Jun 16 Petraeus: Afghan war a 'generational struggle' that will not end soon By Larisa Epatko “We’re not going to take a hill, plant a flag and go home to a victory parade,” said former CIA Director David Petraeus of the lengthy war in Afghanistan, in a PBS NewsHour interview airing Friday. Continue reading
Jun 16 Judge finds woman in Massachusetts suicide texting case guilty of manslaughter By Joshua Barajas, Nsikan Akpan Michelle Carter could face up to 20 years in prison for urging Conrad Roy III to take his own life. Continue reading
Jun 16 Jury finds Minnesota officer not guilty in shooting death of Philando Castile By Joshua Barajas The officer fatally shot Castile after pulling him over for a broken taillight outside St. Paul last year. Continue reading
Jun 16 Family of Terence Crutcher files civil lawsuit, seeking Tulsa police reform By Joshua Barajas The family of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by an Oklahoma police officer last year, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday, stating the encounter demonstrated an excessive use of force. Continue reading
Jun 16 Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal government By Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman, ProPublica Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice’s use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education’s requirements on investigations. Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Trump's opioid commission launches new look at health crisis By Laura Santhanam https://youtu.be/dzg-WhYGSe4 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he never felt uncomfortable telling people about his mother's lung cancer after she smoked cigarettes for decades. But he wonders if he would have been as open if she instead consumed heroin instead… Continue reading
Jun 16 WATCH: Trump unveils new Cuba policy By Darlene Superville and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press MIAMI — President Donald Trump declared Friday he was restoring some travel and economic restrictions on Cuba that were lifted as part of the Obama administration's historic easing. He challenged the communist government of Raul Castro to negotiate a better… Continue reading
Jun 16 Trump administration keeps DACA program, shields young immigrants from deportation By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Trump administration is keeping the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, in a move that reverses one of the president's campaign pledges. Continue reading
Jun 16 Trump acknowledges he's under investigation for obstruction of justice By Vivian Salama, Associated Press President Donald Trump appeared to confirm Friday that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice, claiming that he is being investigated for firing FBI Director James Comey by the man who told him to do it. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 7:13 Author looks back at how interracial couples have stood up to white supremacy By PBS News Hour This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, which struck down the law prohibiting interracial marriage. Author Sheryll Cashin explores that case and other historical examples in her book “Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America… Continue watching