Dec 05 Arizona certifies 2022 election results despite GOP complaints By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Arizona's top officials have certified the midterm election results. The governor, secretary of state, attorney general and chief justice signed off on the election results Monday. Continue reading
Dec 05 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on website designer refusing services for same-sex couple By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: Iran may disband morality police amid months of protests In our news wrap Sunday, Iran's state media pushed back on a top official's comment that the country's morality police has been disbanded, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson returned to play after being suspended for allegations of sexual misconduct, a… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 5:42 A look ahead at two cases before the Supreme Court this week The Supreme Court will hear two cases this week — Creative v. Elenis and Moore v. Harper — that have the potential to reshape anti-discrimination laws and the future of federal elections nationwide. John Yang joins Geoff Bennett to discuss. Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch 5:44 How countries are trying to tackle the plastic pollution problem together This week, representatives from 150 nations are meeting in Uruguay with the goal of dramatically reducing or eliminating all plastic pollution by 2040. Meanwhile, U.S. lawmakers introduced a new bill to help curtail the harmful impacts of plastic waste. Washington… Continue watching
Dec 04 Deshaun Watson returns from 11-game suspension with some support, many boos By Rob Maaddi, Associated Press Watson heard jeers before taking each snap throughout the first half in his first game Sunday since returning from an 11-game suspension for sexual misconduct. Continue reading
Dec 04 North Carolina power outages could last days after shooting attacks on substations By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Continue reading
Dec 03 Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. faces pivotal years in countering China's rise By Tara Copp, Associated Press The U.S. is at a pivotal point with China and will need military strength to ensure that American values, not Beijing's, set global norms in the 21st century, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday. Continue reading
Dec 03 Nevada toad threatened by geothermal power project gets endangered status By Scott Sonner, Associated Press A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially been declared an endangered species, after U.S. wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely used emergency basis last spring. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 5:22 Walker, Warnock make final appeals to voters ahead of Georgia runoff Georgia voters set a new record for single-day early in-person turnout ahead of Tuesday's runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Laura Barrón-López joins Geoff Bennett from Atlanta to discuss the latest developments. Continue watching