Aug 13 Watch 3:40 Next time you want to rage, try this act of radical imagination "If you’ve ever had a moment of road rage, or acted impulsively to fend off a pickpocket or bully, you know the feeling," says author Lauren Groff: " You feel as though you could breathe fire." But what if we… Continue watching
Aug 13 White man charged with fatally shooting black man in Florida parking lot By Terry Spencer, Associated Press The death of an unarmed black man -- captured by video in a store parking lot -- has revived debate over Florida's "stand your ground" law. Continue reading
Aug 13 How these moms are helping reunite immigrant families By Larisa Epatko To Julie Schwietert Collazo, a freelance writer who lives in New York, it was an opportunity to help immigrant families who had been separated at the border. Continue reading
Aug 13 What’s in the defense authorization act? By Nick Schifrin President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign the bill around 2:30 p.. ET in Fort Drum, New York. Watch live here. Continue reading
Aug 13 State probe says treatment of immigrant teens not abuse By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press State investigators concluded the harsh treatment described by detainees at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center did not meet the state’s legal threshold of abuse or neglect, according to a copy of the findings issued Monday by the Virginia Department of… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 4:24 Counterprotests overshadow white supremacist rally in Washington, D.C. By PBS News Hour White supremacists gathered in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly “Unite The Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia, during which 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed. They were outnumbered by a coalition of… Continue watching
Aug 12 An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes By Michael D. Regan An 11-year-old on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes. Continue reading
Aug 12 White nationalists rally near White House By Associated Press More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza near the White House to rally against a white nationalist demonstration scheduled for later in the day. Continue reading
Aug 12 Omarosa says she secretly taped her firing, plays audio By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday she secretly recorded conversations she had in the White House, including her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room. It was a highly unusual admission. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 10:28 Have au pairs been exploited as a cheap source of labor? By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Thousands of young people are admitted each year to the U.S. as cultural exchange participants through the J-1 visa program, often to work as live-in childcare providers known as au pairs. Now, a lawsuit lodged on behalf of 90,000 current… Continue watching