Jul 08 Speaker Ryan calls for focus on 'the values that unite us' By Associated Press Anger over the police shootings in Dallas must not be allowed to harden the nation's divisions, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday. Continue reading
Jul 08 Are Trump's 'Made in USA' hats really made in USA? By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press Donald Trump says he won't stand for it if it turns out some of his hats labeled "Made in USA" actually weren't made entirely in the USA. Continue reading
Jul 08 WATCH: Attorney General Loretta Lynch asks U.S. to reject violence By News Desk Attorney General Loretta Lynch will address the nation at 11:30 a.m. ET after gunfire erupted during a peaceful protest in Dallas, leaving five police officers dead and injured five more officers injured and two civilians. Continue reading
Jul 08 U.S. Capitol lockdown lifted By Laura Santhanam The U.S. Capitol was placed on lockdown Friday after early reports of a possibly armed woman in the area, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading
Jul 08 The history of U.S. police deaths in the line of duty By Lisa Desjardins But what do we know about when and how police officers are attacked and killed? Here are some questions and answers. Continue reading
Jul 08 Obama 'horrified' over Dallas sniper shooting at protests By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press "There's no possible justification for these kinds of attacks," President Obama said from Warsaw, Poland. Continue reading
Jul 08 Officers identify suspect in shootings during Dallas protest against police violence By Nsikan Akpan, Amanda Gomez Snipers reportedly attacked officers near a Dallas protest against police shootings. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 53:25 PBS NewsHour full episode July 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, there was an outpouring of outrage and sorrow after another video surfaced of a police officer shooting a black man in Minnesota. Also: FBI Director James Comey is grilled on the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email,… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 4:16 Death of Philando Castile, another fatal shooting by police, draws condemnation By PBS News Hour A police officer shot 32-year-old Philando Castile in his car Wednesday after pulling him over for a broken tail light. The aftermath was filmed and broadcast on Facebook by Castile’s girlfriend, who explained that he had been legally carrying a… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 10:16 Calling out for help by capturing police shootings on camera By PBS News Hour Why did a police officer use lethal force against Philando Castile during a routine traffic stop in Minnesota? Hari Sreenivasan talks to Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker, David Klinger of the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Issie Lapowsky of… Continue watching