Mar 09 Watch 3:56 Letter to Congress sheds light on misconduct allegations that led to U.S. Forest Service chief’s resignation By PBS News Hour The chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Tony Tooke, stepped down this week following a NewsHour investigation into allegations of a culture of sexual misconduct and retaliation within that agency, as well as questions about his own behavior. William Brangham… Continue watching
Mar 09 Florida governor signs school safety bill that raises minimum rifle age, creates handgun program for school employees By Curt Anderson, Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout, Associated Press Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a $400 million school safety bill in response to the tragedy that killed 17 people at a high school. It raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and creates a… Continue reading
Mar 09 ACLU files lawsuit claiming the U.S. broadly separates immigrant families seeking asylum By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not announced a formal policy to hold adult asylum seekers separately from their children. But administration officials have said they are considering separating parents and children to deter others from trying to enter… Continue reading
Mar 09 Martin Shkreli, pharmaceutical chief who increased price of lifesaving drug, sentenced to 7 years in prison By Tom Hays, Colleen Long, Associated Press Martin Shkreli, the self-promoting pharmaceutical executive notorious for trolling critics online, was convicted in a securities fraud case last year unconnected to the price increase dispute. Continue reading
Mar 09 As Trump’s ban plays out in court, America’s first openly transgender recruits are joining the military By Corinne Segal The first group of openly trans recruits in U.S. military history are moving forward without the support of their commander-in-chief. Continue reading
Mar 09 False news travels 6 times faster on Twitter than truthful news By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American False news -- inaccurate information presented as truth or opinion presented as fact -- is 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than information that faithfully reports actual events, according to a new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Continue reading
Mar 09 911 calls from Florida school shooting reveal confusion after shots were fired By Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout, Associated Press As Florida's Republican governor keeps everyone in suspense about whether he'll sign the legislature's response to the massacre of 17 people by a teenager with an assault rifle, 12 minutes of radio transmissions released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office… Continue reading
Mar 08 WATCH: 3 women recount years of harassment in the forest service By Lorna Baldwin Firefighters Darla Bush, Jonel Wagoner and Darlene Hall filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2014, claiming sexual harassment of and retaliation against women in the Forest Service in California. Continue reading
Mar 08 Florida school shooting suspect withdraws plea By Associated Press Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill said in the filing Thursday that Cruz "stands mute" before the court. She said the not guilty plea was entered prematurely, before a grand jury indicted Cruz on 17 murder and 17 attempted murder charges… Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 7:25 News Wrap: Florida sends new gun control bill to governor By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Florida lawmakers sent a newly adopted gun control bill to Republican Gov. Rick Scott. Also, the Mississippi legislature approved an abortion bill that would likely be the most restrictive in the nation, outlawing the procedure… Continue watching