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
Oct 02 What we know - and don't know - about the Oregon shooting By Joshua Barajas Hospital officials say that four of the seven injured shooting victims at Oregon's Mercy Medical Center are expected to survive after a gunman opened fire during a writing class at Umpqua Community College on Thursday, killing nine people. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch 55:30 PBS NewsHour full episode October 1, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a gunman opens fire at an Oregon community college, killing at least 10. Also: Russia launches airstrikes in Syria for a second day, a bipartisan push for prison reform legislation, revisiting the furor caused by controversial… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 8:29 Bipartisan reform bill aims to fix minimum mandatory sentences By PBS News Hour Republicans and Democrats unveiled joint legislation, years in the making, to cut the number of inmates in federal prisons. If passed, it would end the so-called "three strikes rule" for non-violent offenders and allow for more education and jobs programs,… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 12:06 Mass shooting shocks Oregon community college By PBS News Hour Gunfire broke out at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, mid-morning on Thursday. Police confirmed that 10 people died, including the shooter. Ian Campbell of News Review offers an update from Roseburg and Judy Woodruff examines how campuses try to… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 4:39 News Wrap: Afghan government claims Kunduz control regained By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Afghan government announced that security forces had regained control of the city of Kunduz from Taliban forces overnight, though fighting continued in some places after daybreak. Also, the United Nations refugee agency says it… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch 7:36 Why growing lettuce in New York City is a growing business By PBS News Hour In cities like New York and across the river in Newark, rooftops and abandoned buildings are underutilized pieces of real estate now being turned into agricultural operations. Can these urban farms address the coming global food crisis, or are they… Continue watching
Oct 01 Visibly upset, President Obama calls for changes in gun politics after Oregon shooting By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Obama, with some anger in his voice, said the nation has become numb to such shootings and the response has become routine. He called for changes in the nation's gun laws, though it's unclear at this stage whether the changes… Continue reading