Dec 19 Biden administration moves to protect old-growth forests as climate change brings fires and pests By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The Biden administration is moving to conserve old-growth forests on national forests and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease. Continue reading
Dec 19 Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for the Capitol insurrection plot By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago. Continue reading
Dec 19 Drought-prone California approves new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water By Adam Beam, Associated Press It's a big step for a state that has struggled for decades to have a reliable source of drinking water for its more than 39 million residents. Continue reading
Dec 19 WATCH: America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff By Judy Woodruff PBS NewsHour’s special, “America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff,” will air on PBS on Tuesday, December 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) and on NewsHour’s YouTube channel. Continue reading
Dec 19 North Carolina's 2024 election maps are racially biased, voting-rights advocates say in new lawsuit By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina voting-rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters. Continue reading
Dec 19 Meta's Oversight Board reversed initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Dec 19 Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states, consumers in Android app store settlement By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store. Continue reading
Dec 18 North Dakota lawsuit to recoup policing costs for pipeline protests set for trial By Jack Dura, Associated Press A federal judge has scheduled a trial in North Dakota's lawsuit for the federal government to cover the costs of responding to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 7:00 The barriers women still face in the legal profession decades after O'Connor's appointment By John Yang, Saher Khan Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, lay in repose Monday, giving members of the public the chance to pay their respects. While the court has changed substantially since O’Connor first joined the bench more… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 6:28 Why the promise of police body cameras is falling well short of expectations By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas The use of police body cameras has become much more widespread in recent years with the hope that they will curb police violence and improve accountability. But a new investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine found it… Continue watching