May 08 How Louisiana police are using a DNA ‘lab in a box’ to solve crimes By Roby Chavez Louisiana is the first state in the country to work with the FBI to integrate Rapid DNA testing into the booking process. Law enforcement officials say the technology can aid arrests and help lessen the burden of backlogs. Continue reading
May 07 Lives immigrants built in community outside Houston shattered by shooting By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Wilson Garcia and his family were among the Latino immigrants who carved out a community inside the thick, piney woods near Cleveland, Texas. That community was shattered by gunfire on April 28 when authorities say a neighbor charged into Garcia’s… Continue reading
May 07 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: Police identify shooter who killed 8 at Texas outlet mall In our news wrap Sunday, a gunman killed eight people at a mall in suburban Dallas, an SUV drove through a crowd at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, killing seven, more than 100 wildfires are forcing evacuations in western… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 8:52 41% of surveyed LGBTQ+ youth considered suicide in the past year By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Winston Wilde, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara As conservative lawmakers push anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, new data from The Trevor Project underscores the mental toll on LGBTQ+ youth. We hear from young people around the country about the challenges they face and their hopes, and John Yang speaks with… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 7:36 How language translation technology is jeopardizing Afghan asylum-seekers By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has worsened since U.S. forces withdrew in 2021. For Afghans applying for asylum, the process is proving increasingly difficult, and technology is causing some claims to get lost in translation. Andrew Deck, a reporter for… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 2:26 The legacy of Native Hawaiian swimmer and surfer Duke Kahanamoku By John Yang, Ali Rogin, Satvi Sunkara This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re highlighting people whose contributions have often been overlooked. Tonight, we spotlight an Olympic swimming champion and “father of modern surfing,” Duke Kahanamoku. Continue watching
May 07 Vida Blue, pitcher who led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73 By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to… Continue reading
May 07 8 dead after SUV driver hits pedestrians at bus stop in Texas border city By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press Police say they are investigating whether the crash was accidental or intentional and whether the driver was intoxicated. Continue reading
May 07 California task force approves proposal for state reparations to Black residents By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. Continue reading
May 07 ‘We started running’: Gunman kills 8 people at Texas outlet mall By Jake Bleiberg, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology as they work to try to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told… Continue reading