Apr 28 Watch 7:29 Tracing rage and distrust in Freddie Gray's neighborhood By PBS News Hour In Baltimore, 25-year-old Freddie Gray's videotaped arrest and death has exposed a crisis long in the making. In the poor, high-crime neighborhood where Gray lived -- and others like it in the city -- a history of mass arrests and… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 9:06 Supreme Court considers whether it's time for nationwide same-sex marriage By PBS News Hour Today the Supreme Court tackled a highly anticipated and historic case that could set the definition of marriage in the U.S. The justices heard arguments on whether all states must allow same-sex marriage, and if not, whether states must recognize… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:58 National Guard patrols Baltimore streets after night of violence By PBS News Hour Baltimore business owners and volunteers began to clean up the mess after a night of violent rioting and looting, sparked after the funeral for Freddie Gray on Monday. More than 200 people were arrested during the riots, and 20 police… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 7:50 News Wrap: Kathmandu continues search for buried survivors By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll of the Nepal earthquake rose to more than 4,600 and aid workers continue to look for survivors. Also, officials say they thwarted a suicide bombing attack on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh,… Continue watching
Apr 28 Baltimore libraries stay open to provide community support By Anna Sillers Baltimore's public libraries, even those in the middle of the protests, will remain open to provide a place of “comfort and community” to residents. Continue reading
Apr 28 Obama says he's frustrated over 'slow-rolling crisis' of black deaths in police custody By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Urging Americans to "do some soul-searching," President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration Tuesday over recurring black deaths at the hands of police, rioters responding with senseless violence and a society that will only "feign concern" without addressing the root causes. Continue reading
Apr 28 Neighbors rally to clean up wreckage from Baltimore riots By Colleen Shalby, Jenny Marder, James Blue Clean-up efforts are underway in a city that saw calamity and clashes between residents and police Monday night. Continue reading
Apr 28 National Football League surrenders tax-exempt status By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press In a letter to team owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league office and its management council will file tax returns as taxable entities for the 2015 fiscal year. Goodell says the NFL has been tax-exempt since 1942, though all… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 3:22 Traffic-choked road to Nepal earthquake epicenter slows aid By PBS News Hour Since an earthquake struck Nepal Saturday, aid is trickling in at a painfully slow pace to both the capital city of Kathmandu as well as the earthquake’s epicenter five hours east. Dan Rivers of Independent Television News reports on the… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:30 Colo. shooting DA says two evaluations found Holmes sane By PBS News Hour The trial for accused shooter James Holmes got underway with opening arguments nearly three years since the mass killing at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Holmes has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering 12 people and injuring dozens… Continue watching