jacobson, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery At COP28 on Saturday, 50 oil and gas companies — including industry giants ExxonMobil, Shell and BP — pledged to reduce methane emissions to “near zero” by 2030. At the same time, the Biden administration announced new rules to enforce… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 7:24 How abortion restrictions affect the care Wisconsin doctors can give patients By Marisa Wojcik, Wisconsin Public Television While the number of legal abortions has risen nationwide since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a recent report from a group that supports reproductive rights says there have been sharp declines in states that imposed new restrictions. PBS… Continue watching
Dec 02 U.S. flu cases on the rise while RSV may be peaking, health officials say By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections that can hit kids and older people hard may be peaking. But COVID-19 continues to cause the most hospitalizations and deaths among respiratory illnesses, said CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen. Continue reading
Dec 02 Protester sets self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta, suffers critical burns By Associated Press A protester was in critical condition Friday after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured. Continue reading
Dec 02 How dozens of U.S. adolescents are dying of drug overdoses each month, shown in 3 charts By Ty Schepis, The Conversation Drug overdoses are killing young Americans in unprecedented numbers: The monthly total rose from 31 in July 2019 to 87 in May 2021, the period with the most recent data. Continue reading
Dec 02 Far away from the West Bank, Vermont shooting victims and their families endure new pain By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Nearly a week after three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and seriously wounded while taking an evening walk, relatives of two of the victims have arrived in Vermont from the war-torn West Bank, grappling with a new reality… Continue reading
Dec 01 Court orders Texas to move floating barrier that drew backlash from Mexico By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press The decision Friday comes months after the Biden administration sued Abbott for installing the roughly 1,000-foot linked and anchored buoy barrier in the river straddled by Mexico on one side and Texas on the other. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 11:31 Remembering Sandra Day O’Connor and her legacy on and off the Supreme Court By Judy Woodruff, John Yang, Alexis Cox, Matt Loffman Sandra Day O'Connor, the history-making justice who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday at 93. Her tenure is notable not just because she was the first woman, but also because of what she did… Continue watching
Dec 01 Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and sentencing By Ed White, Associated Press An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Continue reading
Dec 01 Federal appeals court rules Trump can be sued for inciting violence on Jan. 6 By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A federal appeals court says lawsuits against Donald Trump brought by Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward. Continue reading