Dec 31 Watch 5:29 A record number of journalists are behind bars By PBS News Hour For the second year in a row, the number of journalists who are imprisoned has reached a historic high, according to a report issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists. At a total of 260 people, CPJ’s Editorial Director Elana… Continue watching
Dec 31 3 congressional races to watch in 2018 By Lev Facher, STAT Here are three 2018 campaigns to watch to determine what American voters make of how health care policy is being shaped in Washington. Continue reading
Dec 31 Anticipation high as California rolls out retail pot sales By Brian Melley, Associated Press The first of about six dozen shops licensed by the state will open Monday. Continue reading
Dec 31 Spread of fake news prompts literacy efforts in schools By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction. Continue reading
Dec 30 Racial justice activist Erica Garner dies at 27 By Kamala Kelkar Racial justice activist Erica Garner died Saturday at the age of 27, less than four years after her father was put in a fatal choke hold by police. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 1:53 Arctic cold wave blamed for deaths and making life miserable for millions By PBS News Hour Record or near-record cold is gripping the Midwest and East. Even in the Deep South, temperatures have dipped into the 20s. The bitter cold poses a danger across the country, as officials work to get the homeless off the streets… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 3:36 News Wrap: 1.5 million still waiting for power in Puerto Rico By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, authorities in Puerto Rico say power has been restored to 55 percent of the island's customers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will be May before everyone has power back. Also, a gunman… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 4:51 Fact-checking Trump’s tweet about cold weather and climate change By PBS News Hour As much of the country braces during the cold snap, President Trump weighed in on Twitter, seeming to dismiss yet again the effects of climate change and conflate the the latest weather with the broader issues around climate. What are… Continue watching
Dec 29 Bronx apartment fire kills 12 people. NY mayor calls it ‘worst fire tragedy’ in 25 years By Joshua Barajas The fire was started by a child playing with a stove on the first floor of the 100-year-old building on Prospect Ave. around 7 p.m. ET, fire commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said in a news conference on Friday. From there,… Continue reading
Dec 28 17-year-old left bloodied after encounter with Alabama police By Joshua Barajas The Troy Police Department has since asked for an independent investigation into the case after the teen's family released photos of him badly bruised on social media. Continue reading