Aug 28 Watch 10:03 Prep school rape trial raises questions about teen consent By PBS News Hour Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie, a former student at a prep school in New Hampshire, was accused of raping a freshman girl in 2014, but a jury cleared him of felony rape, convicting him on other lesser charges. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 8:08 In reforming New Orleans, have charter schools left some students out? By PBS News Hour Ten years ago, New Orleans public schools were headed for academic rock bottom. And then Hurricane Katrina came, a disaster so devastating that it offered the rare opportunity to start over. Charter schools, empowered to take over, have raised test… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch George W. Bush honors New Orleans educators 'who stared into the eye of the storm' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 28 EPA says new rule will protect drinking water for 37 states By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency says it is going forward with a new federal rule to protect small streams, tributaries and wetlands, despite a court ruling that blocked the measure in 13 central and Western states. Continue reading
Aug 28 Supreme Court can keep protesters off its plaza, appeals court rules By Mark Sherman, Sam Hananel, Associated Press The Supreme Court, the setting for landmark rulings in favor of free speech, can keep protesters off its marble plaza without violating their constitutional rights, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Continue reading
Aug 28 Nations hope to reel in Arctic overfishing By Larisa Epatko On Monday, the United States hosts the leaders of 20 nations at a conference on critical issues facing the Arctic. One topic at the conference in Anchorage, Alaska, is the potential for overfishing in the central Arctic Ocean. Continue reading
Aug 28 Appeals court reverses ruling that found NSA program illegal By Sam Hananel, Associated Press A federal appeals court on Friday ruled in favor of the Obama administration in a dispute over the National Security Agency's bulk collection of telephone data on hundreds of millions of Americans. Continue reading
Aug 28 Most teenagers will not regret sharing this article, study says By Amanda Gomez If you are between 13 and 18 years old and you’ve shared an article on social media today, you probably don’t regret it, according to a recent study. Continue reading
Aug 28 Gwen's Take: New Orleans today is a story of pessimism, optimism and grit By Gwen Ifill NEW ORLEANS -- When I set off for New Orleans to help cover the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week, I confess I expected to bear witness to remarkable rejuvenation. Continue reading
Aug 28 Pentagon funding new high-tech venture By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Defense Secretary Ash Carter will announce Friday that the Pentagon is funding a new venture to develop cutting-edge electronics and sensors that can flex and stretch and could be built into clothing or the skins of ships and aircraft. Continue reading