Aug 07 Update: Colorado theater shooter Holmes sentenced to life in prison By News Desk Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was sentenced Friday to a life term with no parole. The jury considered sentencing Holmes to the death penalty, but their decision was not unanimous, meaning he receives an automatic life sentence instead. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: U.S. economy adds 215,000 jobs By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department's July jobs report revealed another solid month. Employers added a net of 215,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate held steady. Also, Kabul was rocked by bombings that killed scores of people. Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 7:39 Why do most movies still fail to reflect U.S. diversity? By PBS News Hour In a survey of the 100 top grossing films between 2007 and 2014, 30 percent of all speaking or named characters were women; less than 30 percent of such roles went to actors who were not white. Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 8:43 Ferguson takes steps toward change in year since Michael Brown’s death By PBS News Hour It’s nearly a year since Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, setting off a firestorm of protest and political activism around aggressive law enforcement and race. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 11:48 Shields and Brooks on GOP debate standouts, Schumer’s Iran deal rejection By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the first Republican presidential debate, whether Vice President Joe Biden is considering a 2016 run and Sen. Chuck Schumer’s announcement… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 5:48 How Katie Ledecky is dominating distance swimming By PBS News Hour Swimmer Katie Ledecky has been blowing by the competition and setting records at the world championships in Russia. She’s currently on pace to sweep the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 meter freestyles at a single world championship. To find out… Continue watching
Aug 07 Militant who imprisoned Kayla Mueller will not be charged in the U.S. By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press An Islamic State militant who helped imprison and brutalize American hostage Kayla Mueller will not be charged in the U.S., the White House announced Friday. Continue reading
Aug 07 My story as an Indian immigrant By Fred de Sam Lazaro Forty years ago, I arrived in America with none of the social bona fides, the pedigree that comes from T-ball, Boy Scouts, junior prom or graduating from the local high school. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 54:12 PBS NewsHour full episode August 6, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, the stage is set in Cleveland for the first Republican debate. Also: New challenges 50 years since the Voting Rights Act, a grocery store chain devises a business model for food deserts, a deadly outbreak of… Continue watching