Jun 21 Attorney General Lynch visits Orlando after mass shooting By Eric Tucker, Mike Schneider, Associated Press The trip Tuesday comes as the Justice Department continues investigating the June 12 massacre at the Pulse nightclub, in which 49 people died and dozens were wounded. Continue reading
Jun 21 Both men and women fail new Marine Corps fitness standards By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In the last five months, 6 out of 7 female recruits — and 40 out of about 1,500 male recruits — failed to pass the new regimen of pull-ups, ammunition-can lifts, a 3-mile run and combat maneuvers required to move… Continue reading
Jun 21 Is suburbia ready for retiring baby boomers? By Jenni Bergal, Stateline Boomers are expected to live longer, and retire later, than earlier generations. But they also have higher rates of chronic disease, and don’t have the retirement savings their parents did. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 4:47 News Wrap: Biden goes after Trump for Muslim ban comments By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Vice President Joe Biden decried the “politics of fear and intolerance” -- a thinly veiled critique of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump -- during a speech in Washington. Also, the FBI released transcripts of the… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 5:40 Tough times for U.S. towns powered by fossil fuel energy jobs By PBS News Hour Plummeting fuel prices are usually considered a good thing, but in rural Wyoming -- where fossil fuels like coal employ 10 percent of the state’s private sector workforce -- they can spell disaster. For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 11:25 Debate over gun ownership reemerges in Congress and the courts By PBS News Hour In Congress and the courts, gun control took center stage Monday. There was a partisan showdown in the Senate over four different measures. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court declined an appeal of semi-automatic weapons bans. Gwen Ifill talks to political director… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 51:30 PBS NewsHour full episode June 20, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, the debate over gun control takes center stage on Capitol Hill. Also: The battle for Fallujah leaves tens of thousands stranded in the desert, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, how rural Wyoming is struggling… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 6:38 Cavaliers win Cleveland its first sports title in 52 years By PBS News Hour For the first time since 1964, Cleveland, Ohio, has claimed a major sports title. The Cavaliers defeated the reigning Golden State Warriors Sunday night to cap an unprecedented Finals comeback and secure the first NBA Championship in its franchise history. Continue watching
Jun 20 Gun control bills fail despite momentum after Orlando shooting By Alan Fram, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The proposals' gloomy fates underscored the pressure on each party to give little ground on the emotional gun issue going into November's presidential and congressional elections. It also highlighted the potency of the National Rifle Association, which was urging its… Continue reading
Jun 20 Orlando shooting sheds light on mental health disparities in Florida’s Latino community By Joshua Barajas As families of the Orlando victims navigate a heavy burden of paperwork and funerals in the aftermath of the June 12 massacre, local Latino leaders are concerned about how the trauma will manifest in the tight-knit Latino community weeks, months,… Continue reading