Mar 31 New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history By Brady McCombs, Associated Press The Mormon church made history and injected diversity into a top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry. Continue reading
Mar 31 Court rules that government can't block immigrant teens from abortion By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can’t interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions. Continue reading
Mar 31 Hundreds line Cambridge streets to honor Stephen Hawking By Gregory Katz, Associated Press The life of renowned physicist and author Stephen Hawking was celebrated Saturday in the English city of Cambridge. Continue reading
Mar 31 New videos show clearest account of Alton Sterling's killing By Anthony Izaguirre and Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Kept under wraps for nearly two years, body camera footage of a policeman killing Alton Sterling shows the officer threatening to shoot the man and screaming profanities before firing the fatal shots that stoked protests across the nation. Continue reading
Mar 31 Autopsy disputing police account of shooting prompts anger By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press “His back was turned — he didn’t get a chance,” said Latarria McCain, who joined several hundred Friday in a protest that lasted more than four hours. Continue reading
Mar 31 What's next for 'Serial's' Adnan Syed? By Rhana Natour An appeals court this week ruled that Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit true crime podcast “Serial, should be granted a retrial. Here's what that means. Continue reading
Mar 30 Baton Rouge Police fire officer who fatally shot Alton Sterling in 2016 By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Police said Friday they suspended another officer involved in the fatal shooting of Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was selling homemade CDs outside the Triple S Food Mart. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said his office isn't charging either… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 6:06 Why ransomware attacks target local governments like Atlanta By PBS News Hour Nine days ago, a cyberattack brought Atlanta to a virtual standstill. Now the city says it is slowly making progress restoring its computer network. Officials have not said whether they paid a $51,000 ransom to a group known as SamSam,… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 8:05 An exclusive look behind the scenes of the U.S. military's cyber defense By Mike Cerre At U.S. Cyber Command, cyber protection teams defend the Pentagon's networks from adversaries like Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, and fight thousands of non-state actors like terrorist groups and professional hackers. Special correspondent Mike Cerre got exclusive access to… Continue watching
Mar 30 What we learned from an independent autopsy into Stephon Clark's death By Joshua Barajas While Sacramento County officials said earlier this week that Clark died of gunshot wounds, a final autopsy report from the Sacramento County Coroner won't be available until weeks from now, so the family sought a second, independent autopsy for Clark's… Continue reading