Jun 30 Small capital city draped in grief by newspaper shooting By Brian Witte, Associated Press The historic state capital of Annapolis is draped in grief from a shooting attack on the local newspaper, which killed journalists who chronicled soccer games, art exhibits and the fabric of small-city life. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 10:47 Stockton’s young mayor giving city’s youth more opportunities By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Stockton, California has come a long way since 2012, when it became the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy. Now that it’s solvent, Mayor Michael Tubbs, who was sworn in as the youngest and first-ever black mayor last year, says… Continue watching
Jun 30 Evangelical leaders downplay potential Roe v. Wade reversal By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Instead of celebrating the potential reversal of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade publicly, some evangelical leaders are downplaying their fortune on an issue that has defined their movement for decades. Continue reading
Jun 30 Melania Trump weighs migrant visits with husband’s policy By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Mrs. Trump, an immigrant and a mother herself, wanted to find out more about how her husband’s strict immigration policy was playing out on the ground. Two tours of migrant detention centers in a week gave her a sometimes grim… Continue reading
Jun 30 Canada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against US By Rob Gillies, Associated Press The taxes on items including ketchup, lawn mowers and motor boats amount to $12.6 billion. Continue reading
Jun 30 Across the country, protesters rally to keep immigrant families together By Meg Dalton As temperatures crept toward 90 degrees, tens of thousands of protesters shuffled across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon to denounce the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Continue reading
Jun 30 NSA deletion of call records raising questions By Deb Riechmann and Susannah George, Associated Press The National Security Agency is deleting more than 685 million call records the government obtained since 2015 from telecommunication companies in connection with investigations. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 5:57 ‘I didn’t know we could be separated’: Migrant teen has no idea when he will see his dad By Yamiche Alcindor It's been more than a month since this 17-year-old has seen his dad. In April, they fled Honduras, leaving behind the rest of their family in hopes of supporting them financially from the U.S. Picked up after illegally crossing into… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:50 In the middle of tragedy, Capital Gazette sticks to its mission Faces of the five victims led the front page of the Capital Gazette, a day after mayhem broke out in the Maryland newspaper's offices. The accused gunman has a long-held grudge against the paper after a 2011 column about his… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 4:02 EU’s migrant compromise leaves many unanswered questions Leaders from the European Union agreed to create formal centers to process migrants trying to enter Europe. But overnight, any agreement seemed in jeopardy amid stark differences and a growing anti-immigrant sentiment. William Brangham reports on what the deal does… Continue watching