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Wine country residents pick up after 6.0 earthquake strikes Napa

By PBS News Hour

Northern California’s Napa Valley began to assess the damage caused by a 6.0 earthquake on Sunday -- the largest quake to rock the region since 1989. At least 90 homes and buildings were deemed unsafe for occupancy, while the wine…

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After funeral, how does Ferguson begin repair?

By PBS News Hour

While mourners lay Michael Brown to rest, the meaning and impact of the death of the unarmed African-American teenager continues to provoke discourse around the nation. For insight on the debate over criminal justice and race, Gwen Ifill talks to…

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Google-like NSA search engine implemented to learn about civilians

By Charles Pulliam-Moore

Over 1,000 data analysts at 23 U.S. governmental agencies, including the DEA, FBI, and CIA, were given access to ICREACH -- a Google-like search engine populated with hundreds of millions of records detailing e-mails, phone calls, instant messages, and phone…

Reporter’s notebook: Dispute simmers at border detention center over … crayons

By Kathleen McCleery

ARTESIA, N.M. -- It’s hard to believe -- given the political bantering, the economic hardships and the humanitarian crisis all swirling around the immigration issue -- that crayons are cause for distress. “Crayon-gate” was the word two volunteer attorneys used…

Citing ‘disruptive’ edits, Wikipedia bars anonymous entries from Congress-linked computers

By Anya van Wagtendonk

Wikipedia users logging on from the U.S. House of Representatives have been barred from editing that website anonymously for one month, following a controversial edit to the entry for a popular TV series.

Thousands mourn at the funeral for Michael Brown

By Associated Press

The parents of Michael Brown, the young black man whose fatal shooting by a white police officer sparked days of racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, are calling for a "day of silence" Monday when thousands are expected to attend Brown's…

Is my Social Security check fair?

By Laurence Kotlikoff

You've spent decades paying taxes on your earnings to fund your own Social Security benefit, but when your higher-earning spouse dies, you start receiving spousal benefits that wipe out your own, albeit smaller, retirement benefit. Is that a fair deal?…

All clear given at Fort Lee Army base after report of active shooter

By News Desk

United States Army base Fort Lee is under lockdown after the reported presence of an active shooter on site.

British actor Richard Attenborough dies at 90

By Andrew Mach

British actor and film director Richard Attenborough, best known for roles in films, such as The Great Escape, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park, died Sunday, his family said. He was 90 years old.

Man who served 24 years released after arson-murder case thrown out

By Carey Reed

After serving 24 years of a life sentence in a maximum-security Pennsylvania prison for a 1990 arson-murder conviction, a New York man was freed on bail.