Dec 21 Gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley wanted revenge for recent police killings By Carey Reed The man who shot and killed two New York Police Department officers in Brooklyn Saturday expressed anger against the government for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown on social media and had previously attempted suicide, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 1:54 Viewers respond to report on controversy over Georgia mosque By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments in response to a NewsHour Weekend report on controversy surrounding the opening of a mosque in a town in Georgia. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 8:34 Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act, but does it actually deter fraud? By PBS News Hour Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed wrongdoing. But some question… Continue watching
Dec 21 New York City mourns NYPD officers slain in Brooklyn ambush By Carey Reed Flags flew at half staff around the city of New York on Sunday, as residents mourned the killings of two New York Police Department officers in what was characterized by Police Commissioner Bill Bratton as an assassination. Continue reading
Dec 21 Top payouts to federal false claims whistleblowers in fiscal year 2014 By Saskia de Melker In the last fiscal year, the federal government recovered a record $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act. And as recoveries have increased, so have the awards for those whistleblowers who play a crucial role in exposing cases of fraud. Continue reading
Dec 20 Gunman 'assassinates' two NYPD officers in Brooklyn ambush By Andrew Mach Two New York City Police Department officers were shot and killed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday, and the gunman also died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Continue reading
Dec 20 North Korea calls Sony hack claims 'slander,' threatens to retaliate By Andrew Mach Leaders in North Korea on Saturday called the Obama Administration's accusations that it was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures "groundless slander" and threatened to retaliate unless the United States agreed to conduct a joint investigation with them. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 10:02 Freedom of religion? Mosque debate in Georgia town reveals sharp divide By PBS News Hour In Kennesaw, Ga., the city council recently rejected, then approved a bid to house a mosque at a shopping mall. The vote has ignited a fierce debate in the community over how residents feel about Muslims and their First Amendment… Continue watching
Dec 20 Congress passes last-minute tax breaks. What should you know? By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- In an almost annual ritual, Congress has passed a last-minute package of temporary tax breaks, sparing millions of businesses and individuals from unwanted tax increases just weeks before start of filing season. Congress extends these tax breaks every… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch EPA decision not to classify coal ash as hazardous angers environmentalists By PBS News Hour Environmental groups have long pushed for coal ash, a by-product of coal burning energy production that contains toxic contaminants, to be classified as a hazardous material. While the EPA announced new standards for storage and disposal, the agency decided to… Continue watching