Some Texas school districts to require clear backpacks in wake of Uvalde shooting
Emilee McGovern/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Several Texas school districts are requiring students to use clear backpacks in the wake of last month’s deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde. Ingleside Independent School
Senate negotiations on gun safety reform stall over outstanding challenges
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top negotiators on a bipartisan gun safety framework huddled behind closed doors for several hours Wednesday evening to try to solve remaining differences on the package, but the group’s
On the ground in Texas, a test case for a post-Roe America
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Down a dirt road, inside a church in Dallas, Texas, the cellphone of Zuleka Edwards buzzes constantly. “I was just trying to seek termination of a pregnancy,” one caller tells Edwards, abortion
Jan. 6 committee raises new questions about GOP congressman's Capitol complex tour on Jan. 5
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 select committee on Wednesday released video footage of GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk leading constituents on a tour around the Capitol complex on Jan. 5
Juneteenth: a teachable moment of forgotten history
Jon Cherry/Getty Images While most Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s freedom on July 4, many Black people in the United States recognize June 19 as their independence day. What’s widely known as Juneteenth, but also referred
Phil Rosenthal shares more of 'Earth’s greatest hits' in new season of 'Somebody Feed Phil'
Courtesy of Netflix The new season of Somebody Feed Phil, where host Phil Rosenthal travels the world and discovers delicious bites, is out now on Netflix. Since the show has been airing, Rosenthal tells ABC Audio he’s gotten some insight into which locations
Scoreboard roundup — 6/15/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Kansas City 3, San Francisco 2 Cleveland 7, Colorado 5 LA Dodgers 4, LA Angels 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chi White Sox
Olympic Peninsula YMCA planning a big new childcare center in Port Angeles
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Olympic Peninsula YMCA is planning to build an 8,000 square-foot childcare facility that would serve up to 92 kids next door to the Port Angeles YMCA. The project is sorely needed,
Changes are coming to OMC’s emergency operations, but some employees are troubled
By Pepper Fisher (UPDATE: The Board of Commissioners of Olympic Medical Center announced Thursday, after we first published this story, they will hold a special meeting on Friday, June 17, 2022 at 2:30 pm via Web-ex. Connection