Jul 29 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Florida likely has 'homegrown' Zika outbreak, gov. says By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the governor of Florida said that his state most likely has the first “homegrown” Zika outbreak in the Continental United States. Three men and one woman appear to have been infected by local mosquito transmission,… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 6:21 Impact of appeals court ruling against No. Carolina voter I.D. laws By PBS News Hour A federal appeals court has struck North Carolina’s stringent voting rules that, among other things, required voters to show I.D. before voting. “The new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the judges said. The Justice Department and the… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 8:00 Clinton's campaign and the DCCC are cyber hacked — was it the Russians? By PBS News Hour Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have been cyber hacked. Sources told the NewsHour the DCCC hacker is the same as one that hit the Democratic National Committee. U.S. intel officials believe they’re Russian. Judy Woodruff talks with… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 5:03 The most memorable moments from the Cleveland and Philly conventions By PBS News Hour The chants, the jabs, the sound bites and everything in between: we take a look back at some of the highlights from the Democratic and Republican conventions these past two weeks. Continue watching
Jul 29 North Carolina voter ID law overturned for 'racially discriminatory intent' By Courtney Norris A federal appeals court, comprised of three Democratic appointees, ruled Friday that recent changes to North Carolina’s voting law by the state's Republican-controlled government violated the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. Continue reading
Jul 29 Navy to name a ship after gay rights trailblazer Harvey Milk By Molly Finnegan Harvey Milk, the late politician and groundbreaking gay rights activist, has been honored with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Hollywood bio-pic and his own U.S. postage stamp. Now he will be immortalized in a new way: as namesake… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 7:36 Rich immigrant investors hit mountain of fraud in Vermont resort project. By PBS News Hour A project to turn a depressed Vermont ski slope into a bustling year-round resort has become a cautionary tale for foreign investors hoping to get U.S. green cards through the EB-5 cash-for-visas program. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on charges… Continue watching
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