Jan 06 U.S. Marine Corps compelled to allow Sikh Americans to begin basic training with turbans, beards By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang A federal court of appeals has granted a preliminary injunction to immediately allow two Sikh Americans to begin basic training in the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) with their turbans, beards, and unshorn hair required by their faith. Continue reading
Jan 06 EPA proposes tougher air quality standards for deadly soot pollution By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Continue reading
Jan 06 Damar Hamlin breathing on his own, spoke to team via video By John Wawrow, Associated Press Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's agent says the player is breathing on his own and able to talk after having his breathing tube removed. Continue reading
Jan 06 WATCH: House of Representatives holds moment of silence on 2nd anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol attack By News Desk The House of Representatives held a moment of silence Friday for the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Continue reading
Jan 05 WATCH: Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin able to communicate but ‘many steps’ to recovery, doctors say By Kenichi Serino Buffalo Bill safety Damar Hamlin has shown “remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours,” doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said Thursday, three days after the 24-year-old player had to be resuscitated on the field. Continue reading
Jan 05 South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban By James Pollard, Associated Press The court issued a 3-2 decision Thursday saying the restriction enacted by the Deep South state violates a state constitutional right to privacy. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:33 GOP divide leaves House without speaker for 3rd day as McCarthy again falls short By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura After three days and hundreds of votes cast, the house has still not elected a speaker. There is no sign that Kevin McCarthy has broken his GOP opposition, leaving the Republican party divided and Congress paralyzed. Lisa Desjardins reports on… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:19 News Wrap: At least two dead as storm blasts California In our news wrap Thursday, the latest in a series of extreme storms blasted California and claimed at least two lives, court documents say police found Bryan Kohberger's DNA on a knife sheath where four college students in Idaho were… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 5:52 Biden plan expels more migrants entering U.S. illegally, expands asylum applications By Amna Nawaz The White House unveiled a new immigration plan that will increase expulsions at the southern border. The plan cracks down on those who enter the country illegally but also allows 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti to enter… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 7:12 Intelligence fusion centers under scrutiny, accused of undermining civil rights By William Brangham, Sam Weber This week marks two years since the Jan. 6 attack. One of the groups raising alarms in advance was the so-called fusion centers, a national network of state and locally-run intelligence hubs created to gather and disseminate information across multiple… Continue watching