Mar 05 Man on death row punished after appearing in Netflix show ‘Captive’ By Kamala Kelkar Soon after Netflix aired an episode about one of the country’s deadliest prison uprisings, Ohio corrections revoked the email and phone privileges of a man on death row for appearing in it. Continue reading
Mar 05 UN says 66,000 displaced in 5 months of north Syria fighting By Philip Issa, Associated Press Five months of multi-sided clashes in Syria's crowded northern battlefield have displaced some 66,000 people, a U.N. humanitarian agency said Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 05 Sen. Warren turns fundraising powerhouse for Democrats By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Warren started 2017 with $4.8 million in her campaign account, the biggest piggybank of any Senate Democrat facing voters next year. Continue reading
Mar 05 At new national park, a window into Harriet Tubman’s life after the Underground Railroad By Michael D. Regan Following her missions on the Underground Railroad and service with the Union Army, Harriet Tubman began a new phase of her life in the central New York city of Auburn. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 4:00 FCC may scale back net neutrality By PBS News Hour The Federal Communications Commission has outlined a list of proposals it will discuss at a meeting later this month that span from ending the use of cellphones in prison to blocking robocalls -- one of the biggest issues for consumers. Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch In ‘The Future of Cities,’ innovative responses to urban issues By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green More than 31 cities around the globe -- including Tokyo, Delhi, Cairo and Mexico City -- are considered megacities, with populations of more than 10 million people. As the number of city dwellers increases, so do problems like overcrowding, pollution,… Continue watching
Mar 04 Canada minister addresses influx of asylum-seekers from U.S. By Associated Press Canada is enforcing border laws and is willing to put more resources in place to deal with the influx of asylum-seekers from the United States, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Saturday… Continue reading
Mar 04 Step inside a wired nursery: Lots of tech — and not much evidence it’s helpful By Megan Thielking, STAT A flurry of high-tech baby products has hit the market in recent months, but experts say there hasn’t been thorough research on many of those products and warn that they can sometimes do more harm than good. Continue reading
Mar 04 Emails from VP Pence’s time as governor delivered in Indiana By Associated Press Thirteen boxes of emails from Vice President Mike Pence's term as Indiana governor have been turned over to state government, a spokesman said. Continue reading
Mar 04 Why farmers and ranchers think the EPA Clean Water Rule goes too far By Reagan Waskom and David J. Cooper for The Conversation Some farmers and ranchers fear the Clean Water Rule could expand federal regulations that impact their private property rights. Continue reading