Dec 30 Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies at 41 from COVID-19 By Associated Press The state's newest congressman, set to take office in January, was admitted to a Monroe hospital on Dec. 19 after testing positive for the coronavirus disease. Continue reading
Dec 29 Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Wisconsin case By Associated Press The campaign had asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties, the state's two most heavily Democratic counties. Continue reading
Dec 29 How Biden’s Education Department will tackle pandemic and Trump-era policies By Candice Norwood Addressing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on education will be among some of the most urgent issues facing President-elect Joe Biden when he takes office. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 5:27 News Wrap: California extends stay-at-home orders as ICUs reach capacity In our news wrap Tuesday, California extended stay-at-home orders as some intensive care units reach capacity, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the Moderna vaccine, the U.S. Senate deadlocks over increasing COVID relief checks, federal judges in Georgia blocked efforts to… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 7:27 Bernie Sanders on the battle to increase stimulus payments Efforts to increase stimulus payments to $2,000 were blocked in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, while Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put forth a new bill. Sen. Bernie Sanders was one of those making the case for higher stimulus… Continue watching
Dec 29 U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department announced that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to conclusively… Continue reading
Dec 29 Lockdowns extended in large swath of California amid surge By Brian Melley, Associated Press The state's top health official said Tuesday that Southern California and the agricultural San Joaquin Valley still have what is considered no ICU capacity and that the state's coronavirus restrictions would continue longer there. Continue reading
Dec 29 WATCH: President-elect Biden criticizes pace of coronavirus vaccine rollout By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Biden says "it's gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people" at the current pace. Continue reading
Dec 29 Maryland may repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms By Brian Witte, Associated Press "Maryland, My Maryland" was written in 1861 as a call to arms for the Confederacy. It refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot and urges defiance to the "Northern scum."… Continue reading
Dec 29 WATCH: Vice President-elect Kamala Harris gets Moderna COVID-19 vaccine By Associated Press "That was easy! Thank you. I just barely felt it. I barely felt it," Harris said after receiving the shot. Continue reading