Oct 03 A guide to the fight over gun silencers By Lisa Desjardins The Las Vegas shooting has focused attention on a House bill that includes language that would loosen restrictions on gun silencers. Here's a look at the bill, and what it would do. Continue reading
Oct 03 Acts of heroism emerge from chaos of Las Vegas shooting By Amanda Lee Myers, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press There was a man one survivor knows only as Zach who herded people to a safe place. There was a registered nurse from Tennessee who died shielding his wife. Continue reading
Oct 03 The Las Vegas shooter had a cheap modification that made his rifles more deadly By Gretchen Frazee At about 10 p.m. Sunday, a rapid pop-pop-pop rang out at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country music festival in Las Vegas. At first the rapid-fire burst was so steady, many concertgoers mistook it for firecrackers. The noise came… Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: The latest developments in Las Vegas shooting investigation By Joshua Barajas Las Vegas officials are scheduled to provide a 4 p.m. ET update on the investigation into Sunday's Las Vegas shooting. Watch their remarks here. Continue reading
Oct 03 Column: How conservative activists are using Asian Americans to argue against affirmative action By Natasha K. Warikoo In August, the Justice Department sought lawyers to investigate whether Harvard University has discriminated against Asian Americans in favor of black and Latino applicants. In her column, Harvard professor Natasha Warikoo explains how such efforts are an attempt at a… Continue reading
Oct 03 How the Equifax hack happened, according to its CEO By Erica R. Hendry In a prepared testimony ahead of his appearance before a congressional panel, former Equifax CEO Richard Smith said he was "deeply sorry" about last month's data breach. But how exactly did that happen? Smith offers his own version of events. Continue reading
Oct 02 5 important stories you may have missed By Joshua Barajas, Jennifer Hijazi, Ilayda Kocak With the rush of news about the deadly shooting in Las Vegas, and the continuing recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, these five stories may have slipped under your radar. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 6:50 How do you protect soft targets like a concert? By PBS News Hour Can anything be done to predict or prevent mass shootings? How do you protect people in hard-to-secure public spaces? Hari Sreenivasan talks to security expert Russ Simons of Venue Solutions Group and Jeffrey Swanson of the Duke University School of… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 11:31 An outpouring of sorrow and help after Las Vegas shooting massacre By PBS News Hour The rapid fire of gunshots interrupted an evening of country music at an outdoor festival in Las Vegas Sunday night, where 22,000 people were gathered. A gunman took aim at the crowd from the 32nd floor of a nearby hotel,… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Trial begins for alleged organizer of Benghazi attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, federal prosecutors began making their case against Ahmed Abu Khattala, the alleged organizer of the 2012 attack on American outposts in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. Also, another trial began in Malaysia for two… Continue watching