Sep 20 Students at Eastern Michigan U. protest 'KKK' and other racist graffiti By Joshua Barajas Staff members at Eastern Michigan University discovered racist graffiti on the side of a dormitory building Tuesday morning, according to a campus newspaper. The graffiti was shortly removed later that morning. Several students, however, thought the university's statement was insufficient. Continue reading
Sep 20 Obama administration clears roadblocks to autonomous vehicles in new advisory By JOAN LOWY AND JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press One self-driving technology expert said the overall tenor of the White House's new guidance signaled that the federal government truly has embraced autonomous driving. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 8:35 Are Clinton and Trump judged by different standards? By PBS News Hour Mirroring their dissimilar campaigns, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump responded very differently to Saturday's bombings, with Clinton emphasizing her experience and Trump focusing on immigration. But even when they're discussing the same issues, are the candidates evaluated according to separate… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 53:22 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 19, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, the suspect behind bombings in New York and New Jersey is arrested. Also: radicalization within the U.S., the presidential candidates weigh in on the attacks, whether Clinton and Trump are evaluated differently, the first UN General… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch The new librarian of Congress on the value of 'free information' By PBS News Hour The Library of Congress has a new chief: Carla Hayden. Most of her predecessors in the role have come from scholarly institutions, but Hayden is a librarian through and through. She is also the first woman and the first African… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Bombing suspect arrested, but New York security still elevated By PBS News Hour Following a shootout, New York police apprehended their suspect for Saturday’s actual and attempted bombings in New York and New Jersey. Twenty-eight-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan, was seized after being recognized sleeping in the doorway… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 3:01 News Wrap: Obama says 'no connection' between bombings and mall attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Obama said there’s “no connection” between Saturday’s bombings in New York and New Jersey and the Minnesota mall stabbings, which the Islamic State claimed it inspired. Also, the Syrian military declared a week-long ceasefire… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 10:09 Is this 'syndrome' causing American political dysfunction? By PBS News Hour Has our political system gone crazy? Jonathan Rauch thinks so. In a recent piece for the Atlantic, Rauch explores what he calls “chaos syndrome” in Washington: government stagnation, he argues, is resulting from politicians' inability to compromise, combined with constant… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 8:36 The challenge of recognizing radicalization before it's too late By PBS News Hour The suspect behind this weekend’s bombings has been apprehended; now authorities are trying to figure out what motivated him and whether he acted alone. Judy Woodruff talks to George Washington University’s Lorenzo Vidino and former Department of Homeland Security official… Continue watching
Sep 19 How Texas' voter ID law landed it in federal court -- again By Will Weissert, Associated Press Texas is back in federal court yet again defending one of the nation's strictest voter ID laws — this time against charges that the state is violating its own recent agreement to soften the rules ahead of the November election. Continue reading