• Bringing the theater of the Supreme Court to the stage

    Bringing the theater of the Supreme Court to the stage

    Mar 21, 2015 12:14 AM EST

    ... you know, he will -- he will listen, and then when he hears something, then he will pounce, right? So he sort of gathers up and searching for the right word or for the logic of the argument. Then, once he grabs onto it, he will launch and have a question ...

  • Federal authorities say no foul play in death of black man hanging in a tree in Mississippi

    Federal authorities say no foul play in death of black man hanging in a tree in Mississippi

    Mar 20, 2015 03:48 PM EST

    ... the man as Otis Byrd, a 54-year-old man who had been reported missing since March 2. Authorities found the body when they were searching for Byrd. The NAACP chapter called upon authorities to launch an investigation into Byrd's death in a released statement. "We are calling on ...

  • Website that kept watch on D.C. homicides shuts down

    Website that kept watch on D.C. homicides shuts down

    Dec 30, 2014 01:04 AM EST

    ... PBS NewsHour."  And I found myself an unemployed crime reporter in 2009, when there just weren't that many jobs in journalism. As I was searching for a job, I saw a need to be done in my local community. I saw families of victims and suspects trying to connect ...

  • Can the West show unity in response to Russia, Islamic State?

    Can the West show unity in response to Russia, Islamic State?

    Sep 04, 2014 12:52 PM EST

    ... mark in new poll ‘Moment of testing’ on Ukraine; searching for unity from the West on Islamic State: President Barack Obama continues his trip abroad for the NATO meeting in Wales. On Wednesday afternoon in Estonia, he addressed the situation in Ukraine, calling it a “moment of testing” for the ...

  • Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurtles toward summer recess

    Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurtles toward summer recess

    Jul 17, 2014 01:14 PM EST

    ... on border plan Pew poll finds support for accelerating legal process Clinton, undecided leading the 2016 pack Plus daily trivia and Line Items Congress still searching for consensus on border plan: With Congress closing in on its month-long August recess, time is running out for lawmakers to reach a ...

  • News Wrap: Guinean authorities say Ebola outbreak has grown into ‘unprecedented epidemic’

    News Wrap: Guinean authorities say Ebola outbreak has grown into ‘unprecedented epidemic’

    Apr 01, 2014 12:35 AM EST

    ... Ebola kills nine out of 10 people with severe bleeding, but there is no vaccine or specific treatment. The small fleet of planes and ships searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet came up empty again today. A cluster of orange objects in the Southern Indian Ocean turned out to ...

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    Germany continues to grapple with Nazi-era legacy

    Mar 01, 2014 05:00 AM EST

    Nearly seventy years after the end of World War II, the German government is intensifying its efforts to educate young Germans about Nazi war crimes and continues to pursue prosecution for those who committed them. William Brangham reports from Ludwigsburg, Germany.

  • 'My Dad heard the call to action.' Gwen Ifill on her father and Martin Luther King

    'My Dad heard the call to action.' Gwen Ifill on her father and Martin Luther King

    Aug 23, 2013 01:00 PM EST

    Somewhere in that sea of optimistic humanity on August 28, 1963, was my father. He heard Dr. King's call to action. That’s what his children heard too.

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    News Wrap: Cleveland Kidnapper Agrees to Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty

    Jul 26, 2013 04:00 AM EST

    In other news Friday, Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding three Ohio women captive for a decade, will face life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years after entering a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Also, police in Spain arrested the man who was controlling a train that derailed and killed at...

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    Report: Minority Students Face Harsher Discipline

    Mar 06, 2012 11:17 PM EST

    Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be suspended than white students, according to a report released Tuesday by the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights. Jeffrey Brown discusses the disparities with Christopher Edley Jr. of the University of California, Berkeley and the Fordham Institute's Chester Finn Jr.