Aug 09 5 stories you probably missed that deserve a closer look By Joshua Barajas, Roni Dengler, Iman Smith The White House had a difficult time last week defending some of the president's statements. The issue: reconciling what he said happened with what actually happened. The Boy Scouts of America pushed back Wednesday on a claim from the… Continue reading
Aug 08 Guam tells citizens there is no imminent threat from North Korea By Associated Press Guam's Department of Homeland Security and Office of Civil Defense say they are monitoring North Korea with U.S. military and government officials. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 6:02 Nashville's mayor lost her son to opioids. Here's what she thinks will save families from that pain By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 08 Twitter chat: 3 years after Ferguson, what have we learned about race and police shootings? By Lora Strum At 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, the PBS NewsHour will host a Twitter chat with Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor and leading criminal law scholar of race and the policing of black men, and Steve Rich, the data editor at… Continue reading
Aug 08 WATCH: Trump vows to beat opioid crisis By Laura Santhanam Last week, the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis asked President Donald Trump to declare a national state of emergency to address this public health epidemic. Continue reading
Aug 08 Column: How Big Pharma is hindering the fight against the opioid epidemic By Robin Feldman, The Conversation While opioids have become easier to obtain through illicit markets, a drug that could save countless lives has become increasingly out of reach. Continue reading
Aug 08 Marines eye plan to put women in West Coast combat training By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is eyeing a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California, as officials work to quash recurring problems with sexism and other bad behavior among Marines,… Continue reading
Aug 08 U.S. is already feeling negative effects of climate change, according to draft report By Associated Press Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, a draft report produced by 13 federal agencies concludes that the United States is already feeling the negative impacts of climate change, with a stark increase in the frequency of heat waves, heavy rains and… Continue reading
Aug 08 When helpful refugee resettlement programs end, these mentors step in By Larisa Epatko Hello Neighbor, a Pittsburgh-based network, matches refugees with “mentor” families to help them become better accustomed to life in the U.S. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 2:55 News Wrap: Chicago sues Trump administration over 'sanctuary city' plan By PBS News Hour At the end of a brutal campaign to retake Mosul in Iraq, and as the fight for Raqqa continues, where does the battle against the Islamic State stand? Judy Woodruff speaks with Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, who says the… Continue watching