Jan 07 Oregon residents in packed town hall want armed militia to leave By Conrad Wilson and Ryan Haas, OPB A building at the Harney County Fairgrounds in rural Oregon was packed to the seams Wednesday night, as local residents discussed an ongoing occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Many of the speakers at the meeting said they didn’t… Continue reading
Jan 07 Sandra Bland’s mother: Perjury charge against trooper ‘not justice’ By Joshua Barajas A grand jury indicted a Texas state trooper on perjury charges Wednesday in connection to the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who later died while in police custody. Continue reading
Jan 07 Monitoring how teens behave online is new normal for parents By Laura Santhanam Just as moms and dads tell their children how to behave in real life, parents today also keep tabs on how their kids conduct themselves online. Continue reading
Jan 07 GIFS: Ship buried for hundreds of years unearthed in Virginia construction site By Abbey Oldham This week, archaeologists uncovered the remains of the hull of a 50-foot ship dating back to the 1700s at a construction site in Alexandria, Virginia. Developer Carr Properties is building the Indigo Hotel on the site at 220 S. Union… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 5:43 News Wrap: Ala. chief justice urges halt on same-sex marriage licenses By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Alabama state Chief Justice Roy Moore urged local officials to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying the Supreme Court decision is at odds at his court's earlier rulings, causing confusion. Also, the Republican-led House… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 5:36 After a boom year, what’s down the road for the auto industry? By PBS News Hour In 2015, Americans spent roughly $570 billion dollars on more than 17 million cars and trucks, breaking a record set 15 years earlier. But it was also a year of automaker scandal, including a probe into GM's defective ignition switch… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 54:45 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 6, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, North Korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Also: Why Americans are buying more and bigger cars, efforts to cap sky-high interest rates, a look at life in Mexico after deportation and using cardboard… Continue watching
Jan 06 Why the poor face a higher cost of banking By Lauren Feeney It’s expensive to be poor. The poor pay more for food, car insurance, even diapers. But perhaps the widest discrepancy is in the world of banking. Unable to maintain a minimum balance or provide the necessary ID… Continue reading
Jan 06 3-month-old methane leak in Southern California declared state of emergency By Nsikan Akpan A methane leak in Southern California has released the equivalent of 700 million gallons of burned gasoline. Continue reading
Jan 06 What you need to know about Obama’s executive actions on gun control By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's plan to strengthen controls on guns in the U.S. is meeting swift resistance from gun rights groups, Republicans and even a few Democrats who say it's up to Congress to enact new policies on firearms. Continue reading