News brief: D.C. sues groups over Capitol attack, pandemic deaths, tornado damage
A D.C. official is suing two extremist groups for the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. marks another sobering pandemic milestone. President Biden heads to Kentucky to survey tornado damage.
New York City will allow 800,000 noncitizens to vote in local elections
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Ron Hayduk, a professor of political science at San Francisco State University, about New York City allowing noncitizen immigrants to vote in local elections.
Volunteers are growing oyster gardens to help restore reefs
There are more than 1,000 oyster gardens in the coastal waters of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama as volunteers try to restore a keystone of coastal ecosystems.
A Black Chicago woman handcuffed in the nude in a wrongful raid to get $2.9 million
Lawmakers vote on the payout on Wednesday, years after the “horrific video” of Anjanette Young triggered a slew of policy changes in the way the police department conducts search warrants.
New York mayor-elect taps Keechant Sewell to be the NYPD’s first female commissioner
Keechant Sewell, who is originally from Queens, has worked in the Nassau County Police Department for 23 years, most recently as chief of detectives.
It’s not as simple as abortion v. adoption. Just ask Bri
The idea of adoption as an alternative to abortion was raised earlier this month as the Supreme Court considered a Mississippi law to restrict access to abortion.
Two zebras who escaped from a Maryland farm are back after months on the run
The zebras had been on the loose since August 26. A third escapee was found dead in September. Officials are conducting an investigation of the zebras’ owner.
800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike
The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago.
New York ethics panel wants former Gov. Cuomo to turn in the cash from his book deal
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics says the disgraced former governor violated the terms of its conditional approval to write the book and it wants him give to the state the money.
Cornell shuts down its Ithaca campus after significant signs of omicron variant found
The campus reported nearly 500 new cases of COVID-19 among the student body. The new omicron variant was detected “in a significant number” of positive tests, the university said.
The links between welfare in Utah and the LDS Church
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with ProPublica reporter Eli Hager on why many Utah families living in poverty don’t get assistance — from the state nor the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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