Jul 02 Holiday weekend shooting in Baltimore leaves 2 dead and dozens injured, police say By Julio Cortez, Holly Ramer, Associated Press The deceased victims were an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man. The wounded ranged in age from 13 to 32, with more than half of them being younger than 18. Continue reading
Jul 01 Legacy college admissions under scrutiny again after Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action By Collin Binkley, Associated Press In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that strikes down affirmative action in admissions, colleges are coming under renewed pressure to put an end to legacy preferences — the practice of favoring applicants with family ties to alumni. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: National Weather Service warns Americans of dangerous heat, humidity In our news wrap Saturday, millions of Americans are under a blanket of heat and humidity in the South and West, a record number of travelers are heading out of town for the holiday weekend, French President Macron canceled a… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 5:22 What AM radio’s waning reach means for the future of politics and public safety By John Yang, Solveig Rennan In recent years, podcasts and streaming internet content have been challenging AM radio for listeners. Now, there’s another threat: electric automakers are installing radios without the AM band in new vehicles, citing interference from EV motors. But critics say limiting… Continue watching
Jul 01 Twitter users get locked out after Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading tweets By Associated Press Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from… Continue reading
Jul 01 What to know after the Supreme Court issued its biggest rulings of the year By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term, killing Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, ending affirmative action in higher education and issuing a major decision that impacts gay rights. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 10:26 Biden pledges alternative plan after Supreme Court strikes down student debt relief By Geoff Bennett, Marcia Coyle, Courtney Norris, Saher Khan, Ryan Connelly Holmes The Supreme Court struck down President Biden's plan to cancel more than $400 billion in student loan debt. The decision affects more than 40 million borrowers, but the president insisted that his fight is not over and pledged an alternative… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 6:52 Supreme Court ruling allows businesses to refuse some services to LGBTQ+ customers By John Yang, Winston Wilde On a 6-3 ideological split, the Supreme Court sided with an evangelical Christian website designer who does not want to create sites for same-sex weddings, even though a Colorado anti-discrimination law would require her to. The court said the First… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 5:49 Colleges adapt admissions programs in wake of affirmative action ruling By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow As colleges and universities digest the Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended affirmative action, schools are left to grapple with how to revamp their admission policies to ensure the diversity of their campuses. That will be a challenge and some… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 6:56 GOP presidential candidates appear at far-right Moms for Liberty event By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman In the past few years, many Republican-led states have enacted new laws rolling back the teaching of race and LGBTQ+ rights in classrooms and banning books on those subjects. And in many cases, the push for these new restrictions is… Continue watching