Apr 28 He was a champion of public health — but played a role in the horrors of Tuskegee. Should a college expunge his name? By Megha Satyanarayana, STAT Dr. Thomas Parran Jr. has been called an architect of the syphilis experiments on black men and women in Tuskegee, Alabama. Continue reading
Apr 28 Land deal will preserve site linked to Lost Colony mystery By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press The 16th century English colonists who vanished after being left in the New World have piqued popular imagination and intrigued historians for centuries. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 3:35 ‘I didn’t come here to cross illegally. I came here for help’ By Jean Guerrero, KPBS More than 300 Central Americans have arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, in recent days, and plan on Sunday to ask for asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. But President Trump has tweeted that Homeland Security is instructed to turn… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 7:40 A national memorial confronts the terror of lynching By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe A new memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, looks to confront one of this country’s greatest shames: its brutal history of racial terror and the systematic lynching of thousands of African Americans. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Apr 27 Arizona, Colorado teachers strike for second day, say offers of funding and pay not enough By Melissa Daniels, Associated Press Educators in both states want more classroom resources and have received offers either for increased school funding or pay, but they say the money isn’t guaranteed and the efforts don’t go far enough. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 10:39 What the Bill Cosby verdict means in the #MeToo era By PBS News Hour Bill Cosby was found guilty of charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand in 2004 at his suburban Philadelphia mansion. The jury's decision caps the comedian's spectacular downfall, who at age 80 faces the possibility of being sent… Continue watching
Apr 26 Federal officials lose track of nearly 1,500 migrant children By Garance Burke, Associated Press Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country. Continue reading
Apr 26 Mattis calls on Defense Department to do more on sexual assault in the military By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In a memo released Thursday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that officers and commanders must act as substitute parents for their young troops, charging leaders to "use their authority and force of personality to prevent and eliminate sexual assault from… Continue reading
Apr 26 Parents sue North Korea over death of U.S. detainee Otto Warmbier By Associated Press The lawsuit seeks compensation for the death of Otto Warmbier, who was arrested by North Korean authorities in January 2016 for stealing a propaganda poster and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He died in June 2017, days after he… Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: Cosby’s conviction is a long time coming, lawyer says By Associated Press District Attorney Kevin Steele praised Andrea Constand as the "first courageous person" to go public with her allegations that Cosby drugged and molested her. Continue reading