Oct 12 Watch 5:16 Church abuse survivor on friend Wuerl’s resignation: ‘sad’ but ‘necessary’ Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation with a controversial letter defending him. Wuerl was under pressure to step down after a Pennsylvania grand jury report implicated him in covering up sexual abuse. John Yang speaks to John Carr of… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 11:26 Shields and Brooks on President Trump’s ‘angry mob’ rhetoric Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Donald Trump’s efforts to energize Republicans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, accusations of voter suppression in Georgia, and… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 6:27 ‘The Hate U Give’ tackles race, policing and a teen girl’s two worlds In “The Hate U Give,” Amandla Stenberg plays teen Starr Carter who witnesses a white officer kill her best friend. Carter struggles to grieve and find her voice while navigating her poor, mostly black neighborhood and her mostly white prep… Continue watching
Oct 12 As disasters strike, advocates worry FEMA policy changes put disability community at risk By Zoe Rohrich In May, FEMA said it was reducing the number of disability advisors per disaster from 60 to 5. Continue reading
Oct 12 Al Gore on alarming U.N. climate report: ‘We have a global emergency’ By Joshua Barajas “The scientists not only predicted these consequences, they’re telling us they’re going to get a lot worse still, until we stop using the Earth’s atmosphere as an open sewer,” Former Vice President Al Gore told the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Oct 12 Facebook says hackers accessed 29 million people’s accounts By Associated Press Facebook says hackers accessed data from 29 million accounts as part of the security breach disclosed two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 12 Read Pope Francis’ letter defending Cardinal Wuerl’s ‘mistakes’ in sex abuse scandal By Joshua Barajas Pope Francis sent embattled Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl a letter Friday that accepted his resignation while also defending him, saying there was a difference between a cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church and the official's "mistakes."… Continue reading
Oct 12 Hurricane Michael’s deadly toll spreads from Florida to Virginia By Russ Bynum, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press Search and rescue teams looked for bodies through a ruined landscape of smashed homes and piles of sand Friday, while more deaths were reported in Virginia, 600 miles from where Hurricane Michael made landfall. Continue reading
Oct 12 Hurricane Michael’s destruction, by the numbers By Associated Press There will be nothing quick about Florida’s recovery from the hurricane. Here's a closer look at the storm's devastation. Continue reading
Oct 12 Pope accepts Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation amid sex abuse scandal By David Crary, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis appeared to accept Wuerl's resignation reluctantly and asked him to stay on in a temporary capacity until a new archbishop is found. Continue reading