Oct 28 Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes By Frederick Knight, The Conversation Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued after an Associated Press investigation revealed that his office suppressed 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans. Continue reading
Oct 28 Pipe bomb suspect was spinning records as FBI closed in By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Associated Press In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where he’d found work as a DJ. Continue reading
Oct 28 Debate erupts over Halloween costumes crossing racial lines By Terry Tang, Associated Press The issue has reverberated across social media, from magazine articles about white children wearing Black Panther costumes to protests against costumes that perpetuate Native American stereotypes. Continue reading
Oct 28 Islands regain some air, sea access after monster storm By Caleb Jones, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Some airport and shipping access has returned to a U.S. Pacific territory ravaged by a super typhoon, but tens of thousands of residents still without power and sifting through rubble face a long road to recovery. Continue reading
Oct 28 Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence By Claire Galofaro, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press As authorities intercepted more than a dozen pipe bombs addressed to President Donald Trump’s most ardent critics, political scientists and ordinary Americans observed, again, that rabid partisanship had devolved to the point of acts of violent extremism. Continue reading
Oct 28 Married couple, brothers among synagogue victims By Associated Press The 11 people killed in the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh included a married couple, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, and two brothers, Cecil and David Rosenthal. Continue reading
Oct 28 Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die By Mark Scolforo, Allen G. Breed, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 27 Charges filed against suspected synagogue gunman By Associated Press In a 29-count criminal complaint, a man suspected of killing 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has been charged with using a firearm to commit murder, weapons offenses and seriously injuring police officers while obstructing the exercise of religious… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 4:42 Shooter opens fire in Pittsburgh synagogue, kills 11 By PBS News Hour On Saturday morning, a man opened fire during a naming ceremony at Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and killed 11 people while injuring six, including four police officers. Law enforcement took into custody a man they… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 4:35 Declining Mexico's offer to stay, migrants head to U.S. By PBS News Hour Thousands of migrants from Central America are expected to reach the U.S. - Mexico border in coming weeks, after declining an offer by Mexico to stay. The Trump administration, which has already stationed thousands of troops and guardsmen there, aims… Continue watching