Aug 15 More than 1,000 attend funeral for Christian Taylor in Texas By Cathy Zhao Family and friends of Christian Taylor, the 19-year-old unarmed black man killed by a rookie police officer in Texas last week, celebrated the life of the late Angelo State University student-athlete at his funeral on Saturday. Continue reading
Aug 15 Defense Department looking at alternatives to Guantanamo Bay By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Defense Department is taking another look at the military prison in Kansas and the Navy Brig in South Carolina as it evaluates potential U.S. facilities to house detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, part of the Obama… Continue reading
Aug 15 AT&T cooperated extensively with NSA, Snowden documents reveal By Daniel Costa-Roberts New documents released by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden show that telecommunications giant AT&T was for years the most cooperative and prolific provider of Internet and phone data to the NSA… Continue reading
Aug 15 Benghazi militant case draws scrutiny of U.S. interrogation strategy By Eric Tucker, Associated Press After a suspected militant was captured in Libya, he was brought to the U.S. aboard a Navy transport ship on a 13-day trip that his lawyers say could have taken 13 hours by plane. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 3:45 Florida schools get failing grade due to re-segregation, investigation finds By PBS News Hour This week, an investigation of five Florida elementary schools in low-income, predominantly black neighborhoods of St. Petersburg labeled the schools 'failure factories,' partially blaming racial re-segregation over the past eight years. Tampa Bay Times reporter Michael LaForgia joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 4:11 Washington lawmakers to address education funding after court fines state By PBS News Hour The national debate over education quality is playing out in Washington state this week, where state leaders are set to begin addressing inequalities in public school funding next week. The meetings come on the heels of a state Supreme Court… Continue watching
Aug 15 Critics of Obama carbon rules use Animas river disaster to blast EPA By Associated Press Authorities say rivers tainted by last week's massive wastewater spill are starting to recover, but for the Environmental Protection Agency the political fallout from the disaster could linger… Continue reading
Aug 15 After ceremonial flag raising, real talk of diplomacy begins in Cuba By Bradley Klapper, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press A jubilant flag-raising at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana is giving way to serious talk about the road ahead in improving relations between the United States and Cuba. Continue reading
Aug 15 Remembering Will Rogers: 80 years on, how the 'cowboy philosopher' popularized political humor By Carey Reed Eighty years ago Saturday, William Penn Adair, better known as Will Rogers, an entertainer, humorist, political commentator and writer, died in a plane crash in Alaska. Continue reading
Aug 15 John Kasich may challenge Jeb Bush in New Hampshire primary By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Kasich is among a handful of Republican White House hopefuls betting they can capitalize on the first-in-the-nation primary state's tendency to favor pragmatic leaders over party ideologues. Continue reading