Jun 03 10 videos to watch from Chicago’s police misconduct investigators By Nsikan Akpan, Joshua Barajas On Friday, Chicago officials publicly released hundreds of videos, audio recordings and other evidence related to 101 police incidents to an online portal. There, anyone could sift through about 300 videos from cases that fell under the jurisdiction… Continue reading
Jun 03 Chicago releases hundreds of videos of police-related incidents By Joshua Barajas Chicago officials publicly released hundreds of videos, audio recordings and other evidence on Friday from 101 incidents involving the city’s police department. Continue reading
Jun 03 Why are so many white Americans dying young? By Dylan Scott, STAT A 15-year study shows the life expectancy of white Americans seems to have plateaued, while for blacks and Hispanics it keeps rising. Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch 52:58 PBS NewsHour full episode June 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, candidates canvass California in advance of Tuesday’s penultimate primary. Also: The legal firestorm over Trump University, how to fix the opioid epidemic, why San Francisco activists are telling developers to build in their backyards, Obama’s opinion… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 6:24 News Wrap: Obama cracks down on predatory payday loans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Obama administration called for strict regulations on short-term, high-interest payday loans used by an estimated 12 million Americans each year. Also, Donald Trump picked up a major endorsement from House Speaker Paul Ryan after… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 6:18 Can Bernie Sanders pull off upset win over Hillary Clinton in California? By PBS News Hour As the primary season heads toward its final weekend of campaigning, all three remaining candidates are canvassing feverishly in California ahead of Tuesday’s vote, especially trailing contender Bernie Sanders, who’s banking on a big win in the Golden State to… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 5:44 Prince’s fentanyl overdose gives new urgency to opioid epidemic By PBS News Hour The opioid epidemic sweeping the nation once more took center stage after law enforcement officials revealed that music icon Prince’s death in April was due to an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far stronger than morphine. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 7:59 In the eye of legal storm battering Trump — and Trump U. By PBS News Hour Donald Trump’s defunct “Trump University” real estate seminar business continues to garner controversy, especially after hundreds of documents were released this week detailing the aggressive tactics used by Trump employees. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports on the legal firestorm surrounding… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 8:23 The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard By PBS News Hour Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality… Continue watching
Jun 02 Justice Dept. backs fired VA official in legal challenge By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Justice Department is siding with a legal argument by a fired Department of Veterans Affairs official at the center of a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and secret lists covering up the delays. Continue reading