... could have been much worse. Today, James Shaw Jr. tearfully told state House members that he wasn't trying to be a hero when he intervened. James Shaw Jr.: I didn't actually do it to save people. I did it just to save my life. So, in me saving ...
... AB 685, known as California’s Human Right to Water Bill, which ensure the state’s commitment to affordable and clean water. Salceda called the bill’s passage “an incredible moment for California.” One of the bill’s biggest advancements was establishing a database of water systems that are not ...
... naloxone. To be fair, Maryland has also instituted measures beyond education to fight opioid misuse, including steps outlined in the CDC’s recommendations, and the bill introducing the education component at colleges does expand access to naloxone. Data Sorely Needed The classes at Maryland colleges might provide more data for ...
... the cost, didn’t seek medical care. “Some of my family warned me that if I went to the hospital and couldn’t pay the bill, I’d get a bad credit record,” said Uribe, 41, who made about $300 a week and had no health insurance. “I wanted to ...
... guidelines that put people like Brown behind bars for so long. STEVEN WASSERMAN, National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys: When you look at recidivism rates in this country, they range anywhere from 50 to 75 percent. The statistics would indicate that a large number of them will reoffend. And ...
... chief executive of Pepsi and the chairman of the Emergency Committee for American Trade, lead the fight in the early 1970s against the Burke-Hartke bill, a union-backed measure that would have imposed higher tariffs and rigid quotas on imports. “It is inexcusable that instead of a national program ...
A national campaign from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention targets groups across the U.S. where smoking remains a prevalent habit.
Top senators revealed a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill on Thursday that includes changes to sentencing guidelines for some offenders and the creation of reentry programs for newly released prisoners. The move comes as the Obama administration is pushing its own series of initiatives. Judy Woodruff talks to Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates for more...
The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown dramatically, with high-crime cities being hit especially hard. In a joint report with The Detroit News, special correspondent Indira Lakshmanan examines emerging research that indicates stress, abuse and violence may play as big a role as physical factors in triggering both asthma attacks and the development...
No Child Left Behind, an educational reform law with a controversial legacy, expired eight years ago and has yet to be replaced. This week, the Senate took up the first bipartisan effort to replace the law. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute and former Gov. Bob Wise, president of the...
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