Sep 08 Watch Florida exhorts residents to prepare and evacuate for destructive Hurricane Irma By PBS News Hour Hurricane Irma is en route to Florida after battering islands across the Caribbean, and many areas across central and south Florida are already under mandatory evacuation. P.J. Tobia reports on how Floridians are preparing for the storm, then John Yang… Continue watching
Sep 08 Despite mandatory evacuation, many on this Florida island plan to ride out the storm By Elizabeth Flock “My house has been here for 53 years, and not blown away yet,” says Chris Quarno, who plans to stay along with his daughters and granddaughters, and boasts that he has lived through six hurricanes on Merritt Island before. Continue reading
Sep 08 Live map: Track Hurricane Irma By Travis Daub The map is interactive, and will update as the forecast changes. Continue reading
Sep 08 How to help Hurricane Irma victims By Teresa Carey As Hurricane Irma moves over open water toward the U.S., and Florida Gov. Rick Scott urges those in evacuation zones to “get out now,” here’s how you can help. Continue reading
Sep 08 WATCH LIVE: White House may address Hurricane Irma, debt ceiling in news briefing By Associated Press Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to begin speaking around 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch live here. Continue reading
Sep 08 Senators want New Hampshire secretary of state to leave Trump voter panel By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan say fellow Democrat Bill Gardner should step down because the panel's vice chairman is misleading the public by using irrelevant data to rehash false claims. Continue reading
Sep 08 LGBTQ 'dreamers' are particularly vulnerable as DACA winds down. Here's why. By Corinne Segal Queer and trans DACA recipients say the program allowed them to gain a foothold in a country where they already face high rates of economic insecurity and inconsistent protection under the law. Continue reading
Sep 08 What you need to know about Hurricane Irma By Erica R. Hendry, Michael D. Regan In a news briefing Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called it “a catastrophic storm” like “our state has never seen.”… Continue reading
Sep 08 WATCH LIVE: Florida Gov. Rick Scott gives update on Hurricane Irma By Jenny Marder Florida Governor Rick Scott is scheduled to update the public about his state's preparations before Hurricane Irma makes landfall this weekend. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 8:02 Can a new generation of Americans serve up great tennis? By PBS News Hour For the first time since 1981, all four women’s U.S. Open semifinalists are American. But it’s a different story for their male counterparts, who haven’t won the semifinals since Andy Roddick in 2003. It’s a long drought that American tennis… Continue watching