Oct 10 Google ‘Top stories’ featured false news about rumored Antifa civil war By Cameron Hickey, Miles O'Brien We reached out to Google to ask about the misinformation we found for the “Antifa civil war” search in “Top stories,” and they declined to comment. However, by the following day, searches for those same terms did not return any… Continue reading
Oct 10 Wildfires are sweeping through California. Here’s what you need to know By Jennifer Hijazi, Joshua Barajas One Cal Fire official called this multiplicity of fires “unprecedented.”… Continue reading
Oct 10 WATCH: First lady Melania Trump visits infant opioid treatment center in West Virginia By Joshua Barajas Trump will visit Lily's Place, a drug treatment center where staff ease help infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that stem from a newborn's exposure to opioids during a mother's pregnancy. Continue reading
Oct 09 Texas Tech student accused in fatal shooting of campus police officer By Joshua Barajas A 19-year-old Texas Tech University student shot and killed a campus police officer after he was taken into custody following a "student welfare check" during which campus officials found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia. Continue reading
Oct 09 5 overlooked stories that are worth your time By Joshua Barajas, Larisa Epatko, Jennifer Hijazi, Erica R. Hendry The latest on protests in St. Louis, a plague sweeping Madagascar and other stories you may have missed in the rush of news. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 3:46 Starmaker Harvey Weinstein eclipsed by sexual harassment revelations By PBS News Hour Harvey Weinstein, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, has been fired from the influential film company he founded after The New York Times detailed three decades of sexual harassment allegations against him from scores of women who worked… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 4:21 News Wrap: Scott Pruitt says he’s ending EPA’s Clean Power Plan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt confirmed that he will sign a new order ending President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which limited carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. Also, more than a dozen wildfires swept across Northern… Continue watching
Oct 08 Film producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from Weinstein Co. amid reports of sexual harassment By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The company's board of directors announced his termination Sunday night, capping the swift downfall of one of Hollywood's most powerful producers and expelling him from the company he co-created. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 9:47 In Kentucky, jail is becoming an addict’s last-resort rehab By Melanie Saltzman, Megan Thompson Despite high levels of drug abuse among the jail population nationwide, few facilities offer drug treatment programs. They don’t have the funds or the physical space. But the Kentucky Department of Corrections reports that statewide, half the people who went… Continue watching
Oct 08 White nationalists return to protest at Charlottesville park By Michael D. Regan A group of more than 40 white nationalists on Saturday night returned to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia. Continue reading