Jun 15 Watch 5:42 News Wrap: Senate Democrats launch gun control filibuster By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Democrats mounted a filibuster on the Senate floor, demanding tougher gun controls in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting, including a ban on selling weapons to people on the terror watchlist. Also, another tragedy played… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 8:56 Study slams troubled Oakland police department for racial bias By PBS News Hour The Oakland police department’s history of misconduct — particularly involving African-Americans — has made it the subject of federal oversight for 13 years. Wednesday, Stanford researchers released the results of a two-year-long study into the department, confirming that Oakland officers… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 7:55 Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando mass shooting By PBS News Hour When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando’s largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday’s mass shooting, he thought, “please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim.” But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised very real… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 1:28 An Orlando Muslim’s heartfelt words on nightclub mass shooting By PBS News Hour Rubana Khan of Orlando, in heartfelt verse, sends apologies from her Islamic family to the families of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting. In doing so, she lays bare the pain the killer, Omar Mateen, has caused her and other… Continue watching
Jun 15 Why the Orlando shooter fell off the FBI’s radar screen By Margaret Warner The jumbled picture emerging of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen lay bare the dilemma for law enforcement in confronting the growing threat of home-grown lone wolf terrorists. Continue reading
Jun 15 What sorrow, fear and love sound like in Orlando right now By William Brangham, Justin Scuiletti We've been reporting on the ground in Orlando since a gunman opened fire on a crowded nightclub Sunday. We spoke with people at an LGBT community center, a local mosque, a blood donation center and a vigil for victims of… Continue reading
Jun 15 Are you sexist? Take this quiz By Laura Santhanam Overt prejudice against women is hard to miss, but decades of research suggests that subtle sexism can be just as damaging -- but often go unnoticed. Continue reading
Jun 15 Florida officials recover toddler’s body after Disney alligator attack By Laura Santhanam Disney Parks closed all beaches at Lake Buena Vista resorts after the alligator seized the boy. Continue reading
Jun 15 Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite China’s objections By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet at the White House Wednesday with the Dalai Lama in a get-together the Chinese government assailed. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 4:04 New details of Orlando gunman’s life raise more questions By PBS News Hour The investigation into the Orlando mass shooting took a strange twist Tuesday with some patrons of the gay nightclub that gunman Omar Mateen turned into a killing field saying he was a regular there and used gay dating apps. There… Continue watching