Aug 25 7 arrested in protest over torn-down Confederate statue By Associated Press Officials say seven people have been arrested at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was yanked down five days ago. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 7:12 On the U.S.-Mexico border, water shortages loom as the region races for solutions By PBS News Hour Population growth and climate change could in the coming years bring water shortages along the Rio Grande river, a source of drinking water and agriculture for U.S. and Mexico. “Shallow Waters,” a nine-part series by Quartz and the Texas Observer,… Continue watching
Aug 25 U.S. cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza, the State Department said Friday. Continue reading
Aug 25 Missing tape discovery solves 40-year lunar mystery By Nola Taylor Redd, Scientific American Traces of the Apollo astronauts’ presence lingered long after they left. Continue reading
Aug 25 Musk says investors convinced him Tesla should stay public By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Electric car and solar panel maker Tesla Inc. will remain on the public stock exchanges after CEO Elon Musk said Friday that investors have convinced him the company shouldn't go private. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 6:45 News Wrap: McCain ends treatment; North Korea meeting delayed In our news wrap Friday, the family of Arizona senator John McCain announced that he is ending treatment for his aggressive form of brain cancer. Also, President Trump postponed an upcoming visit to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 9:01 A second top Trump associate receives legal immunity By Judy Woodruff, Matt Loffman In exchange for immunity, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, will reportedly talk to investigators about the reimbursements he helped arrange to Michael Cohen. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor experienced in trying… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 13:05 Brooks and Klein on Trump’s ‘moral affront’ and the rule of law It’s been a dramatic week for President Trump and some of his former associates. New York Times columnist David Brooks and Ezra Klein from Vox join Judy Woodruff to discuss the president's legal and moral standing, emerging patterns among the… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 7:27 In rural Oregon, regional theater sparks a creative revival By Jeffrey Brown A remote area of the Pacific Northwest might not sound like a top theater destination. But as Jeffrey Brown reports, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has sparked a wave of creative and economic growth in rural Ashland. One of the country’s… Continue watching
Aug 24 More than 500 migrant children are still separated from their parents By Joshua Barajas The numbers only improved slightly from what the federal government reported last week. Continue reading