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
Jan 01 Watch 6:54 Airlines face government scrutiny over devaluation of frequent flyer programs By William Brangham, Courtney Norris Frequent flyer miles are one way airlines try to coax travelers to repeatedly fly with them. However, the Department of Transportation is examining whether airlines have been making promises about the value of the miles but then later tweaking the… Continue watching
Jan 01 New York rings in 2024 with a pay bump for minimum-wage workers By Associated Press In the first of a series of annual increases slated for the Empire State, the minimum wage increased to $16 in New York City and some of its suburbs, up from $15. Continue reading
Jan 01 Mayor in New Jersey reports buses of migrants taking trains bound for New York City By Associated Press Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the executive order signed recently by Mayor Eric Adams of New York requires bus operators to provide at least 32 hours' advance notice of arrivals and to limit the hours of drop-off times. Continue reading
Jan 01 Driver fleeing police speeds onto sidewalk, injuring 7 people in New York City By Associated Press The crash happened less than two hours after thousands of New Year's Eve revelers packed into Times Square, about a dozen blocks north in Manhattan. Continue reading