Dec 16 Ferguson, Justice Department close to agreement By Eric Tucker and Jim Salter, Associated Press The Justice Department is close to an agreement with the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on a deal that would bring sweeping changes to the agency. Continue reading
Dec 16 Spending bill would extend health care to 9/11 responders By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks, spent weeks cleaning up the site and later became sick will have access to federal health benefits for the rest of their lives. Continue reading
Dec 16 How one Iraqi refugee’s story reached thousands on ‘Humans of New York’ By News Desk Aya Abdullah, an Iraqi interpreter, became a refugee at the age of 14. Continue reading
Dec 16 Judge declares mistrial in first Freddie Gray officer case By Joshua Barajas After nine hours of deliberation over the past two days, jurors were dismissed after a deadlock Tuesday in the trial of one of six police officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who sustained a… Continue reading
Dec 16 Obama to meet with San Bernardino shooting victims By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama plans to meet with families of the victims of this month's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 8:08 What stagnant diversity means for America’s newsrooms By PBS News Hour As racial concerns continue to rise to the surface across America, is the media doing enough to tell the stories of people of color? Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks to Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute about the industry’s struggle… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 3:07 Terror threat shuts down schools across Los Angeles By PBS News Hour Public schools in Los Angeles -- 1,200 in all -- were closed after a threatening email from Germany warned of mass violence, from guns to bombs to nerve gas. Officials in New York say they received a similar message, but… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 4:15 Priority shift to national security puts GOP establishment in the spotlight By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: IAEA ends probe of Iran’s nuclear program By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the UN nuclear agency formally ended a decade-long probe, finding that Tehran had worked on activities related to a nuclear weapon, but found no sign the work has continued. Also, activists are accusing the Nigerian… Continue watching