Oct 02 Watch 4:17 News Wrap: Hurricane Joaquin batters the Bahamas By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Bahamas suffered heavy flooding, torrents of rain and howling winds from Hurricane Joaquin. There were no reports of casualties, but the U.S. Coast Guard reported a cargo ship missing with 33 people on board. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 5:31 Seeing need, Cleveland program trains steelworkers of tomorrow By PBS News Hour In Cleveland, a special school-to-work program leads community college students to jobs at a local steel plant where hundreds of workers are expected to start retiring. Special correspondent Amy Hansen from WVIZ/PBS Idea Stream reports in a preview of American… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 6:55 Seeking her kitchen’s comforts, food writer Ruth Reichl rediscovers the awe of cooking By PBS News Hour Ruth Reichl, one of the country's most prominent food writers, was editor of the nation's oldest food and wine magazine for a decade. Then in 2009, Gourmet was abruptly shut down by the publisher. Out of a job, what did… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 3:32 Police search for answers in Oregon college rampage By PBS News Hour Federal authorities say that the shooter who killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon had body armor and six guns with him, and seven more guns found at his apartment. Neighbors describe the gunman, who died in a… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 12:06 Brooks and Dionne on mass shooting frustration, Kevin McCarthy’s Benghazi comments By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the national reaction to a mass shooting in Oregon, a speaking gaffe by the potential next Speaker of the… Continue watching
Oct 02 More than one mass shooting happens per day in the U.S., data shows By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger No matter how you define a mass shooting, one thing is clear: data suggests this brand of violence has grown worse in the United States. Continue reading
Oct 02 Pentagon considers protecting Syrian rebels from Russia By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is grappling with whether the U.S. should use military force to protect U.S. trained and equipped Syrian rebels now that they may be the targets of Russian airstrikes. Continue reading
Oct 02 Pope Francis personally arranged meeting with gay couple By Joshua Barajas The Vatican on Friday said Pope Francis’ “only real audience” while visiting Washington, D.C. was a former student and his family. Turns out, that audience was a gay couple. Continue reading
Oct 02 Umpqua Community College shooting survivor Chris Mintz released from hospital By Colleen Shalby Thirty-year-old Chris Mintz, an Army veteran and student at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College, was shot seven times on Thursday while trying to save his peers from a gunman’s rampage. Continue reading
Oct 02 Pope’s meeting with Kim Davis was not a ‘form of support’ of her views, Vatican says By Joshua Barajas The Vatican issued a statement Friday that said Pope Francis' Sept. 24 meeting with Kim Davis in Washington, D.C., was not a direct endorsement of her views. Continue reading