Aug 22 How background checks and 'red flag' gun laws work By Magan Crane Polls show Americans overwhelmingly support background checks for gun purchases and “red flag” laws that take guns away from people deemed at risk of harming themselves or others. But what are authorities actually checking? And which “red flags” can cost… Continue reading
Aug 22 What is an endangered species worth? Trump rule sparks debate By Gretchen Frazee The Trump administration could soon start to publicize the economic cost of listing a species as threatened or endangered, under new rules finalized this month. Continue reading
Aug 22 Walmart to reopen El Paso store after mass shooting By Cedar Attanasio, Jill Bleed, Associated Press The renovated store will include an on-site memorial honoring the victims of the shooting. Continue reading
Aug 22 Where Eric Garner died, changes in NYPD policing win little applause By Verena Dobnik, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press In the years since Eric Garner's death, use-of-force complaints against the NYPD have fallen sharply, but residents say officers are finding new low-level targets. Continue reading
Aug 22 Planned Parenthood sees swift fallout from quitting government program By Lindsay Whitehurst, David Crary, Associated Press About 4 million women are served nationwide by the Title X program, which makes up a much bigger portion of Planned Parenthood's patients than abortion. Continue reading
Aug 22 Nonprofit drug maker produces TB antibiotic after private companies wouldn't By Zoe Rohrich The new antibiotic, called pretomanid and developed by the nonprofit TB Alliance, achieved a 90 percent success rate among patients with drug-resistant TB. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 10:43 What Trump's new immigration rules mean for the detention of migrant children The Trump administration is proposing major changes to rules about how long migrant families can be held in government custody, arguing that the move will yield more humane conditions in detention facilities. But critics fear the regulations will have the… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 8:17 How the Trump administration is shaping the future of America's public lands By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Lane The Trump administration is responsible for the largest reduction of federally protected land in U.S. history, according to a recent study by the journal Science. And in the wide expanses of the American West, Trump's encouragement of industry and development… Continue watching
Aug 21 Why Trump wants to detain immigrant children longer By Gretchen Frazee Under new rules laid out Wednesday, immigration officials plan to begin holding children longer than the 20 days required by the Flores Settlement Agreement. Continue reading
Aug 21 U.S. deficit expected to exceed $1 trillion next year By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The first projections are the first to take into account the big budget deal that President Donald Trump and Congress reached this summer. Continue reading