Jul 28 Watch 7:48 In most unusual of campaign years, can Clinton surprise us? By PBS News Hour She’s been on the scene for 25 years, so how can Hillary Clinton be both status quo and an agent of change? Spelling that out is a major challenge as she works to shore up the Obama base and win… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 5:18 What you need to know about South Florida Zika scare By PBS News Hour The Food and Drug Administration asked two South Florida counties — Miami-Dade and Broward — to immediately halt blood donations as what looks like four cases of locally transmitted, mosquito-borne Zika virus are investigated. Hari Sreenivasan talks with Dr. Anthony… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 2:12 News Wrap: Baton Rouge holds vigil for 3 slain cops By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch attend a vigil in Baton Rouge for the three cops fatally shot last month in an ambush. Also, the Syrian government and its Russian allies offered… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 53:30 PBS NewsHour full episode July 28, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton makes history as she formally accepts the Democratic presidential nomination. Also: a look at the hidden sexism of male voters, Democrats unleash on Donald Trump, an interview with Clinton’s chief strategist, the Zika virus… Continue watching
Jul 28 Man arrested for YouTube videos threatening Baton Rouge police, David Duke By Associated Press Louisiana State Police say a Baton Rouge man was jailed for posting online videos threatening violence against Baton Rouge police and a former Ku Klux Klan leader who is running for the Senate. Continue reading
Jul 28 Traffic deaths rise when cities remove red-light cameras, study says By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Red-light cameras are widely hated, but a new study says getting rid of them can have fatal consequences. Continue reading
Jul 28 Column: After soaring convention speeches, can Clinton connect with ordinary people? By Ron Elving, NPR When President Obama was joined on stage by the woman who wants to succeed him, you could feel the love welling up from the delegates and you could sense the doubt hanging over them — an invisible cloud casting a… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 6:33 Why prosecutors dropped charges against Freddie Gray cops By PBS News Hour Prosecutors dropped the charges against the three remaining officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray and former Baltimore prosecutor Debbie Hines says that, with three others already acquitted, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby likely expected the same result. Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 2:42 News Wrap: John Hinckley, who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, goes free By PBS News Hour A federal judge has found Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin no longer a threat to society and ordered his release from a mental hospital. John Hinckley Jr., who shot Reagan outside the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981, will live with… Continue watching
Jul 27 All charges dropped against police awaiting trial in Freddie Gray case By News Desk Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against the three Baltimore police officers still awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray, whose neck was broken as he was transported unrestrained in the back of a police van in April… Continue reading