Nov 15 Forest Service chief says there's progress in combating sexual misconduct. Dozens of women say there's not enough By Joshua Barajas Lawmakers at Thursday’s hourslong hearing were presented with a dichotomy: an agency that promises it has made progress in addressing harassment and reprisal, and a former employee who says the changes amount to a “band-aid” to deep-seated problems. Continue reading
Nov 15 Fire death toll at 56 and counting in Northern California By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, as the search went on for more bodies in the ashes of Paradise and surrounding communities. Continue reading
Nov 15 Farm animals may soon get new features through gene editing By Candice Choi, Associated Press A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. Continue reading
Nov 15 WATCH: House committee holds hearing on misconduct and retaliation in the U.S. Forest Service By Joshua Barajas In interviews with the PBS NewsHour last year, 34 women who worked for the Forest Service across multiple regions described a workplace culture that was hostile to women, and an agency that often fell short in properly addressing complaints of… Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 4:03 Fire recovery continues across California, as new fire blazes east of LA Fifty miles east of Los Angeles, a brush fire has quickly grown into a wall of fast-moving flames. The new “Sierra Fire” is spreading south from the edge of the Angeles National Forest, though firefighters say they’re making gains against… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 4:21 News Wrap: Overheated voting machines slow progress of Fla. recount In our news wrap Wednesday, voting machines in Palm Beach County overheated as election officials raced to meet the Thursday deadline for reporting tallies. Now 174,000 ballots must be recounted. Meanwhile, in Georgia, all but one county has certified its… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 6:53 Is Trump's criminal justice plan 'rehabilitative and redemptive?' President Trump has outlined a new bipartisan agreement on criminal justice reform. The plan ends the “three strikes” policy mandating life in prison for third-time drug offenders and adds incentives for low-risk inmates. Mark Holden, general counsel for Koch Industries,… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 6:22 Why Trump's criminal justice reform plan could represent a 'breakthrough' President Trump has announced a criminal justice reform plan that would enact major changes to the nation’s sentencing laws -- and reduce prison terms for some inmates. NPR's Carrie Johnson joins Judy Woodruff to discuss why the new bipartisan agreement… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 7:17 For some House Democrats, leadership choice is 'establishment vs. change' One of the largest groups of congressional freshmen in recent memory has begun orientation on Capitol Hill. Will party leadership reflect the new representatives or rely on established legislators? Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca., is confident she’ll become Speaker of the… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 5:47 What's the truth about Zika virus in post-hurricane Puerto Rico? By Beth Murphy At the Zika epidemic's 2016 height, 10 percent of Puerto Rican women were testing positive for the disease. But when Hurricane Maria slammed the island in September 2017, crippling its health care system, the focus shifted to hurricane recovery, and… Continue watching