May 17 Watch 8:02 Children who marched for equal rights inspire a new generation By Lisa Stark, Education Week Fifty-five years ago, thousands of African-American children walked out of their schools and began a peaceful march in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest segregation. They were met with attack dogs and water hoses. For a new generation of students, traveling to… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 3:41 How being a parent to a child with cancer changes your life What is it like to have your child diagnosed with cancer? Monica McGuiness and Aaron Rodriguez spent two years traveling 80 miles to a hospital so that their 8-year-old son could receive treatment. McGuiness and Rodriguez share their Brief but… Continue watching
May 17 Connecticut recruiting LGBT families to adopt, foster kids By Susan Haigh, Associated Press Connecticut's child welfare agency has launched an initiative to actively recruit LGBT people to become foster and adoptive parents. Continue reading
May 17 Lack of paper trail a concern amid fears of election hacking By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press As the midterm congressional primaries heat up, roughly 1 in 5 Americans will be casting ballots on machines that do not produce a paper record of their votes. Continue reading
May 17 Explosive eruption at Kilauea volcano blasts ash 30,000 feet into the sky By Sophia Yan, Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit before dawn Thursday, shooting a steely gray plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 11:04 Inside Facebook’s race to separate news from junk By Miles O'Brien At Facebook, there are two competing goals: keep the platform free and open to a broad spectrum of ideas and opinions, while reducing the spread of misinformation. The company says it's not in the business of making editorial judgments, so… Continue watching
May 16 Emails contradict Pruitt’s accounts of events under ethics investigations By Ellen Knickmeyer, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Lawmakers at a Senate hearing Wednesday hammered Scott Pruitt with his toughest questioning to date amid federal investigations on his spending, bodyguards and ties with lobbyists. Continue reading
May 16 Illinois’ governor wants to bring back the death penalty. Does his proposal have a chance? By Ryan Connelly Holmes The proposal has reignited debate over the death penalty in a state that abolished it seven years ago, and at a time when President Donald Trump has repeatedly echoed his support for the death penalty, particularly for those who kill… Continue reading
May 16 Lawyer says Rapper T.I. ‘wrongfully arrested’ near his home By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press The rapper T.I. was arrested early Wednesday as he tried to enter his gated community outside Atlanta and was charged with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and simple assault — but the artist's lawyer called it a wrongful arrest. Continue reading
May 16 Trump financial disclosure includes reimbursement to personal attorney Michael Cohen By Associated Press No mention was made of a $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affair. A footnote in tiny type on page 45 of the 92 page document says the president "fully reimbursed" Cohen… Continue reading