May 24 Watchdog says U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind By Ben Fox, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a report released Monday that it found at least 348 cases in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no records showing migrants wanted to leave their children in the U.S. Continue reading
May 24 WATCH: Q&A on police reform and the racial justice movement, one year after George Floyd's killing By News Desk In the wake of George Floyd's killing in May 2020, protesters across the country called for police reform and other changes to address systemic racism in the United States. A year later, what progress has been made? Where do the… Continue reading
May 24 Biden doubling spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Last year alone, the nation endured 22 separate weather and climate-related disasters with losses greater than $1 billion each. The disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and snowstorms, had a cumulative price tag of nearly $100 billion. Continue reading
May 24 George Floyd's family holds rally and march in his memory By Associated Press Hundreds of people gathered for the rally in front of the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis where the Chauvin trial concluded a month ago. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 6:15 Inside Malaco Records, 'The Last Soul Company' By Christopher Booker Referred to as “The Last Soul Company," Malaco Records, based in Jackson, Mississippi, has managed to outlast major record label competitors over the past 50 years. The small, mostly unheard-of independent record label has been home to multiple recording artists… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 9:31 How piecemeal police reform is setting the stage for national change By PBS NewsHour The death of Ronald Greene, a Black man who died in Louisiana in 2019 after a police chase is under scrutiny after newly released police body camera footage shows he was choked and beaten by troopers -- a starkly different… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 4:43 George Floyd died last year. Here's what has changed since then By PBS NewsHour This week marks one year since George Floyd, an unarmed Black man was killed by then police officer Derek Chauvin, who held his knee on Floyd for nearly nine minutes. His death, recorded on video by a bystander, sparked widespread… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 4:56 Hedge fund known for slashing newsrooms is taking over the Tribune papers By PBS NewsHour Shareholders for Tribune Publishing approved a $630 million takeover bid by NYC-based hedge fund, Alden Global Capital, known for expanding profits by slashing newsrooms. The unions representing several Tribune newspapers including the Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune and Hartford Courant, opposed… Continue watching
May 21 Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars under a deal with federal prosecutors. Continue reading
May 21 Biden to host George Floyd's family at White House By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press President Joe Biden will host George Floyd's family at the White House Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of his death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer. Continue reading