May 10 Utah abortion providers stumped by law requiring fetal pain relief By Michelle L. Price, Hallie Golden, Associated Press Utah's first-in-the-nation requirement that fetuses receive anesthesia or painkillers before some abortions takes effect Tuesday, but doctors say it's unnecessary and impossible to comply with. Continue reading
May 10 Where does America’s e-waste end up? GPS tracker tells all By Katie Campbell, KCTS9/EarthFix, Ken Christensen, KCTS9/Earthfix Despite pledges to responsibly recycle old TVs and other unwanted electronics with toxic materials inside, an investigation tracks e-waste from the U.S. to unregulated scrapyards in Hong Kong. Continue reading
May 10 State laws that regulate driving while using marijuana are flawed, says AAA By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Driving with "a noisy child in the back of the car" is about as dangerous as using marijuana and driving, Kleiman said. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 4:22 News Wrap: The Philippines elects its own ‘Donald Trump’ By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, voters in the Philippines have elected Rodrigo Duterte, whose brash style and frank talk have drawn comparisons to Donald Trump, their new president. Also, Canadian officials toured the fire-ravaged town of Fort McMurray after cooler… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 7:26 NC governor: We need clarity on bathroom law, but not from the executive branch By PBS News Hour The fight over North Carolina’s controversial bill to restrict restroom access by biological gender intensified Monday. The state’s governor and legislature filed suit against the federal government, rejecting the Justice Department’s assertion that the law violates transgender people’s civil rights. Continue watching
May 09 Watch 7:58 Watchdog group tracks what really happens to your ‘recycled’ e-waste By PBS News Hour The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their computers, phones and other products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 56:45 PBS NewsHour full episode May 9, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, North Carolina sues the federal government to protect the state’s controversial bathroom bill. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, how Saudi Arabia plans to diversify its economy, signs of reconciliation in a rebuilt Bosnian… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 5:59 Private schools kept decades of sexual abuse secret By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 09 Obama signs legislation designating bison as national mammal By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The bison has become the official national mammal of the United States under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday. Continue reading
May 09 Justice Department: North Carolina’s LGBT law amounts to ‘state-sponsored discrimination’ By News Desk The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Monday over a controversial North Carolina law that prevented local governments from passing protections for LGBT individuals and required transgender people to use bathrooms that matched their gender at birth. Continue reading