Sep 17 Watch 3:50 How one step team is helping students graduate By PBS News Hour The documentary "Gentlemen of Vision,” from PBS member station KETC in St. Louis, follows a group of young men who are part of a step program. Its goal: to decrease the dropout rate and encourage students to graduate high school. Continue watching
Sep 17 New Yorkers revisit Occupy Wall Street on its fifth anniversary By Corinne Segal, Arlene Lormestoire People gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Saturday, exactly five years after Occupy Wall Street began, describing how a small encampment spread to cities across the country. Continue reading
Sep 17 U.S. halts airstrikes in Syria after Russia says they targeted soldiers By Michael D. Regan U.S. military officials said they halted airstrikes Saturday against what were thought to be Islamic State targets in Syria after Russia claimed they killed dozens of Syrian soldiers. Continue reading
Sep 17 Trump says ‘open borders’ cost lives and ‘this will end’ By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Donald Trump, who has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, asserted Saturday that "not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders."… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 9:58 Can a Silicon Valley start-up transform education? By PBS News Hour A for-profit school system called AltSchool now operates in San Francisco and New York, with plans to license its program to public schools across the country. AltSchool's co-founder, a former Google executive, believes methods used in the tech industry, like… Continue watching
Sep 17 Trump glosses over past actions, hopes voters do same By Julie Pace, Associated Press Donald Trump is brazenly betting that voters now settling on their choice for president are willing to set aside all that came before his late-in-the-campaign recalibration. Continue reading
Sep 17 Pipe bomb explodes near New Jersey charity run for military members By Michael D. Regan A pipe bomb exploded in New Jersey before the start of a 5K race to benefit military members. No injuries were reported. Continue reading
Sep 17 Michelle Obama warns young voters against being ‘turned off’ By Julie Pace, Associated Press Stepping deeper into the political fray, Michelle Obama warned young voters against being "tired or turned off" in the 2016 election. Continue reading
Sep 17 Native American candidates hope for pipeline protest boost By James Nord, Associated Press Since April, there's been a tribal protest at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers in southern North Dakota, and it has grown considerably. Continue reading
Sep 17 Bedless hospitals treat patients and send them home the same day By Casey Ross, STAT As treatments get less invasive and recovery times shrink, a new kind of hospital is cropping up — the “bedless hospital.”… Continue reading