Oct 24 Column: Training police is not enough to eliminate racial bias By Shima Baughman, Christopher Robertson, Sunita Sah To eliminate racial bias, these experts say it's prosecutors, not police, who are in need of reform. Continue reading
Oct 24 Crowdfunding raises $300,000 in a week for ruby slippers restoration By Alison Thoet Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz will shine for years to come, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign by the Smithsonian Institute. Continue reading
Oct 24 With email dumps, WikiLeaks probes the limits of full transparency By Raphael Satter, Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange first outlined the hypothesis nearly a decade ago: Can total transparency defeat an entrenched group of insiders?… Continue reading
Oct 24 Tom Hayden, 1960s anti-war activist, dies at 76 By Associated Press Famed '60s anti-war activist Tom Hayden, whose name became forever linked with the celebrated Chicago 7 trial, Vietnam War protests and his ex-wife actress Jane Fonda, has died. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 23, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, Oct. 23, assessing a merger between telecom giant AT&T and Time Warner. Later, senate Republicans are enduring a balancing act to keep control of the House in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Hari… Continue watching
Oct 23 Looking past Trump, Clinton aims to help other Democrats By Josh Lederman and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The shifting political map has freed Clinton and her well-funded campaign to spend time and money helping other Democrats in competitive races. Continue reading
Oct 23 South Dakota voters have choices to reshape state government By James Nord, Associated Press A trio of ballot measures could radically reshape South Dakota politics. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 3:58 What does AT&T, Time Warner merger mean? By PBS News Hour AT&T, the nation’s second largest cell phone carrier, is buying Time Warner for $85.4 billion and will gain control of TV networks like HBO, TNT and CNN in the biggest deal of its kind since Comcast acquired NBC Universal five… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch 9:44 GOP incumbent walks line in PA on supporting Trump By Sam Weber, Laura Fong Even if Hillary Clinton wins the White House, she could face difficulties on Capitol Hill, if Republicans continue to control the House of Representatives and Senate. One of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents is Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. NewsHour… Continue watching
Oct 23 $85 billion merger of AT&T, Time Warner to come under federal scrutiny By Michael D. Regan AT&T has comes to terms on a $85.4 deal to acquire Time Warner, a merger that would make the phone company a telecommunications Goliath. Continue reading