Oct 02 Watch 2:55 Why seeing a role model who looks like you is so powerful "I’ve always thought that seeing is believing,” said Dr. Elizabeth Wayne, a biomedical engineer. In her career, that’s meant innovating new ways of showing people what happens in the body, but also, as a black woman in the sciences, the… Continue watching
Oct 02 U.S. claims reducing refugee numbers helps with the asylum backlog. Will it? By Gretchen Frazee For the 2020 fiscal year, the U.S. plans to cap the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. at 18,000-- the lowest admitted under the modern-day refugee system. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: Sikh sheriff's deputy killed in traffic stop honored at Houston funeral By Associated Press Sandeep Dhaliwal was the first Sikh sheriff's deputy in the Houston area. Continue reading
Oct 02 White Dallas officer to be sentenced for murdering black neighbor By Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press Amber Guyger, who said she mistook Botham Jean's apartment for her own, which was directly below, was convicted of murder Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 02 Australia says it's unlikely to give U.S. internal diplomatic communications By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press It was revealed this week that Trump had asked world leaders for help in Attorney General William Barr's investigation into how the Russia investigation began. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: Pompeo confirms he was on Trump-Ukraine phone call By Matthew Lee, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not give information about the contents of the call, saying only that he was well-versed in U.S. policy toward Ukraine. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 8:03 Why it's so hard to stop images of child sex abuse The number of horrific images of sexual abuse against children being posted on the Internet has exploded in recent years. A New York Times investigation found that technology platforms like Facebook and Google reported some 45 million videos and photos… Continue watching
Oct 01 Federal judge temporarily blocks Georgia abortion law By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The law signed in May by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women realize they're expecting. It allows for limited exceptions. Continue reading
Oct 01 Judge rules Harvard is not discriminating against Asian Americans in admissions process By Collin Binkley, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs said in her decision that Harvard's admissions process is "not perfect" but passes constitutional muster. Continue reading
Oct 01 FCC can't stop states from enacting net neutrality rules, court decides By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press The Federal Communications Commission can drop its own rules that keep internet providers from favoring some services over others, the court ruled. Continue reading