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How schools are trying to prevent and prepare for violence
Two students at a high school outside Denver allegedly opened fire during class on Tuesday, killing another student. In North Carolina just a few days earlier, two students were killed and four injured by a gunman at UNC Charlotte. Amid a pattern of school violence that has become all too familiar, Judy Woodruff talks to John Ferrugia of Denver’s Rocky Mountain PBS and Education Week’s Evie Blad.
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Wednesday on the NewsHour, "PBS NewsHour" covers what you need to know about rising COVID infection rates and a spike in hospitalizations among children.
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Tuesday on the NewsHour, as rising omicron cases keep many at home, "PBS NewsHour" explains the new CDC recommendations for shorter isolation times.
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On this edition for Saturday, December 25, Omicron cases rise and disrupt holiday travel plans, and the world’s most powerful and largest space telescope launches.
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Thursday on the NewsHour, the jury finds Minnesota police officer Kim Potter guilty in her manslaughter trial after she shot and killed Daunte Wright.
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President Joe Biden announces plans to ship free COVID tests to millions of Americans, and tells military medical personnel to help hospitals expecting a case surge.
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Monday on the NewsHour, more U.S. schools and businesses close while hospitals brace for a wave of new patients from the omicron variant.
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Friday on the NewsHour, former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter takes the stand in her own defense in the trial over the killing of Daunte Wright.
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Thursday on the NewsHour, rapidly increasing infection rates from the omicron variant in the U.S. prompt more COVID concerns.
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Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Federal Reserve signals an increase in interest rates as inflation rises.
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Tuesday on the NewsHour, families and businesses begin picking up the pieces in the wake of devastating tornadoes that left scores dead.
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On this edition for Sunday, December 12, recovery begins after devastation from the tornado and storm outbreak in the central and southern U.S.
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On this edition for Saturday, December 11, more than 30 tornadoes and severe storms tore through the central and southern U.S., killing dozens of people.
California News
As RFK pushes MAHA, federal cuts shut down California health and nutrition programs
Whether federal cuts are legal is still undecided. But local health departments have closed clinics, stopped programs, cut immunization appointments, and laid off workers anyway.
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Sacramento Report: Countdown to California’s Redistricting Election
Democrats and Republicans gear up for battle over voting maps.
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‘Bipartisan, common sense, science-based’: California leads the way in banning ultra-processed school meals
Experts hope that a ‘California effect’ will push other states to ban UPFs, similar to its law against six synthetic food dyes
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Gavin Newsom Could Make SRO Demolition Easier. SF Affordable Housing Advocates Aren’t Protesting
by Adam Brinklow | September 11, 2025
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