Sep 07 Meat, farm workers to get $600 grants in new $700 million aid plan By Josh Funk, Associated Press The grants announced Tuesday are intended to defray some of the costs workers bore as many of them bought their own protective equipment or took unpaid leave as the virus tore through their industries even as they were required to… Continue reading
Sep 07 Efforts grow to end use of potentially harmful parasite drug touted to treat COVID-19 By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Ivermectin is approved in the U.S. to treat infections from parasites in humans and some animals like cows and horses. But with COVID-19 infections surging again, more Americans are turning to the drug despite warnings that it has shown little… Continue reading
Sep 07 Biden seeking additional funds for Hurricane Ida victims, Afghan resettlement By Josh Boak, Associated Press The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters. It also is seeking $6.4 billion for the resettlement of evacuees from Afghanistan. Continue reading
Sep 07 U.S.-built databases, biometric data a potential tool of the Taliban By Frank Bajak, Associated Press The nobly stated goal was to promote law and order and government accountability, and to modernize a war-ravaged land. But in the Taliban's lightning seizure of power, most of that digital apparatus fell into the hands of an unreliable ruler. Continue reading
Sep 07 Mexico Supreme Court rules abortion not a crime By María Verza, Associated Press The decision will immediately only affect that state on the Texas border, but court President Arturo Zaldívar says it establishes "obligatory criteria for all of the country's judges," compelling them to act the same way in similar cases. Continue reading
Sep 07 Environmental groups call for postponement of climate talks By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Campaigners said Tuesday that organizers hadn't done enough to ensure broad participation in the event by providing access to vaccines and defraying the rising cost of travel for people from developing nations, many of which are subject to British government… Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: 20 years on, Muslim journalists reflect on reporting in a post-9/11 world By Dorothy Hastings It has been 20 years since Sept. 11, 2001. The events, which shook the nation, also had reverberating effects on Muslims living in the U.S. Analyses show that anti-Muslim hate grew in the U.S. following the attacks. Continue reading
Sep 07 Ida damage shows need for infrastructure upgrades, lawmakers say By Hope Yen, Matthew Daly, Associated Press As the deadly storm moved from the Gulf Coast through the Northeast — killing over 65 people from Louisiana to Connecticut — members of Congress said the storm offered irrefutable evidence that the nation's power lines, roads, bridges and other… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 7:33 A look at the impact of the federal increase in food stamps, child tax credit By Yamiche Alcindor, Geoffrey Lou Guray, Tess Conciatori As the PBS NewsHour reported earlier, the federal government's weekly unemployment payments expired Monday for almost 9 million Americans. Yamiche Alcindor has a broader look at the administration's efforts to expand the nation's social safety net for those battling poverty… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch 6:54 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on child tax credit, abortion NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join John Yang to discuss the latest political news, including the federal increase in SNAP benefits, the child tax credit, Texas’ abortion law and how it could impact midterm… Continue watching