Jul 04 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: Extreme weather complicates July 4 festivities In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. marked its Independence Day with celebrations across the country and temperatures that climbed well over 90 degrees in parts of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Also, trained divers in northern Thailand continued their efforts… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 4:36 National Parks work to welcome more diverse Americans By Tyler Fingert The incredible views in America's national parks are seen largely by a specific demographic. Visitors are overwhelmingly white, with just one in 10 being Hispanic and 7 percent African-American. Special correspondent Tyler Fingert from the Cronkite School of Journalism reports… Continue watching
Jul 04 Climber on Statue of Liberty base after anti-ICE banner hung By Associated Press Several people who hung a banner calling for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the Statue of Liberty's pedestal on the Fourth of July have been arrested, and authorities say a person is scaling the statue's base. Continue reading
Jul 04 Attorneys say parents in fragile state for asylum interviews By Elliot Spagat, Emily Schmall, Associated Press Some immigrants complain that they stumbled through their first asylum interviews when they were deeply distraught over losing their children. The interviews can have life-changing consequences because they are critical to establishing why families cannot return home safely. Continue reading
Jul 04 WATCH: Iconic LeBron James banner taken down in Cleveland By Tom Withers, Associated Press James put Cleveland on the map, changing the city's collective psyche and delivering on his promise by winning an NBA championship in 2016 — the city's first since 1964. Continue reading
Jul 04 The U.S. natural gas industry is leaking way more methane than previously thought By Anthony J. Marchese, Dan Zimmerle, The Conversation A new study suggests that methane emissions from oil and gas operations are much higher than current EPA estimates. Continue reading
Jul 03 Americans' views mixed on Independence Day By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press BOSTON — In these complex times, a simple question about the quintessential American holiday of fireworks, cookouts and parades isn't always so simple. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 6:48 The ordeal of navigating migrant family reunification, in one toddler's story Two weeks ago, 3-year-old Sofi and her grandmother were making the journey through Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. Although they entered legally and with guardianship documents, they were separated two days after entering, and two days after President… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch 3:19 We stigmatize accents, but language belongs to everyone Scholar and novelist Hernan Diaz was born in Argentina, grew up in Sweden, and spent most of his life in the United States. To some degree, he says, he has a foreign accent in every language he speaks. Diaz shares… Continue watching
Jul 03 Race in college admissions: Read the Trump administration's statement on reversing policies By Meredith Lee Seven guidelines set by the Obama administration that promoted diversity in classrooms and on campuses are being appealed by the Departments of Justice and Education, according to a statement provided to the PBS NewsHour today. Continue reading