Apr 24 Solar plane completes dangerous 3-day flight over the Pacific Ocean By Michael D. Regan The Solar Impulse-2 finished the most challenging leg of its around-the-world trip, which started in March 2015 in the United Arab Emirates, in an attempt to draw attention to clean-energy technology. Continue reading
Apr 24 What Muslim-Americans supporting Trump say about their candidate By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Small numbers of Muslims find comfort, not concern, in Trump’s strong stance on immigrants. Continue reading
Apr 24 Contesting bail to take on racial disparities in San Francisco jails By Kamala Kelkar San Francisco's Public Defender has assembled a team to help contest the bail of nearly every client in the system. Continue reading
Apr 24 White House poised to release secret pages of 9/11 report By Associated Press The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 23, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, April 23, police investigate a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Georgia. Later, in our signature segment, governments and private industry partner to build new transportation infrastructure. And, how musician Jon Cleary made New… Continue watching
Apr 23 Officials investigating why 126,000 voters were purged from NY rolls By Michael D. Regan Multiple investigations were launched and a top election official was suspended this week after tens of thousands of registered voters were found to be missing from the rolls during Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York. Continue reading
Apr 23 Why you don't have to be nominated to become the GOP nominee By Alan Fram, Associated Press It turns out you don't have to be nominated to become the Republican presidential nominee. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 10:06 Should the private sector help rebuild American infrastructure? By PBS News Hour As the U.S. grapples with a growing list of transportation infrastructure needs and limited public funds, more states are looking to public-private partnerships as a means of fixing and replacing aging bridges, tunnels and roads. But is there a downside… Continue watching
Apr 23 Georgia man kills five in shooting rampage By Michael D. Regan A Georgia gunman on a shooting rampage killed five people Friday night in two separate locations before taking his own life, with some of the victims believed to be members of his wife's family. Continue reading
Apr 23 Feds unlock iPhone in NY drug case, drop fight with Apple By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department said it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case after someone provided federal investigators with the phone's passcode. Continue reading