Jun 15 Watch 1:28 An Orlando Muslim’s heartfelt words on nightclub mass shooting By PBS News Hour Rubana Khan of Orlando, in heartfelt verse, sends apologies from her Islamic family to the families of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting. In doing so, she lays bare the pain the killer, Omar Mateen, has caused her and other… Continue watching
Jun 15 Why the Orlando shooter fell off the FBI’s radar screen By Margaret Warner The jumbled picture emerging of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen lay bare the dilemma for law enforcement in confronting the growing threat of home-grown lone wolf terrorists. Continue reading
Jun 15 What sorrow, fear and love sound like in Orlando right now By William Brangham, Justin Scuiletti We've been reporting on the ground in Orlando since a gunman opened fire on a crowded nightclub Sunday. We spoke with people at an LGBT community center, a local mosque, a blood donation center and a vigil for victims of… Continue reading
Jun 15 Are you sexist? Take this quiz By Laura Santhanam Overt prejudice against women is hard to miss, but decades of research suggests that subtle sexism can be just as damaging -- but often go unnoticed. Continue reading
Jun 15 Florida officials recover toddler’s body after Disney alligator attack By Laura Santhanam Disney Parks closed all beaches at Lake Buena Vista resorts after the alligator seized the boy. Continue reading
Jun 15 Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite China’s objections By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet at the White House Wednesday with the Dalai Lama in a get-together the Chinese government assailed. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 4:04 New details of Orlando gunman’s life raise more questions By PBS News Hour The investigation into the Orlando mass shooting took a strange twist Tuesday with some patrons of the gay nightclub that gunman Omar Mateen turned into a killing field saying he was a regular there and used gay dating apps. There… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 7:50 News Wrap: Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ draws sharp rebuke from Obama, Clinton By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump faced scathing criticism from both President Obama and Hillary Clinton for his renewed call to ban Muslim immigrants in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. Also, French authorities carried out… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 4:49 It’s the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers: the AR-15 By PBS News Hour The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America, and the most reviled. A civilian variant of the U.S. military’s standard-issue M16, the AR-15 has gained recent notoriety for its use in mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, San Bernardino and… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 7:23 Inside Russian hacking of Democrats’ opposition research on Trump By PBS News Hour For nearly a year, Russian hackers have been penetrating Democratic National Committee computers and stealing, among other things, research compiled on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Gwen Ifill talks to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike and Sasha Issenberg of Bloomberg Politics… Continue watching