Aug 12 Watch News Wrap: Record rains soak Detroit suburbs By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, major Michigan interstates were closed after record-breaking rains caused flooding, shutting down General Motor’s tech center near Detroit. Also, the government of Russia dispatched a miles-long convoy of trucks toward the Ukrainian border under the… Continue watching
Aug 12 Pentagon to send 130 more military advisers to Iraq By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is sending 130 more military advisers to northern Iraq to help local forces in their escalating fight against Islamic militants, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 12 Robin Williams’ death rekindles questions about creativity and depression By Colleen Shalby Williams is not the only creative genius to have suffered from depression. That much is clear from history. Continue reading
Aug 12 Detroit area continues to struggle with flooding By Justin Scuiletti The aftermath of a Monday storm that unleashed nearly five inches of rain on the Detroit area is still being felt Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 12 Consumers with immigration discrepancies at risk to lose federal health insurance By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The administration is warning hundreds of thousands of consumers they risk losing taxpayer-subsidized health insurance unless they act quickly to resolve issues about their citizenship and immigration status. Continue reading
Aug 12 U.S. drone destroys Iraqi militant mortar position By Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials say an armed American drone has attacked and destroyed a mortar position of Islamic militants in northern Iraq. Continue reading
Aug 12 DEA paid Amtrak informant for passenger lists over two decades By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free, according to internal investigators at the railroad. Continue reading
Aug 11 Police again disperse crowds in Ferguson with tear gas, rubber bullets By News Desk and Associated Press St. Louis County police reportedly took stronger measures than the night before to disburse the crowds, stem potential looting and vandalism. Arriving in armored vehicles and showing more force than was visible on Sunday, the police urged residents to return… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch Why media companies are ditching their newspaper operations By PBS News Hour A number of big name media companies have shed their print divisions in recent days. Publishers including Gannett and the Tribune Company are moving away from the multi-platform model to isolate print ventures from digital and broadcast media. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Killing of a Missouri teenager by police triggers unrest and outcries for answers By PBS News Hour Continue watching