Oct 01 Watch 3:51 The military promised to crack down on sexual assault. Have they? By PBS News Hour A senior air force officer would have faced up to seven years in prison and a requirement to register if a sex offender if the U.S. military had not let him avoid criminal charges for sexual abuse by making him… Continue watching
Oct 01 Volunteers are helping Puerto Rico from home, with a map anyone can edit By Corinne Segal While island officials continued to call for aid this week, organizations delivering relief are asking for help with a lesser-known resource: map data. Continue reading
Oct 01 Supreme Court opens pivotal term with Trump nominee in place By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court's agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency. Continue reading
Oct 01 The psychological toll of natural disasters — and how mainland Puerto Ricans are coping By Kamala Kelkar “We feel guilty that we're not there experiencing what our family members and their kids are experiencing."… Continue reading
Oct 01 Years after silently combating sexual trauma, female veterans seek help By Anna Casey, Kaiser Health News Many women who served in the military decades ago were victims of sexual assaults but often felt compelled to keep quiet. Continue reading
Oct 01 Media titan Samuel ‘Si’ Newhouse is dead at 89 By Associated Press S.I. Newhouse Jr., the low-profile billionaire media mogul who ran the parent company of some of the nation's most prestigious magazines, died Sunday. He was 89. Continue reading
Oct 01 Trump puts NFL players on notice: Stand for national anthem By Associated Press President Donald Trump on Saturday night stoked the controversy over his call for punitive action against NFL players who take a knee or otherwise protest during the national anthem, tweeting anew that they should remain standing out of respect for… Continue reading
Oct 01 Tillerson says U.S. has direct channels to talk to North Korea By Christopher Bodeeen and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United States is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea. Continue reading
Oct 01 O.J. Simpson released from Nevada prison on parole By Corinne Segal Former football star O.J. Simpson was released from a Nevada state prison on parole early Sunday after nine years of serving time for charges related to an armed robbery in 2007. Continue reading
Oct 01 Trump scoffs at ‘politically motivated ingrates’ after Maria By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Trump on Sunday scoffed at "politically motivated ingrates" who had questioned his administration's commitment to Puerto Rico. Continue reading