Mar 25 ‘We see gun violence and gun wars all the time’ — Why young immigrants joined the March for Our Lives By Fernando Cienfuegos "Many of our undocumented youth and many of the immigrant population has been coming to the United States because they’re fleeing gun violence."… Continue reading
Mar 25 What Facebook doesn’t tell you about information it collects By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Facebook defends its data collection and sharing activities by noting that it's adhering to a privacy policy it shares with users, but activity isn’t limited to pages or posts. Continue reading
Mar 25 Why Trump’s latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press The world's financial markets are gripped by fear that an escalating trade rift between the United States and China may inflict far-reaching pain. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 3:54 Trump signs new policy that would ban most trans troops By PBS News Hour Four federal courts have temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people in the military, which he issued last summer. On Friday night, the White House released a new, similar policy to bar people with a history of gender… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 4:23 Youth voices take center stage at March for Our Lives By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman Students across the country flooded into the streets on Saturday to call for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Parkland school shooting that killed 17 people in Florida last month. Among the tens of thousands who rallied… Continue watching
Mar 24 GOP’s congressional stronghold is Democrats’ source of hope By Marc Levy, Associated Press A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. Continue reading
Mar 24 Doctors and drugmakers may be looking at your social media By Menaka Wilhelm, Future of You Doctors and drugmakers are looking at patients' experiences on social media for clues on problems. Continue reading
Mar 24 7 months after Harvey, flood-control projects’ fate unclear By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston's flooding woes went to the top of the area's to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation's fourth-largest city. Continue reading
Mar 24 ‘What it comes down to is life or death’ — Students shout for a revolution at March for Our Lives By Kamala Kelkar Emma González, a leader of the March for Our Lives, held silence on stage for most of 6 minutes and 20 seconds, the amount of time it took a shooter to kill her classmates. Continue reading
Mar 24 UK watchdog assessing evidence from Cambridge Analytica raid By Associated Press Investigators from the Information Commissioner's Office spent about seven hours searching the Cambridge Analytica office. Continue reading