Oct 09 Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised By David Favre, The Conversation Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals that are raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California? The U.S. Supreme Court will confront that question when it hears… Continue reading
Oct 08 Disasters like Ian pose extra risk for less mobile seniors, people with chronic illness By Anita Snow, Jay Reeves, Associated Press Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida, and experts warn such risks to society's oldest are growing as… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 5:52 DOJ asks whether Trump still has more sensitive documents at other properties As the Justice Department's investigation into the classified documents found at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago property continues, new questions have arisen about whether all of the sensitive materials taken from the White House have been returned. Neal Katyal, former acting… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 5:48 Why gas prices are rising across the country again Major oil-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, have announced that they are cutting oil production by 2 million barrels per day. Americans will soon feel the effects of that decision when they fill up their gas tanks, but the… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 7:16 Business leader Amy Gilliland on talking about mental health in the workplace Last summer, Amy Gilliland, president of the multi-billion dollar global defense company GDIT, received a phone call informing her that one of GDIT's employees died by suicide. That tragedy drove her to create a program to spark conversations about mental… Continue watching
Oct 07 California Gov. Newsom to call a special legislative session over soaring gas prices By Adam Beam, Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom will call a special session of the state Legislature to pass a new tax on oil companies. Newsom said Friday the session would begin Dec. 5 and accused oil companies of price gouging. Continue reading
Oct 07 Appeals court reinstates injunction blocking Arizona abortion ban By Bob Christie, Associated Press The ruling means that abortions can again take place in Arizona, at least for now, unless the state Supreme Court steps in. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 5:35 Jobs report shows economy, employment market cooling as questions of recession remain By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes The September jobs report shows the economy and employment market cooling but remaining steady. The labor market added 263,000 jobs, but that's down from the first half of the year when roughly 400,000 jobs were created a month. Stocks sank… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 3:45 News Wrap: Hurricane Ian death toll tops 100, Uvalde suspends campus police force In our news wrap Friday, Hurricane Ian is now the second-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, the Uvalde school district suspended its entire campus police force after intense criticism over their response to the… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 7:57 Jury deciding how much money Alex Jones will pay Sandy Hook families for years of lies By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings A Connecticut jury will soon decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has to pay families from the Sandy Hook shooting. That's part of a defamation suit filed after Jones lied and called the shooting a hoax and the… Continue watching