Jul 22 White House finishing up plan for closing Guantanamo Bay prison By Associated Press A White House spokesman says the administration is in the "final stages" of drafting its latest plan to close the prison holding terrorism detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Continue reading
Jul 22 Validity of dashcam video of Sandra Bland’s arrest called into question By Colleen Shalby The validity of a 52-minute dashcam video that captured Sandra Bland’s arrest is being called into question. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 54:22 PBS NewsHour full episode July 21, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, patients, advocates and scientists hail the effectiveness of early HIV treatment to halt the spread of AIDS. Also: American civilians join the front lines to fight the Islamic State, Rick Santorum on running for president, more… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 7:52 Rick Santorum on Iran’s nuclear path, economics of immigration By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 9:19 Being shamed by a CEO turned this mom into a health privacy advocate By William Brangham, Jason Kane Deanna Fei was thrilled when her daughter, born premature at 25 weeks, came home from the hospital. Then, her husband’s boss – the CEO of AOL – claimed he was trimming workers’ retirement benefits because the company had spent too… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 9:11 Why some Americans are volunteering to fight the Islamic State By Marcia Biggs The State Department estimates that more than 150 Americans, including some U.S. military veterans, have packed their bags and flown to Iraq and Syria to volunteer with forces fighting against the Islamic State militant group. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 7:05 Why minority kids are being left behind by the economic recovery By PBS News Hour Child poverty is worse now than it was before the Great Recession, despite strides toward economic recovery. That's according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which found that rates were most severe for African-American and Native… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 6:05 News Wrap: Obama likens Iran deal opposition to Iraq war push By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama invoked the drive to go to war with Iraq in describing why some politicians and pundits are fervent in their opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement. Also, a Jordanian uncle of the man… Continue watching
Jul 21 U.S. airstrike kills senior Khorasan Group leader in Syria By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press A U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed a key figure in a dangerous al-Qaida offshoot, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Muhsin al-Fadhli was killed in a July 8 air attack while traveling in a vehicle near Sarmada, Syria, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Continue reading
Jul 21 Here’s what we know so far about Sandra Bland’s death By Colleen Shalby The death of Sandra Bland -- a 28-year-old African-American woman from Naperville, Illinois-- is being treated as a murder investigation, Waller County’s district attorney Elton Mathis announced Monday night. Continue reading