Jun 13 WATCH: ‘Deepfakes,’ manipulated videos under scrutiny by House committee By Associated Press The hearing comes a day after fake footage of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spread quickly on Instagram, supposedly gloating over his one-man domination of the world. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 8:13 News Wrap: Trump says U.S. to send more troops to Poland In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump hosted Polish President Andrzej Duda and announced plans to send 1,000 more U.S. troops to the former Soviet bloc state as part of a growing alliance. That’s on top of 4,500 Americans already… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 6:49 On the U.S.-Mexico border, crowds of migrants and a ‘broken’ system By Amna Nawaz May saw the highest number of crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border since 2007. Due to the surge and a new Trump administration policy that keeps asylum seekers in Mexico until their claims are processed, communities on both sides of the… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 8:21 Compensation for 9/11 first responders is running out. Will Congress act? It’s been nearly two decades since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, and many first responders continue to suffer dire health consequences from exposure to hazardous materials at the disaster sites. Meanwhile, Congress still struggles with how to compensate them,… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 9:41 Why survivors aren’t surprised by sexual abuse inside Southern Baptist churches The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., with nearly 15 million members. Now, it’s facing a reckoning over allegations of sex abuse and concealment revealed by a Houston Chronicle investigation. Judy Woodruff speaks to Rachael… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 9:37 Why ‘deepfake’ videos are becoming more difficult to detect By Miles O'Brien Sophisticated and inaccurate altered videos known as “deepfakes” are causing alarm in the digital realm. The highly realistic manipulated videos are the subject of a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. As Miles O’Brien reports, the accelerating speed of computers… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 2:43 Novelist Nathan Englander on how ritual fuels his writing Novelist Nathan Englander grew up in a highly observant Jewish family. As such, he was accustomed to discipline and observing ritual. When he left his religious community, Englander landed as far away from Orthodox Judaism as he could -- and… Continue watching
Jun 12 Facebook’s Zuckerberg is the latest target of doctored video By Mae Anderson, Associated Press The somewhat crude video of the Facebook CEO, created as part of an art project and circulated on Facebook-owned Instagram over the past few days, combines news footage of Zuckerberg with phony audio. Continue reading
Jun 12 New Illinois law makes access to abortion a ‘fundamental right’ By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed sweeping protections for abortion on Wednesday in a new law that establishes access to the procedure as a "fundamental right" for women. Continue reading
Jun 12 Ex-Stanford coach avoids prison time in college bribery scam By Associated Press John Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced in the college admissions bribery case that exposed the lengths that some wealthy parents will go to get their children into the nation's top schools. Prosecutors had sought more than a… Continue reading