Mar 15 United Airlines to issue special pet carrier tags after dog's death By Associated Press The Chicago-based airline has announced it will issue special bag tags for animal carriers following the death of a French bulldog puppy that was forced into an overhead bin on a United flight. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: Sessions addresses police chiefs conference By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading
Mar 14 Senate passes bill easing Dodd-Frank rules for banks By Kevin Freking, Marcy Gordon, Associated Press The bill is particularly aimed at helping small and medium-sized banks, but critics argue that the likelihood of future taxpayer bailouts will increase if it becomes law. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 3:54 'The adults have failed us. This is in our hands now': Thousands stage school walkout over gun violence By PBS News Hour Students and teachers walked out of class Wednesday morning by the tens of thousands to protest gun violence and remember the victims of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Back in Washington, lawmakers pressed the FBI on why it… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 4:57 Kids who walked out see their generation as the one 'getting things done' on the gun debate By PBS News Hour Ceilidh Kern, a sophomore, and Jaylah Ross, a junior, are two students who participated in the March 14 school walkouts, and are part of a team from more than a dozen of our Student Reporting Labs who are covering the… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 3:09 This self-defense class empowers people with disabilities to fight abuse By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the IMPACT:Ability training program is a self-defense class with a twist: It's specially designed to empower people with disabilities and teach them abuse prevention and safety skills. Special correspondent Tina Martin of… Continue watching
Mar 14 Parkland shooting suspect Cruz appears in court, remains silent when asked about plea By Curt Anderson, Associated Press The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month refused to announce a plea on Wednesday so a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Continue reading
Mar 14 FBI official: 'We clearly should have done more' in Florida shooting By Matthew Daly, Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI could have and should have done more to investigate information it received prior to last month's massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the agency's deputy director told a Senate panel on Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 14 A guide to the gun bills in Congress By Lisa Desjardins Here's a look at the main proposals under consideration in Congress. Continue reading
Mar 14 U.S. students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence By Collin Binkley, Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory… Continue reading