Apr 06 FEMA: Puerto Rico running out of time as storm season nears By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that Puerto Rico is not ready for another disaster. Continue reading
Apr 06 Millions of U.S. adults live in education deserts, far from colleges and fast internet By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report Distance and technology hinder the college aspirations of a surprising number of rural Americans. Continue reading
Apr 06 Did Cambridge Analytica get your data? You’ll know soon By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anyone who's been wondering if their private Facebook data might have been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal will soon get their first clues. Continue reading
Apr 06 National Guard’s last border deployments offer clues to the future By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The U.S. National Guard faces a vastly different environment than it did on its last two deployments to the border with Mexico, with far fewer illegal crossings and more Central Americans than Mexicans coming. Still, its role is shaping up… Continue reading
Apr 06 Drug companies paid $116 million to patient advocacy groups in 2015 alone, new data suggests By Emily Kopp, Sydney Lupkin, Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News The database, called Pre$cription for Power shows that donations to patient advocacy groups tallied for 2015 — the most recent full year in which documents required by the Internal Revenue Service were available — dwarfed the total amount the companies… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 7:27 What past administrations learned from sending troops to the border President Trump said Thursday that he wants to send as many as 4,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. While his plan has raised concerns, there is precedent from past administrations. John Yang speaks with former ICE acting… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 2:53 New Facebook revelations over user privacy deepen crisis and invite scrutiny By PBS News Hour Social media giant Facebook says it now believes that up to 87 million people had their data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm that worked for the Trump campaign, and that public profiles for most of the… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 14:04 Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook ‘made big mistakes’ on protecting user data By Judy Woodruff, Jaywon Choe Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg apologized Thursday for the social media giant’s data breach and admitted the company failed to do enough to protect the data of tens of millions of its users. In an interview with Judy Woodruff,… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 5:50 Tiger Woods became the greatest golfer then lost it all. Now he’s taking a swing at a comeback All eyes are on Tiger Woods as he's set to compete in his first Masters tournament since 2015 -- a comeback many thought would never happen. The youngest player ever to win the coveted green jacket and one of the… Continue watching
Apr 05 Police promise deep investigation of YouTube shooter’s past By Janie Har and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press Investigators will likely scrutinize the shooter's movements during the nearly nine-hour drive from her family's home near San Diego to YouTube's headquarters and will examine the bizarre videos she posted online and the posts about her, as well as look… Continue reading