Apr 19 Court rules in favor of transgender student in bathroom case By Corinne Segal An appeals court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a transgender student who says that his school violated anti-discrimination laws by not allowing him to use the bathroom that matches his gender. Continue reading
Apr 19 Senate passes bill that would boost airport security By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The Senate approved a bipartisan aviation policy bill Tuesday that would boost airport security, extend new protections to airline passengers and help speed the introduction of package-delivery drones. Continue reading
Apr 19 Supreme Court weighs law aimed at domestic violence on tribal lands By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to uphold a federal law aimed at people who have been convicted of repeated acts of domestic violence on Indian lands. Continue reading
Apr 19 ‘Desperate Journey’ series wins Peabody Award By Vanessa Dennis PBS NewsHour's Desperate Journey series captures the life and breadth of the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. Continue reading
Apr 18 Do New Yorkers have unique values? If so, what are they? By Daniel Bush When Texas Senator Ted Cruz criticized “New York values” during a Republican debate in January, the comment was widely interpreted as a slap in the face to millions of liberal New Yorkers. Three months later, residents of the city --… Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 7:16 IRS commissioner: Funding cuts hinder security, efficiency By PBS News Hour The IRS is facing tougher scrutiny than ever from Congress. Last week, lawmakers repeatedly pressed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on why the agency wasn't moving faster to improve cybersecurity, after hackers were able to breach its computers last year. Koskinen… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 6:39 Supreme Court weighs scope of presidential power in immigration case By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to President Obama’s actions that would defer deportations of many undocumented immigrants. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan to take a closer look at the case and the… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 53:09 PBS NewsHour full episode April 18, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Ecuador continues to dig out after a devastating earthquake. Also: The Supreme Court takes on the president’s immigration actions, a Politics Monday preview of the New York primary elections, political upheaval in Brazil, scrutiny for the… Continue watching
Apr 18 The life of the linemen who keep your lights on By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On a bitterly cold March morning in Denver, snow was forecast to start falling any minute. Time for Kevin Hinrichs and his crew to head out on the job. Continue reading
Apr 18 Reliving the earthquake that changed earthquake science By Julia Griffin In the early hours of April 18, 1906, a magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 earthquake shook San Francisco awake. Buildings crumbled, water mains ruptured and fires broke out across the city. Those fires fueled a massive inferno would raged through San… Continue reading