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The Sioux City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 12, 2020 to create a committee that will advise it on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Sioux City Council to use coronavirus federal relief funds for $300 employee bonuses

The council voted Monday to reallocate $250,000 from the American Rescue Plan Act to thank city workers for their "extra effort" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cornell University announced the closing of its Ithaca, N.Y., campus due to the rise in cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19.

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.

Remembering Reverend Turner of White Earth Nation, who died of COVID

Reverend Irvin Doyle Turner, "Netamishkang," died from COVID although he was fully vaccinated. His sons Doyle and Stephen Turner share what their father meant to the people of the White Earth Nation.

House recommends criminal contempt of Congress charges against Mark Meadows

The House voted to refer former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on criminal contempt of Congress charges. The Justice Department will now decide whether he could face criminal charges.

COVID can cause long-term injuries to the brain. Here's what scientists have learned

Scientists are beginning to understand how COVID can cause brain injuries. The virus can lead to a stroke, starve the brain of oxygen, cause inflammation brain and might infect and kill brain cells.

Washington, D.C., attorney general files 1st civil suit over Jan. 6 Capitol attack

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karl Racine, attorney general of the District of Columbia, about the civil lawsuit he's filed over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Megadrought is renewing debates about how to manage water in the arid American West

The Western megadrought is revealing a famed desert landscape long drowned by a controversial dam. It's raising questions about the future of this oasis, and water in the American West.

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced on Tuesday that the District of Columbia is suing the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys for damages from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

D.C.'s attorney general is suing the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over Capitol attack

The District of Columbia is seeking damages from the two far-right groups for allegedly conspiring to terrorize the city with the violent attack on Jan. 6.

Former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams, pictured in this 2010 photo, had CTE, a degenerative brain disease. Authorities say he shot and killed six people earlier this year before killing himself.

An ex-NFL player who killed 6 people and then himself had CTE, doctors say

Boston University neuropathologists said Phillip Adams had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a degenerative brain disease found in many former football players.

Jan. 6 committee recommends contempt charges for former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows

Meadows is accused of defying a subpoena from the panel investigating the Jan. 6 events at the Capitol.

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