Oct 27 One California police department trades batons for nunchucks By Eric Osman A martial arts weapon, the nunchaku or nunchucks, renowned for knocking out Bruce Lee’s adversaries, has increasingly popularized within America’s police forces. Continue reading
Oct 27 NTSB says recall system for faulty tires is 'broken' By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Only about 1 in 5 defective tires is being removed from the road through the safety recall process, a federal accident investigations board said Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 27 S.C. school resource officer fired after he drags student, sheriff says By Joshua Barajas At Spring Valley high school pic.twitter.com/ScWrJz6x6J — Yessenia (@Motive__Money) October 26, 2015 Richland County sheriff's department will hold a news conference to announce the results of its investigation into Monday's incident… Continue reading
Oct 27 7 percent of U.S. kids have had a parent in jail By Colleen Shalby More than 5 million U.S. children have had a parent in jail. That’s roughly seven percent of the nation’s kids 17 and under, or one in 14. Continue reading
Oct 27 Poll: Use shutdown threats to cut spending By Associated Press Even as Congress nears votes on a bipartisan deal that could yield two years of budget peace, an Associated Press-GfK poll has found that Republicans back home prefer a far more confrontational approach with President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Oct 27 'Very disturbing' homicide spike draws alarm from Obama administration By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Study finds that processed meat causes cancer, but how big is the risk? By PBS News Hour Eating processed meats such as hot dogs, sausages, ham and bacon can cause colorectal cancer, says the World Health Organization. While the cancer risk in most cases is slight, it does increase with the amount of processed meats consumed, according… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 7:10 News Wrap: Death toll climbs from Afghan earthquake By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a powerful 7.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan and could be felt well into India. Hundreds were killed, mostly in neighboring Pakistan. Also, more than 13,000 migrants have crossed Croatia's border with Serbia within the past 24… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 8:33 Why is there no GOP establishment frontrunner? By PBS News Hour As Donald Trump ramp ups rhetoric against Ben Carson, Jeb Bush seems to be scaling down his campaign. Meanwhile, the Democratic field is down to three candidates. Gwen Ifill speaks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 9:07 Six years on, Arne Duncan says we're testing kids too much By PBS News Hour Standardized testing in schools has gotten out of hand, according to the Obama administration. After being supportive of testing and assessment, the White House has reversed policy and now recommends capping testing at 2 percent of class time. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching