Jul 01 Watch 7:01 In Atlantic City, residents feel injustice of climate change By PBS News Hour When global warming leads to coastal flooding, low-income neighborhoods can suffer some of the worst effects. One stark example is in Atlantic City, where people living in houses built on low-lying lands were left out of flood-mitigation projects that benefit… Continue watching
Jul 01 Troy Williams served 18 years. Now, he edits a paper that bridges prisons and public By Kamala Kelkar Troy Williams spent 18 years at San Quentin State Prison. Now, he's editing a newspaper in San Francisco that is available to people in prison across the country. Continue reading
Jul 01 Nevada starts sale of recreational marijuana By Omar Etman At midnight, Nevada became the fifth state to sell marijuana for recreational purposes. Continue reading
Jul 01 State laws will expand concealed guns to public facilities By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Starting Saturday, concealed guns will be permitted at college campuses in Georgia and Kansas, more public areas in Tennessee, and at the Iowa state Capitol. Continue reading
Jul 01 AP report: Military chiefs have six more months to review transgender enlistments By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The delay in allowing the enlistment of new recruits does not affect transgender troops who are already serving openly in the military. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 9:09 What happened when Camden started rethinking policing to build trust By PBS News Hour Historically one of the country's most impoverished and violent cities, Camden, New Jersey, has been working to rebuild its police force from the ground up, recruiting officers from its mostly Latino and African-American community. The new procedures aim to bring… Continue watching
Jun 30 WATCH: Trump relaunches National Space Council By Associated Press The president signed an executive order Friday to revive a council last in place in 1993. Continue reading
Jun 30 Gunman kills 1, injures 6 others after opening fire at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center By Erica R. Hendry New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD are scheduled to address the shooting in a 4:45 p.m. news conference. Continue reading
Jun 30 Illinois facing dire consequences as budget feud continues By Sara Burnett, Associated Press Illinois is hours away from entering its third fiscal year without a state budget, territory that could mean some universities won't be able to offer federal financial aid, road construction and Powerball ticket sales will halt, and the state's credit… Continue reading
Jun 30 Mazda car parking brake may not hold, company issues recall By Associated Press Mazda is recalling nearly 228,000 cars in the U.S. because the parking brake may not fully release or could fail to hold the cars, increasing the risk of a crash. Continue reading