Friday on the NewsHour, a look at gun violence in America as a Louisiana movie theater became the site of another mass shooting. Also: The problem with for-profit school degrees and veterans, Shields and Brooks on the Iran nuclear deal, and comedian Aziz Ansari on modern romance. Continue reading →

In Friday’s news wrap, a shooting in a Louisiana movie theater has left two dead and nine others injured. Also, Turkish fighter jets have begun bombing Islamic State targets, and the Pentagon announced that U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan has killed a senior Al-Qaeda operational commander. Continue reading →

A shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, has left two dead, and nine injured. The shooting comes in the wake of two recent mass shootings, one in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where four Marines and a sailor were killed, and another in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine members of the Charleston AME church were killed. Continue reading →

For voters, the unexpected should be seen as welcome. Any presidential hopeful has to be aware that no path is smooth; no ambition easily attained. Continue reading →

Washington and Oregon have imposed rules to make sure that “shed hunters” don’t harm elk and deer. But not everyone follows those rules. Instead, some shed hunters cruelly endanger the health of deer and elk so they can be the first to snatch up those prized antlers. Continue reading →

Shortly after the July 14 flyby of Pluto and its moons, we spoke with three members of the New Horizons mission team: Alice Bowman, the mission operations manager, and Cathy Olkin and Kimberly Ennico-Smith, deputy project scientists. Editor’s note: Women … Continue reading →

While many of us head to beaches or backyard barbecues this weekend, negotiating teams from 12 nations will be busy working on perhaps the most important trade deal of our generation — the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Continue reading →

From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT today, Seattle-based KEXP is live on the airwaves with everything you ever wanted to know about the Beastie Boys’ album “Paul’s Boutique.” Continue reading →

Thursday on the NewsHour, the Iran nuclear deal comes under fire on Capitol Hill. Also: An uncertain future for a birth control program in Colorado, 25 years of challenges and accomplishments of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the economics of trendspotting, a critically acclaimed, new book on being black in America and chef Alice Waters on inspiring young people to cook. Continue reading →

In our news wrap Thursday, Islamic State militants fired across the border from Syria into Turkey, killing one soldier and wounding two others. That comes days after a suicide attack killed 32 in a southeastern Turkish town. Also, prosecutors announced that results of Sandra Bland’s autopsy show her injuries as consistent with suicide, not violent homicide. Continue reading →