Feb 15 WATCH: Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun maker Remington By Dave Collins, Associated Press The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012, their attorney said… Continue reading
Feb 15 Accounting firm cuts ties with Trump, says financial documents aren’t reliable By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after investigators said they found evidence… Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Senate Finance committee hearing on protecting youth mental health and barriers to care By News Desk The U.S. faces a growing shortage of mental health professionals trained to work with young people — at a time when depression and anxiety are on the rise. Continue reading
Feb 14 West’s megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Monday's study says the megadrought is now the worst-case scenario officials and scientists worried about in the 1900s. The drought deepened so much in 2021 that it is 5 percent worse than the old record in the late 1500s. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 2:50 Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers as demonstrations persist By John Yang, Alexis Cox, Tommy Walters The government of Canada declared an emergency Monday, targeting demonstrators who have tied up the capital city of Ottawa and critical border crossings. After weeks of obstruction, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to halt the anti-vaccine protests. John… Continue watching
Feb 14 New York City fires more than 1,000 workers over COVID vaccine mandate By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The mayor's office said Monday that 1,430 workers lost their jobs, representing less than one percent of the 370,000-person city workforce. … Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 7:39 Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s SCOTUS nominee? By Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori President Biden plans to personally interview potential nominees to the Supreme Court this week, and likely among them will be federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson isn't new to the Supreme Court short list, she was considered a long-shot pick… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 8:41 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the Supreme Court vacancy, the fight for control of the GOP NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the Supreme Court vacancy and an intra-party fight for control of the GOP. Continue watching
Feb 14 Parkland victim’s dad scales crane near White House in push for gun violence prevention By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Associated Press Families and gun control advocates are pressing President Joe Biden to do more to address gun violence, four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Continue reading
Feb 14 Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell COVID restriction protests By Rob Gillies, Ted Shafrey, Associated Press Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada's COVID-19 restrictions, outlining plans not only to tow away their rigs but to strike at their bank accounts and their livelihoods. Continue reading