Apr 09 2 judges issued competing rulings on abortion pills. What happens now? By Kenichi Serino Dueling, back-to-back rulings by federal judges about access to the drug mifepristone, which is used in most abortions in the United States, have raised questions about the future of reproductive health care in the country. Continue reading
Apr 09 Los Angeles school district workers approve labor deal after striking in March By Associated Press The agreement, which was voted on this week, would increase wages by 30 percent for workers who are paid an average of $25,000 a year, the Local 99 chapter of the Service Employees International Union said Saturday. Continue reading
Apr 09 Ben Ferencz, last living prosecutor of Nazis at Nuremberg trials, dies at 103 By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died. He had just turned… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Justice Department probes potential leak of Pentagon documents In our news wrap Saturday, access to the abortion drug mifepristone is up in the air after dueling rulings from two federal judges, the DOJ launched an investigation into a potential leak of Pentagon documents detailing aid to Ukraine, China… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 6:32 Mifepristone ruling is latest in series of moves to curb abortion access By Ali Rogin, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson On Friday, a federal judge in Texas invalidated FDA approval of mifepristone, threatening access to the most common abortion pill in the country. Earlier this week, legislatures in Idaho, Kansas and Florida moved to further restrict abortion access in those… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 5:16 California’s reservoirs refill after historic storms, but snowmelt poses risks By William Brangham, Harry Zahn After a barrage of severe winter storms, 12 of California's 17 major reservoirs have been replenished — a silver lining for a state suffering from brutal drought. But officials also warn that when the enormous snowpack atop the Sierra Nevada… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 8:16 The history and future consequences of the Supreme Court’s conservative shift By John Yang, Rachel Wellford, Harry Zahn, Juliet Fuisz Recent reporting by ProPublica revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed, lavish trips funded by a Republican megadonor. This comes as the country waits to see how the justices will rule in a number of contentious cases. Supreme… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Terror attack in Tel Aviv kills 1, injures 6 others In our news wrap Friday, Israeli authorities said a driver rammed a car into a group of people near a popular park in Tel Aviv, killing one and wounding six others, the U.S. Labor Department reported employers added 236,000 jobs… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 10:33 Kamala Harris meets with Tennessee Democrats expelled from state House by GOP lawmakers By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Ian Couzens It was a chaotic scene at the Tennessee Capitol Thursday as two Black members of the state House of Representatives were kicked out of office by the Republican supermajority. In response, Vice President Harris traveled to Nashville to meet with… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 7:17 Biden proposes using Title IX to stop blanket bans on transgender athletes By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings A rule change the Biden administration is proposing could make broad bans on competition by transgender athletes illegal, but would still allow restrictions in some cases. The proposal would affect Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination by schools that receive… Continue watching