• How the people of Limerick are battling a spike in suicide

    How the people of Limerick are battling a spike in suicide

    Oct 10, 2017 08:12 PM EDT

    ... can be a revolving door system at times,” he said. In some cases, after taking them to the hospital, “we see them the next night.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiO9b1Tnuko&feature=youtu.be Volunteer Maire Carroll describes an encounter during a patrol that's stayed with her. Maire ...

  • What we've learned about the Las Vegas shooting so far

    What we've learned about the Las Vegas shooting so far

    Oct 04, 2017 04:32 AM EDT

    ... the shooting , citing an anonymous official briefed on the investigation. USA Today also reported that news, citing an unnamed official. The gunman's girlfriend speaks https://youtu.be/0jwL8RNsV5g After initially calling off a search for Paddock’s girlfriend, Las Vegas officials said Tuesday they were interested in talking to ...

  • The Las Vegas shooter had a cheap modification that made his rifles more deadly

    The Las Vegas shooter had a cheap modification that made his rifles more deadly

    Oct 03, 2017 10:24 PM EDT

    ... amounts of money on gambling. Modifying a semi-automatic weapon such as the AR-15 rifle into an automatic gun, however, is much less expensive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyyJ1geipk PBS NewsHour's William Brangham explains how these modifications work and how they get around the law. How ...

  • Agent Orange puts a new generation at risk in Vietnam

    Agent Orange puts a new generation at risk in Vietnam

    Sep 27, 2017 11:43 PM EDT

    ... MIKE CERRE: Dick Hughes, the draft refuser, ended up in Vietnam that summer of '68 as well by paying his own way to Saigon in search of some kind of alternative service he could do. Confronted by bands of street children orphaned by the war on his first day in ...

  • Puerto Rico has asked for more aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Will the federal government provide it?

    Puerto Rico has asked for more aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Will the federal government provide it?

    Sep 25, 2017 08:53 PM EDT

    ... have come yet. In the meantime, Colin Wilhelm of Politico tweeted that the Puerto Rican governor said that the "island's yet to receive all search & rescue & humanitarian aid its requested." https://twitter.com/colinwilhelm/status/912138753208209408 The governor has called on the Pentagon to provide more assistance for law ...

  • A Russian propaganda group purchased ads on Facebook during the 2016 election. Here’s what that means.

    A Russian propaganda group purchased ads on Facebook during the 2016 election. Here’s what that means.

    Sep 09, 2017 02:15 PM EDT

    ... spending on 2,200 ads. A Facebook spokesperson, however, cautioned that this group of ads carried a low amount of certainty because the company’s search included sources with weak connections to Russia. https://youtu.be/xSIkkza9TVI How does the Russian propaganda machine work? Special correspondent Nick Schifrin talked to ...

  • Catastrophic flooding grips Texas, large-scale rescue efforts underway

    Catastrophic flooding grips Texas, large-scale rescue efforts underway

    Aug 27, 2017 04:26 PM EDT

    At least five people have been killed in Texas from Hurricane Harvey as rising waters caused by heavy rains continued to grip parts of the state on Sunday, trapping thousands of residents in their homes and causing at least one municipality to issue mandatory evacuations.

  • Hurricane Harvey kills five, brings widespread flooding

    Hurricane Harvey kills five, brings widespread flooding

    Aug 26, 2017 02:57 PM EDT

    At least five people have died following Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas late Friday and brought a deluge of rain, power outages and flooding to the state.

  • Why the DOJ and an internet company are heading to court over data from an anti-Trump protest website

    Why the DOJ and an internet company are heading to court over data from an anti-Trump protest website

    Aug 24, 2017 03:23 AM EDT

    UPDATE: A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that DreamHost must comply with a scaled-back Department of Justice demand for data from DisruptJ20.org, an inauguration protest website it hosts. Last week, DreamHost said it would not comply with a DOJ demand for over one million visitor IP addresses and other data from the website. On...

  • Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents

    Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents

    Aug 23, 2017 02:26 PM EDT

    The U.S. Navy dismissed the commander of the Asia-based 7th Fleet on Wednesday after a series of warship accidents raised questions about its operations in the Pacific.