May 01 Is organized crime profiting from your Mayweather-Pacquiao wager? By P. J. Tobia Boxers Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will face each other this weekend in what many are calling the "fight of the century." Hyperbole aside, this match is expected to shatter serious money records -- in pay-per-view sales, ticket… Continue reading
May 01 Freddie Gray's death ruled a homicide By Joshua Barajas Maryland’s state attorney said Friday there was enough evidence to support criminal charges against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who sustained a fatal spinal injury while in custody. Continue reading
May 01 Americans approve of drone strikes on terrorists, poll finds By Ken Dilanian, Emily Swanson, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it’s acceptable for the U.S. to use an unmanned aerial drone to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Continue reading
May 01 Watch 2:56 In town overhwelmed by HIV, teens take matters into their own hands By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 54:14 PBS NewsHour full episode April 30, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a look at how two neighborhoods in Baltimore, each with different relationships to the police, are responding to the recent unrest. Also: The bipartisan push to fix a broken justice system, returning to Vietnam 40 years… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 9:27 Reliving the fall of Saigon with Vietnam vets and journalists By PBS News Hour As Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, a group of journalists and former Marines revisit the country to remember one of the most significant chapters of their lives. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 6:35 Perception of the police depends on your Baltimore zip code By PBS News Hour Two neighborhoods in Baltimore are less than a mile apart, but have vastly different relations with the police. Hari Sreenivasan looks at how residents of the two communities are dealing with the recent unrest. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 8:38 Criminal justice is so broken, Democrats and Republicans are working together to fix it By PBS News Hour The U.S. accounts for just 5 percent of the world’s population, but it houses more than 20 percent of its prisoners. Now groups on opposite sides of the political spectrum are working together to overhaul the country’s criminal justice system. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 7:53 Is it nuts to grow almonds during a drought? By PBS News Hour The almond, America’s most popular nut and California's most lucrative agriculture export, is also a water guzzler. It takes approximately a gallon of water to grow a single almond. While prices are at record highs due to global demand, the… Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 5:10 Orioles' John Angelos on how the system is failing Baltimore By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to John Angelos, executive vice president of the Baltimore Orioles, about his defense of protesters, the economic factors behind the city’s anger and frustration, as well as why the baseball team closed to the public during a… Continue watching