Jun 22 Watch 6:46 In Southern schools, segregation and inequality aren't just history -- they're reality By PBS News Hour Last month, a Mississippi judge ordered the state’s public schools to desegregate, illuminating the ongoing struggle to comply with the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Maureen Costello of the Southern… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 2:34 On the House floor, a very personal rebuke of the Stanford rapist's sentence By PBS News Hour While the Capitol Hill debate over gun control has dominated headlines since the Orlando shooting, it’s hardly the only issue on lawmakers’ minds. The light sentence Stanford swimmer Brock Turner received for raping an unconscious woman has also struck a… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 8:43 News Wrap: House Democrats hold sit-in to demand gun vote; DOJ alleges Medicare fraud By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, after Republican lawmakers rejected four gun control proposals on Monday, nearly 100 Congressional Democrats staged a sit-in, refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun legislation. Also, the Department of Justice announced it… Continue watching
Jun 22 Ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert starts prison term By Michael Tarm, Associated Press Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Minnesota prison on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that the Illinois Republican sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an… Continue reading
Jun 22 Senate blocks allowing access to online data without warrant By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Senate has blocked efforts to expand the government's power to investigate suspected terrorists by allowing the FBI to obtain a person's digital fingerprints without first securing a judge's permission. Continue reading
Jun 22 GOP unmoved after Democratic sit-in on guns By Erica Werner, Associated Press A drained and dwindling group of Democrats, some draped in blankets and toting pillows, carried their remarkable House floor sit-in past daybreak Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 22 It could take centuries for EPA to test all the unregulated chemicals under a new landmark bill By Mark Scialla Synthetic chemicals surround us. They’re in our takeout containers, children’s toys, furniture and clothes. You might think the government has carefully reviewed every chemical for safety before it hits the market. But it hasn’t. Continue reading
Jun 22 In Appalachia, cancer rates are stubbornly high. One woman's quest to find out why By Bob Tedeschi, STAT In the poorest communities spanning Appalachia, cancer is often a death sentence. But one woman has launched a number of initiatives to try to help. Continue reading
Jun 22 Marco Rubio, in reversal, will seek re-election to Senate By Erica Werner, Associated Press Leading Republicans expect Sen. Marco Rubio to announce he is running for re-election to his Florida Senate seat. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: Boeing to sell passenger aircraft to Iran; DOJ investigates Orlando shooting By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Boeing announced it has signed an agreement to sell commercial jets to Iran’s main airline, representing the largest business deal Iran has made with an American company in over three decades. Also, Attorney General Loretta… Continue watching