Jun 25 NFL settlement to lift cap on concussion spending By Matt Ehrichs Today's settlement expands the estimated $675 million cap required to fund the program, to being uncapped for any retired player who develops neurological problems like dementia, Lou Gehrig's disease, and Parkinson's. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Hillary Clinton: 'You have to be a little bit crazy to run for president' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 25 How this community college student turned her biggest weakness into a marketable strength By Stephanie Pinto After years of teachers scolding her for talking too much, Stephanie Pinto thought she had a problem. In community college, her grades were lackluster; she wasn't putting in the effort and she didn't have any confidence. But through the career… Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court: Police need warrants to search mobile phones By Mark Sherman, Associated Press In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court rules police must get a warrant before looking through the cell phones of people they arrest. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court rules Aereo illegal, sides with broadcasters, over closely-watched internet TV case By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that a startup Internet company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable devices. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch Missing IRS emails prompt cover-up allegations from Republican lawmakers By PBS News Hour A political fight over the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service escalated when the IRS said it had lost thousands of emails when a former official’s computer crashed. Jeffrey Brown talks to Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., and… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 50 years later, 'Freedom Summer' leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination By PBS News Hour A new documentary “Freedom Summer” looks back to the deeply segregated Mississippi of 1964, and the young people who came from around the country to lend a hand in the struggle against racism. For a look back at the moment,… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch News Wrap: Homeland Security sends agents to address child migrant crisis By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, 115 Homeland Security agents were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley to handle a surge of thousands of undocumented children at the U.S. border. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said another 150 agents may… Continue watching
Jun 24 Explorers close in on 17th-century Great Lakes shipwreck By Lorna Baldwin Shipwreck hunter Steve Libert thinks he has found the remains of the Griffin… Continue reading