May 02 Junk News: Watch our series By Miles O'Brien A deep-dive into the continuing problem of false or misleading news. Continue reading
May 02 Watch 10:00 Missouri public defenders are overloaded with hundreds of cases while defendants wait in jail By John Yang, Frank Carlson The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees every American facing trial the right to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. But across the country, the public defender system is being stretched to the breaking point, and Missouri may… Continue watching
May 02 White House meets with VA secretary candidates after Ronny Jackson withdraws By Zeke Miller, Ken Thomas, Associated Press White House officials said the president intends to take some time finding the right person to lead the sprawling federal agency with 360,000 employees serving 9 million veterans. It's a marked contrast from how President Donald Trump picked Jackson for… Continue reading
May 02 More than a year after photo-sharing scandal, Marines say they’ve investigated 130 for online misconduct By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press More than a year after a nude-photo-sharing scandal rocked the Marine Corps, the service has investigated about 130 individuals for online misconduct, ranging from sexual harassment and bullying to revenge porn. Nearly 60 faced some type of punishment. Continue reading
May 02 WATCH: Trump presents Teacher of the Year award to educator who leads classroom for teenage refugees By Jill Colvin, Associated Press 2018 National Teacher Mandy Manning teaches at Newcomer Center at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Washington, where she leads a classroom for teenage refugees. Continue reading
May 02 N.C. Democratic Party files complaint against Sen. Tillis, state GOP over work by Cambridge Analytica By Associated Press Cambridge Analytica, the British-based firm that supposedly improperly used data from tens of millions of Facebook users to influence the 2016 presidential race for Donald Trump, was also paid by the Tillis campaign and the state GOP for work in… Continue reading
May 02 3,800 artifacts once bought by Hobby Lobby were just returned to Iraq By Joshua Barajas How did a chain selling arts and crafts supplies get in trouble for smuggling artifacts? Here's a breakdown. Continue reading
May 02 Cambridge Analytica, firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal, to shut down By Associated Press Wednesday's shutdown comes as the firm, which has been linked to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, is losing clients and facing legal fees from the Facebook case. Continue reading
May 02 Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K program By Errin Haines, Associated Press Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs. Continue reading
May 02 At least 5 National Guard members from Puerto Rico killed in Georgia plane crash By Associated Press A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed onto a highway in Georgia on Wednesday, and authorities said there appeared to be no survivors. Continue reading