Aug 02 Watch 7:46 How Gary, Indiana, is improving community-police relations By PBS News Hour Tonight is “National Night Out,” and police officers across the country are going into neighborhoods in an effort to connect with the people they serve. As part of our year-long Race Matters conversation, special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Gary,… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 5:57 What Miami-Dade County is doing about Zika By PBS News Hour With 12 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Miami-Dade County, officials are asking residents to take part in mosquito-prevention efforts, including draining standing water and wearing insect repellent. Gwen Ifill speaks with Alina Hudak, Deputy Mayor of Miami-Dade County,… Continue watching
Aug 02 Texas professors sue over new law allowing guns on campus By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Supporters of the campus carry law say its impact is overstated, because most students won't be legally allowed to carry concealed weapons. Continue reading
Aug 02 Testimony: Health director covered up cancer-causing water in North Carolina By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press North Carolina's top public health official acted unethically and possibly illegally by telling residents living near Duke Energy coal ash pits that their well water is safe to drink when it's contaminated with a chemical known to cause cancer, a… Continue reading
Aug 02 Baltimore woman dies after standoff with police By Kamaria Roberts An hours-long standoff with Baltimore County police on Monday ended with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old woman, Korryn Gaines, and the injuring of her 5-year-old son in their suburban Baltimore apartment. Continue reading
Aug 02 Amid shortage of psychiatric beds, mentally ill face long waits for treatment By Michael Ollove, Stateline Across the country, a critical shortage of state psychiatric beds is forcing mentally ill patients with severe symptoms to be held in emergency rooms, hospitals and jails while they wait for a bed, sometimes for weeks. Continue reading
Aug 02 New York Police Commissioner William Bratton to resign By News Desk New York Police Commissioner William Bratton will step down next month from leading the nation's largest police force, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 02 Gun violence and mental health laws, 50 years after Texas tower sniper By Lauren Silverman, KERA For decades, people have struggled to figure out why Charles Whitman stuck his rifle over the edge of the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin and started shooting. Continue reading
Aug 02 CDC: Mosquito eradication difficult in Miami neighborhood By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says officials are finding it challenging to eradicate mosquitoes in a part of Miami where 14 people appear to have contracted the Zika virus. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 8:48 Remembering the Texas mass shooting that changed campus security By PBS News Hour Fifty years ago today, a former Marine and engineering student opened fire from atop the clock tower at University of Texas, Austin. Charles Whitman killed more than a dozen and wounded many more. William Brangham speaks with Gregory Fenves, president… Continue watching