Oct 28 Islands regain some air, sea access after monster storm By Caleb Jones, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Some airport and shipping access has returned to a U.S. Pacific territory ravaged by a super typhoon, but tens of thousands of residents still without power and sifting through rubble face a long road to recovery. Continue reading
Oct 28 Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence By Claire Galofaro, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press As authorities intercepted more than a dozen pipe bombs addressed to President Donald Trump’s most ardent critics, political scientists and ordinary Americans observed, again, that rabid partisanship had devolved to the point of acts of violent extremism. Continue reading
Oct 28 Married couple, brothers among synagogue victims By Associated Press The 11 people killed in the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh included a married couple, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, and two brothers, Cecil and David Rosenthal. Continue reading
Oct 28 Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die By Mark Scolforo, Allen G. Breed, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 27 Charges filed against suspected synagogue gunman By Associated Press In a 29-count criminal complaint, a man suspected of killing 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has been charged with using a firearm to commit murder, weapons offenses and seriously injuring police officers while obstructing the exercise of religious… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 4:42 Shooter opens fire in Pittsburgh synagogue, kills 11 By PBS News Hour On Saturday morning, a man opened fire during a naming ceremony at Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and killed 11 people while injuring six, including four police officers. Law enforcement took into custody a man they… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 4:35 Declining Mexico’s offer to stay, migrants head to U.S. By PBS News Hour Thousands of migrants from Central America are expected to reach the U.S. - Mexico border in coming weeks, after declining an offer by Mexico to stay. The Trump administration, which has already stationed thousands of troops and guardsmen there, aims… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 3:25 Tracing Cesar Sayoc’s past through his recent shift into politics By PBS News Hour Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of sending more than a dozen mail bombs to Democratic party leaders, traversed many lifestyles until he started engaging in politics in 2015. Trevor Aaronson of the Florida Center of Investigative… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 10:34 In Wisconsin, female politicians aim to turn the state blue By Zac Schultz, Wisconsin Public Television A record number of women are running for office this year, with more than 3,300 winning major party nominations for state legislature seats. NewsHour Weekend in the spring asked Republican women in the deep red state of Indiana about their… Continue watching
Oct 27 WATCH: FBI, law enforcement hold press conference after mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue By Kamala Kelkar The FBI and other law enforcement officials are expected to speak during a press conference at 4 p.m. after a shooter opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing at least 10 people. Continue reading