Apr 30 Senators propose that oil companies pay fee to ship oil by train By Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. senators from six states on Thursday proposed that the government charge companies a special fee to ship oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids in older railroad tank cars that have been involved in fiery explosions. The… Continue reading
Apr 30 Here's the real reason people in Baltimore are protesting By Colleen Shalby, Joshua Barajas PBS NewsHour visited Baltimore on Wednesday to speak with community members about Gray's death, and their foresight on Baltimore's future. Continue reading
Apr 30 Twitter chat: Has boxing's popularity taken a hit from pay-per-view TV? By Nora Daly This Saturday, boxing’s pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather will take on his No. 1 competitor Manny Pacquiao for the first time in Las Vegas. Continue reading
Apr 30 Obama to nominate Gayle Smith as next USAID chief By News Desk President Barack Obama intends to nominate Gayle Smith, his adviser and the senior director for development and democracy at the National Security Council, as the next administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the White House said Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 30 Prisoner who shared van says Freddie Gray may have 'intentionally' tried to injure himself By News Desk According to police documents obtained by the Washington Post, a prisoner who was sharing the transport van with Freddie Gray stated he could hear Gray “banging against the walls” of the van and that he thought Gray “was intentionally trying… Continue reading
Apr 30 101 people released without charge after 48 hours in Baltimore police custody By Colleen Shalby According to a Baltimore public defender, more than 100 protersters were taken into police custody Monday and held for 48 hours without proper paperwork. Continue reading
Apr 30 Obama to sign bill to boost energy efficiency in buildings By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is signing long-delayed legislation to boost energy efficiency in buildings. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 54:03 PBS NewsHour full episode April 29, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, devastation from the massive earthquake continues to cripple Nepal. Also: Violence subsides in Baltimore but unresolved problems remain, breaking the gender barrier in professional basketball, what a new trade agreement with Asia would mean for the… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 7:23 What's in the Trans-Pacific Partnership for U.S. and Japan? By PBS News Hour Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s U.S. visit came at a critical moment in the fight to establish a sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership. An agreement could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in business, exports and profits, but opponents warn it would… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 9:32 How do we change broken police relations in America? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to Laurie Robinson of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic, and Lester Spence of Johns Hopkins University about the forces driving Baltimore’s upheaval and what’s needed to improve relations between… Continue watching