Jul 09 New details emerge about Army veteran who killed five in Dallas By Michael D. Regan The gunman who killed five Dallas police officers this week acted alone and used a military-style semi-automatic rifle similar to those utilized in other mass shootings. Continue reading
Jul 09 Obama: ‘America is not as divided as some have suggested’ By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press President Barack Obama on Saturday rejected the notion that this week's stunning violence is a signal that the U.S. has returned to some of the darkest days of its past. Continue reading
Jul 09 Islamic State’s Twitter traffic drops amid U.S. efforts By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says. Continue reading
Jul 09 Serena Williams wins Wimbledon, her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title By Kristen Doerer World No. 1 Serena Williams clinched the Wimbledon Championship on Saturday at the All England Club, winning her 22nd Grand Slam title. Continue reading
Jul 09 After Dallas shooting, neighbors of suspect in disbelief By Stella M. Chávez, KERA The suspect's cousin said he never heard his cousin talk about wanting to carry out an attack or wanting to harm someone. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:37 Dallas, rattled by police murders, had made strides in community policing By PBS News Hour More emerged Friday about Micah Johnson, the Army reservist believed to be behind the sniper slayings of five Dallas police officers in a city that was, by all accounts, making strides in cop/community relations. Until this week’s tragedy, the Dallas… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 10:24 Week of violence sparks national dialogue on race and policing By PBS News Hour The deaths of several black men at the hand of police and the sniper slayings of five police officers in Dallas brought the issue of race and policing back to the front pages. Jeffrey Brown talks to Michael Eric Dyson… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 53:38 PBS NewsHour full episode July 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, details emerge about the dead sniper suspect in the Dallas police murders. Also: an interview with Hillary Clinton about the slayings, a security shakeup in terror-torn Baghdad, a look at growing tensions between NATO and Russia… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 11:58 Shields and Brooks on Dallas police murders, Trump’s Republican problem By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss what they both agree was a bad week for America. They see little chance for an end to the increasing polarization. Both also had… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 3:13 News Wrap: Florida congresswoman indicted in fraudulent charity scandal By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and her chief of staff, were indicted on fraud charges, accused of lining their pockets with money from a fake charity that was supposed to give scholarships to poor kids. Also,… Continue watching