COVID leaves Louisiana front-line workers exhausted as hospitalizations surge
iStock/Tempura (SHREVEPORT, La.) — Our team saw many tears shed today. We spent Wednesday morning and afternoon at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, where the medical teams at the health care group’s four hospitals are in
GOP leaders step into Biden's way on COVID
iStock/Capuski The TAKE with Rick Klein Debates over masks and mandates might make it seem like 2020. It might also well be a taste of 2024. President Joe Biden’s admonition that lawmakers who are blocking vaccine requirements
Defense Secretary to announce mandatory COVID vaccinations for troops 'soon': Sources
iStock/valentinrussanov (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected to announce his recommendation to President Joe Biden that COVID-19 vaccines be made mandatory for troops, officials told ABC News Wednesday evening. A senior official said the
Biden administration to announce actions to decrease climate-warming emissions from cars and trucks
iStock/Marc Wiegelmann (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will announce a set of actions on Thursday intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from cars and trucks, reducing planet-warming emissions from the No. 1 sector contributing to
Millions of Americans were struggling to find affordable housing. Then the pandemic hit.
iStock/marchello74 (ATLANTA) — When the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020, Schantayln Sherman, a single mother of a daughter with special needs, faced a series of medical and financial setbacks that left her unable to pay
Sounds of gunshots traumatize neighborhoods: 'ShotSpotter' CEO
iStock/EyeJoy (NEW YORK) — With gun violence on the rise across the country, the trauma extends beyond those hit with bullets to entire neighborhoods suffering the sounds of gunshots, according to a crime prevention company executive. “Just because
'Unprecedented' fraud penetrated rollout of COVID-19 small business loans, watchdog warns
iStock/AlbertPego (WASHINGTON) — At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, when offices and restaurants began shuttering, the federal government scrambled to keep small businesses afloat — ultimately spending over a trillion dollars to help protect the American
Trump and his allies continue to pour donor money into Trump's businesses
iStock/Douglas Rissing (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump may be out of office, but political donor money continues to pour into his properties across the country. In just the first six months of this year, dozens of Republican campaigns