May 18 U.S. metropolitan areas are growing, reversing many 2021 drops, new estimates show By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Numbers released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau were another sign that flight from urban areas during the first year of the pandemic either slowed down or reversed in its second year. Continue reading
May 18 New Hampshire bill that would force schools to inform parents about trans children fails By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Democrats passed several "poison pill" amendments to weaken the bill before it was defeated 195-190 on a vote to "indefinitely postpone" it. That means the topic can't be taken up for the rest of the session. Continue reading
May 18 Man accused of Pentagon leak warned multiple times about classified information, prosecutors say By Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Prosecutors say that superiors of the Massachusetts Air National guardsman charged with leaking highly classified military documents had raised concerns internally on multiple occasions about his handling or viewing of classified information. Continue reading
May 18 Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in U.S. after 15-month battle By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors' Equity Association labor union says that owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have withdrawn their… Continue reading
May 18 Deutsche Bank to pay $75 million to Epstein victims in ‘groundbreaking settlement,’ lawyers say By Courtney Bonnell, Associated Press Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the German lender should have seen evidence of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein when he was a client. Continue reading
May 17 What the Senate Watergate hearings showed about America By Dan Cooney The hearings, which started in May 1973, led to several historic moments — and the resignation of an American president a year later. Continue reading
May 17 Watch 6:20 Data shows massive disparity in excess deaths among Black Americans By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings A pair of new studies from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the toll of racial disparities in health for Black Americans is even starker than we knew. From 1999 to 2020, Black Americans experienced 1.63 million… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 14:54 Tulsa faces reckoning over historical racism as state law restricts how history is taught By Judy Woodruff, Frank Carlson As the country has been reckoning with questions of race, justice and equality, many state legislatures have passed laws restricting how American history, particularly around the issue of race, can be taught in schools. Judy Woodruff visited her native Tulsa,… Continue watching
May 17 Montana becomes 1st state to completely ban TikTok By Amy Beth Hanson, Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press The law is expected to face legal challenges and become a testing ground for whether it's possible for a TikTok-free America many national lawmakers have envisioned. Continue reading
May 17 Justice Department watchdog finds U.S. attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election By Alanna Durkin Richer, Lindsay Whitehurst, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The inspector general says Rachael Rollins tried to use her position to influence the outcome of a race for Boston's district attorney by leaking information aimed at sabotaging the campaign of her preferred candidate's rival. Continue reading