Senate parliamentarian gives green light to most of Democrats’ drug pricing plan
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — The Senate parliamentarian has signed off on key climate and health care provisions in the Democrats’ major spending bill.
The rulings from Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s non-partisan rule keeper, come b…
How the U.S. struggled to respond rapidly to the monkeypox outbreak: Experts
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In early May, when the first cases of monkeypox surfaced in the United Kingdom and Europe, health officials in the United States advised Americans not to panic.
There had been outbreaks of the rare disease befor…
Indiana governor signs bill banning nearly all abortions into law
Michael Hickey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an abortion bill into law Friday, banning the procedure with very few exceptions, making it the first state to pass such a bill since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Co…
Former WNBA star Niesha Butler opens first Afro-Latina-owned STEM camp in New York City
S.T.E.A.M. Champs(NEW YORK) — Former WNBA player Niesha Butler has opened the first Afro-Latina-owned STEM camp, S.T.E.A.M. Champs, in New York City to reduce accessibility barriers to tech educational resources for Brooklyn youth.
“If a kid could ac…
Sensors, 4D imaging, flashing lights: How automakers are trying to prevent hot car deaths
Toyota(NEW YORK) — An average of 38 children die every year in hot cars.
Tuesday marked the 14th hot car death in the U.S. this year, a number that is expected to rise as heat waves continue across the country.
These tragic deaths are 100% preventab…
Hundreds stranded in Death Valley National Park amid flooding
Death Valley National Park(NEW YORK) — All roads in and out of Death Valley National Park are closed after unprecedented amounts of rainfall caused substantial flooding in the area, park officials said Friday.
Approximately 500 visitors and 500 staff…
Two dead, five missing after boat capsizes off Florida Keys, Coast Guard says
holgs/Getty Images/Stock(NEW YORK) — Two people are dead and five are missing after a boat capsized near the Florida Keys, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday night.
The boat, which was determined to have been carrying migrants, had 15 people aboard bef…
Seattle Storm star says Griner Russia sentence “unjust”
(Pool photo by Evgenia Novozhenina) Local WNBA players continue to express their support for the fight to get Brittney Griner back to the U.S. following her sentence to 9 years in a Russian prison for drug smuggling.
What’s in the Senate Democrats’ landmark ‘Inflation Reduction Act’?
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With the Senate Democrats’ last remaining holdout — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — tentatively signing onto a $739 billion modified reconciliation deal, her party leaders are looking forward to a first procedur…
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $45M in punitive damages
Drew Angerer/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) — Alex Jones has been ordered to pay more than $45 million in punitive damages to Sandy Hook parents, a Texas jury found on Friday.
The development comes a day after the jury ordered Jones to pay them $4.1 million…