Feb 20 Watch 4:07 Unanimous Supreme Court decision limits states’ ability to seize personal property The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to limit civil forfeiture laws allowing law enforcement to seize property from those suspected of committing a crime. In the unanimous decision, the high court sided with a low-level drug offender who argued that the… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 7:55 In Paradise, housing, water and jobs prove elusive in Camp Fire’s aftermath By Cat Wise In Paradise, California, thousands of residents are trying to cope with disruption and displacement resulting from November's devastating Camp Fire. Children attend school in a repurposed hardware store, where counselors try to help them manage their trauma. Meanwhile, amidst millions… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 9:56 How ‘homophobia’ denied Sharon Bottoms custody of her son in the 1990s Sharon Bottoms, who died recently at age 48, made headlines in the 1990s when she lost custody of her son to her mother, who argued that Bottoms' homosexuality made her an unfit parent. Judy Woodruff talks to Donald Butler, the… Continue watching
Feb 20 Police official: Actor Jussie Smollett suspected of lying about attack By Don Babwin, Associated Press Chicago detectives suspect that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett filed a false police report when he said he was the victim of a racist, homophobic attack in downtown Chicago late last month, a police official said Wednesday. Continue reading
Feb 20 Health spending could rise 5.5 percent a year through 2027. Here’s why By Laura Santhanam Overall, health spending will make up a bigger portion of GDP than it does today, newly released federal data suggests. Continue reading
Feb 20 U.S. mining sites dump 50 million gallons of fouled wastewater daily By Matthew Brown, Associated Press That torrent is poisoning aquatic life and tainting drinking water sources in Montana, California, Colorado, Oklahoma and at least five other states. Continue reading
Feb 20 Rural and urban political divisions also split the suburbs, poll finds By Nicholas Riccardi, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press America's suburbs are today's great political battleground, long seen as an independent pivot between the country's liberal cities and conservative small towns and rural expanse. Continue reading
Feb 20 Chicago prosecutor recuses herself from Jussie Smollett case By Don Babwin, Associated Press Chicago's top prosecutor recused herself from the investigation into the attack reported by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett shortly after police requested another interview with the actor. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 6:00 Why McCarrick’s defrocking represents an ‘extraordinary signal’ for the Catholic Church The Catholic Church has taken the most severe measure yet to respond to sexual abuse, and its concealment. Pope Francis defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who becomes the first cardinal thrown out of the church for sexual abuse. William Brangham… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 5:54 Amid immigration debate, top teachers gather to protest child detention By Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week Some of the nation's top teachers recently gathered in El Paso, Texas, to speak out against the government’s practice of detaining children who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Dismissing the notion that they shouldn't get involved in political advocacy, teachers said… Continue watching