Oct 14 Watch 5:24 Why thousands of migrants are being detained by the U.S. as witnesses By John Yang, Harry Zahn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been sent to jail and held as potential witnesses in human smuggling cases, many for six months or longer. A New York Times investigation examined this largely overlooked… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 4:26 News Wrap: Health care unions reach tentative agreement to end Kaiser Permanente strike In our news wrap Friday, health care unions reached a tentative agreement with medical giant Kaiser Permanente after a strike over wages and staffing, the UAW said the ongoing auto industry strike will expand to new factories, the U.S. said… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Colo. officer convicted, another acquitted in first of 3 trials in death of Elijah McClain By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow Jurors convicted one white Colorado police officer and acquitted another in the first of three trials stemming from the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The officers put McClain in a choke hold that caused him to lose consciousness and paramedics… Continue watching
Oct 13 Arizona tribe is protesting the decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents for fatal shooting By Associated Press The tribe's executive office called the decision not to file charges "a travesty of justice." Raymond Mattia was shot the night of May 18 outside a home in the reservation's Menagers Dam community near the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Oct 13 Pennsylvania launches initiative to raise awareness of Indigenous heritage By Associated Press Over the next two years, the Institute for Indigenous Studies will convene a group of scholars and tribal members to outline specific projects. Continue reading
Oct 13 Poll: Most Americans fear broader conflict may arise from war between Israel and Hamas By Laura Santhanam In the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, eight in 10 Americans are concerned that violence from the war between Israel and Hamas could spill across the region. “We are in uncharted territory,” one Middle East policy expert said. Continue reading
Oct 13 Call of Duty and Warcraft studio Activision Blizzard now part of Microsoft By Jake Valentine, Wealth of Geeks The United States Federal Trade Commission held a hearing but ultimately approved the acquisition. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: War in the Holy Land: A PBS News Special Report By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Leila Molana-Allen, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Jorgen Samso Co-anchored by PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz from Israel and Geoff Bennett from the nation’s capital, the one hour primetime special covers the historic and devastating week of violence in Israel and Gaza. Continue reading
Oct 13 Kaiser Permanente, health care worker unions reach tentative deal after nationwide strike By Associated Press The three-day strike last week involving workers in multiple states officially ended last Saturday and workers returned to their jobs in Kaiser's hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 4:35 Scalise withdraws from speaker race, sending GOP search for leader into further chaos By Lisa Desjardins, Ian Couzens, Alexa Gold A day after House Republicans narrowly voted to nominate Steve Scalise to be the next speaker, the Louisiana congressman withdrew his name from consideration after it was clear he did not have the votes to win on the House floor. Continue watching