US Domestic News Roundup: Portland teachers' union reaches tentative deal to end strike; Biden to invoke Cold War-era law to boost medical supplies and more

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

Portland teachers' union reaches tentative deal to end strike

The union representing public school teachers in Portland, Oregon, reached a tentative deal with the public school district on Sunday, ending a nearly one-month-long strike that had forced scores of schools to close and kept students out of class. After months of negotiations, "we have tentatively agreed to a contract with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT)," the Portland Public Schools District said in a post on Facebook.

Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd death, to survive prison attack

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, is expected to survive following an attack in a prison in Arizona on Friday, according to a spokesperson from the Minnesota Attorney General’s office.

The Associated Press earlier reported Chauvin had been stabbed and seriously injured on Friday.

Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter to lie in repose in Georgia

The body of Rosalynn Carter, the former U.S. first lady who diedon Nov. 19 at age 96, will lie in repose on Monday in Georgia, giving Americans the chance to pay their respects to the woman her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, called "an extension of myself." Carter died shortly after she entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, alongside her husband, a Democrat who gave his wife a prominent voice during his presidency from 1977-1981 and supported her advocacy in the cause of mental health.

Biden to invoke Cold War-era law to boost medical supplies

President Joe Biden will invoke a Cold War-era measure to boost investment in U.S. manufacturing of medicines and medical supplies that he has deemed important for national defense, the White House said. The announcement is part of a series of measures the Biden administration is unveiling on Monday to help industrial supply chains and counter several years of historically high inflation.

TV producer Marty Krofft, creator of HR Pufnstuf, dies at 86

Marty Krofft, who created popular children's television shows such as HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday. Referred to as the "King of Saturday Mornings," Krofft rose to prominence for his work on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour before starting Sid and Marty Pictures with his brother Sid Krofft in 1969.

In 2024, Republican EV attacks may fall short as swing states reap investment

Electric vehicles are a "hoax," they do not work, and they are strengthening China's economy at the expense of American jobs. Those are among the criticisms that contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, have leveled on the campaign trail in recent weeks.

Trump refuses to rule out new migrant family separations, but allies are wary

Donald Trump has vowed to intensify his crackdown on immigration if he returns to the White House and has left the door open to resuming his most controversial policy - family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border - but key allies who could join a new Trump administration as immigration enforcers are wary. Five former Trump officials and conservative allies told Reuters that even as Trump weighs harsher anti-migrant measures, they are concerned about implementing a new version of the 2018 "zero tolerance" policy that separated thousands of children from their parents at the southwest border.

Three students of Palestinian descent shot in Vermont, CNN says suspect held

A suspect was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, CNN reported early on Monday, in an attack police are investigating as a suspected hate-motivated crime. A man with a pistol shot and wounded the three victims on the street near the University of Vermont on Saturday evening and then ran away, Burlington police said earlier.