Jul 05 Man gets life sentence for raping 9-year-old girl who later sought an abortion in Indiana By Associated Press A man who confessed to raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl has been sentenced to life in prison in a case that became a national flashpoint on abortion rights because the girl had to travel out of state to… Continue reading
Jul 05 Ohio abortion rights ballot measure receives nearly double the needed signatures By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Groups hoping to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s constitution have delivered nearly double the number of signatures needed to place an amendment on the fall statewide ballot. Continue reading
Jul 05 Pentagon plans to protect classified information with tighter controls after documents leak By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press The changes call for increased levels of physical security, additional controls to ensure documents aren’t improperly removed, and the assignment of top-secret control officers to monitor users. Continue reading
Jul 05 Conservatives move to red states and liberals move to blue as the country grows more polarized By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Americans are segregating themselves by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history. Continue reading
Jul 05 After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids’ private files online By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press, Larry Fenn, Associate Press Three months after an attack on the Minneapolis district that dumped sexual assault case files online, administrators have not delivered on their promise to inform individual victims. Unlike for hospitals, no federal law exists to require this notification from schools. Continue reading
Jul 05 The world’s hottest day on record was Tuesday, scientists calculate By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The daily but preliminary and unofficial heat record comes after months of “truly unreal meteorology and climate stats for the year," said University of Oklahoma meteorology professor Jason Furtado. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 2:16 Fourth of July celebrations marred by mass shootings in several U.S. cities By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson This Fourth of July has brought all of the annual festivities and fireworks. But it's all happening in the shadow of more mass shootings, including two Monday night in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas. President Biden branded the attacks "tragic… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 8:05 How the American Revolution has become part of the current political divide By Lisa Desjardins The American Revolution and the founding founders are two parts of U.S. history celebrated on July 4. But two centuries later, 1776 was a rallying cry for rioters disrupting a national election at the Capitol. It's an example of how… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 5:53 Prescription drug shortages make treatment decisions difficult for doctors and patients By Laura Barrón-López, Dorothy Hastings The U.S. is in the midst of an ongoing prescription drug shortage with more and more medication in short supply for longer stretches of time. Those medications include chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, ADHD medication and more. It’s making treatment decisions difficult… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 7:50 Report reveals many current U.S. leaders have slaveholding ancestors By Amna Nawaz, Cybele Mayes-Osterman Although America declared its independence in 1776, it would take nearly 90 years for those enslaved to obtain their freedom. And despite the abolishment of slavery 158 years ago, Reuters found some of the country's most powerful politicians today are… Continue watching