Nation Dec 02 Here’s a map of all the mass shootings in 2015 The NewsHour has updated its map that documents all the U.S. mass shootings in 2015 alone. As details surrounding the San Bernardino, California, shooting gradually emerged Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama told CBS News that the U.S. has “a pattern…
World Dec 02 British lawmakers vote to back airstrikes against ISIS in Syria After debating the issue for more than 10 hours Wednesday, British lawmakers voted to authorize airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.
Nation Dec 02 14 dead in San Bernardino shooting; two suspects dead Gunman opened fire at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, Wednesday morning. Fourteen people are dead and 17 wounded. Two suspects, one man and one woman, are dead, both had assault-style weapons. Another suspect is in custody.
Nation Dec 01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fires police superintendent A week after a video of a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times was released to the public, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city’s police chief Tuesday.
Nation Nov 30 Suspect in Planned Parenthood shooting may face additional charges Robert Lewis Dear, the 57-year-old man suspected of opening fire in a Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado Springs last week will appear before a judge Monday afternoon.
Nation Nov 24 Chicago releases graphic video of officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald A Chicago police officer was charged with first degree murder and held without bail Tuesday for shooting a black teenager 16 times, an encounter that was caught on the squad car’s dash cam.
World Nov 24 Liberian boy dies after new Ebola cases emerge After a fresh round of Ebola cases were announced in Liberia last week, a 15-year-old boy has died of the disease, the first fatal case for the embattled country after it was twice declared Ebola-free this year, health officials said…
Nation Nov 23 Family of student arrested for homemade clock seeks $15M in damages, apologies The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old student from Irving, Texas, who was arrested after his homemade clock was mistaken for a hoax bomb, is demanding $15 million in damages and written apologies from two of the city’s leaders.
Arts Nov 23 Spike Lee lists 3 movies everyone should see. No. 1 was banned in France PBS NewsHour asked filmmaker Spike Lee to recommend three films to see right now.
Arts Nov 19 Willie Nelson sings there’s ‘room for everyone’ in America Willie Nelson has weighed in on the debate over Syrian refugees. In front of a crowd that included a smattering of lawmakers, the outlaw country musician sang that there’s “room for everyone” in America.