May 25 2 hurt in Indiana middle school shooting; suspect in custody By Associated Press Someone opened fire at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning, injuring an adult and a child before being taken into custody, authorities said. Continue reading
May 25 Civilians kill gunman after 3 shot at Oklahoma restaurant By Sean Murphy, Ken Miller, Associated Press Three people were shot and wounded at an Oklahoma City restaurant and one person was injured while fleeing before the gunman was shot dead by two armed citizens, police said Friday. Continue reading
May 25 Trump says North Korea ‘very much’ wants summit By Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday warmly welcomed North Korea's promising response to his abrupt withdrawal from the potentially historic Singapore summit and said "we're talking to them now" about putting it back on track. Continue reading
May 25 Hearing for accused Parkland shooter rescheduled By Associated Press A status hearing on the murder and other charges facing 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz that had been scheduled Friday in Fort Lauderdale will now take place June 21. Continue reading
May 25 Harvey Weinstein arrested on rape, criminal sex act charges By Colleen Long, Associated Press Seven months after the allegations destroyed his career and set off a national reckoning known as the #MeToo movement, Weinstein left a Manhattan police station in handcuffs, with a strained smile, to head to court for arraignment. Continue reading
May 24 Ken Burns on heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and the legacy of racism By Murrey Jacobson After President Donald Trump granted a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson on Thursday, we spoke with filmmaker Ken Burns, who chronicled Johnson’s persona, his struggles and the race relations of his era in the documentary “Unforgivable Blackness:… Continue reading
May 24 Watch 11:21 Sterling Brown arrest refuels debate on excessive force used against black Americans Milwaukee police released body-cam footage showing NBA player Sterling Brown being arrested in January. City officials admit his treatment by police was excessive, and his case is raising anger again about the treatment of African-Americans by law enforcement. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
May 24 Morgan Freeman apologizes amid accusations of sexual harassment By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman apologized on Thursday to anyone who may have felt "uncomfortable or disrespected" by his behavior, after CNN reported that multiple women have accused the A-list actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior on movie sets and… Continue reading
May 24 Watch 5:36 Pardoned boxer Jack Johnson just ‘wanted to live well,’ Ken Burns says President Trump granted a rare posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first African-American heavyweight champion. An all-white jury convicted him in 1913 of violating the federal Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral… Continue watching
May 24 Blue flames, toxic gas clouds. How does Kilauea’s latest eruption compare to its past disasters? By Nsikan Akpan Kilauea is the most lethal volcano in American history, but this reputation comes mostly from a single event. Continue reading