Oct 19 Thousands eligible for DACA renewals failed to apply in time By Jill Colvin, Associated Press About 21,000-22,000 young immigrants, many brought to the country illegally as children, did not submit their status renewal applications in time, according to preliminary data from Homeland Security. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 8:18 Escaping Harvey Weinstein was a 'cat-and-mouse game,' says Katherine Kendall By PBS News Hour More than three dozen women have now come forward to say Harvey Weinstein harassed or assaulted them. One of those women is Katherine Kendall, who met Weinstein when she was a 23-year-old actress. She recounts her experience in a conversation… Continue watching
Oct 18 WATCH: NFL commissioner says players 'should stand for the national anthem' By Joshua Barajas NFL players will be encouraged to stand for the national anthem at the start of the football games, the league's chief told reporters today. After two days of meeting with owners of each NFL team, representatives for the players' union… Continue reading
Oct 18 Top Facebook executive says company will release data on Russia-linked ads, but doesn't offer more details By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Previously, Facebook declined to make the ads public. While Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, now favors the release, she didn't say Thursday when the company would do so. Continue reading
Oct 18 For black athletes, wealth doesn't equal freedom By Leah Wright-Rigueur Americans are told to love their nation uncritically, be thankful that they are exceptional enough to live in a country that allows citizens the opportunity to reach astronomical heights of economic prosperity. For black citizens, there’s an additional presumption: that… Continue reading
Oct 18 Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America By Lora Strum What would it take to turn Texas, a Republican stronghold, into a blue state? According to data from SurveyMonkey, just remove all the gun owners from the Lone Star State and it would have gone to Hillary Clinton in… Continue reading
Oct 18 Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead By Calvin Woodward and Russ Bynum, Associated Press WASHINGTON — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump, even as she waited months for his condolences, wrote to him… Continue reading
Oct 18 Karen Pence to outline goals for art therapy initiative By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — When Karen Pence found out that an art therapist in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico couldn't afford the clay her clients needed, she sprang into action. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 5:09 News Wrap: Trump's latest travel ban blocked by federal judge By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge in Hawaii struck down the Trump administration’s latest travel ban that extended to six mostly Muslim nations, plus North Korea and Venezuela. The move temporarily blocks enforcement of the order nationwide, but… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 6:05 Puerto Ricans still don't have reliable drinking water, and fears of contamination are rising By PBS News Hour It’s been almost a month since Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, killing at least 48 people, but citizens on the island are still coming to grips with the scale of the devastation. William Brangham speaks with David Begnaud of CBS… Continue watching