• No charges in Cleveland’s Tamir Rice case, as latest shooting stokes anger for Chicago police

    No charges in Cleveland’s Tamir Rice case, as latest shooting stokes anger for Chicago police

    Dec 29, 2015 01:52 AM EDT

    ... be shot down by a police officer. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: And for LeGrier's mother, the question was why lethal force was used against her son. JANET COOKSEY, Mother of Quintonio LeGrier: What happened to Tasers? Seven times, my son was shot. Something just needs to be done. I used to ...

  • New report reveals half of black millennials know victim of police violence

    New report reveals half of black millennials know victim of police violence

    Nov 04, 2015 05:43 PM EDT

    ... the United States grapples with concerns over policing in minority communities following the deaths of Martin, 17, in Florida three years ago, Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, last year and Gray, 25, in Baltimore earlier this year. Their deaths, as well as those of other black men and women, have ...

  • Race relations in U.S. at a low point in recent history, new poll suggests

    Race relations in U.S. at a low point in recent history, new poll suggests

    Sep 21, 2015 09:00 AM EDT

    In the year following the death of Michael Brown, America has seen its share of racial disquiet. The Aug. 9, 2014, shooting death of the black teenager at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked weeks of protest, and drew attention to a brand new civil ...

  • News Wrap: Former Clinton staffer to plead the 5th before House

    News Wrap: Former Clinton staffer to plead the 5th before House

    Sep 04, 2015 12:45 AM EDT

    ... some of them oppose the death penalty. GWEN IFILL: The Justice Department is out with its final report on how police handled the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and it warns other towns to take heed. The trouble in Ferguson erupted after a white officer killed Michael Brown, a black teenager ...

  • A summer of political wins propels Obama to a busy fall

    A summer of political wins propels Obama to a busy fall

    Aug 23, 2015 08:34 PM EDT

    EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse - just in time for a daunting fall. After a string of sunny seasons gripped by controversy, crises and plummeting popularity, the summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. Late June victories ...

  • News Wrap: Three firefighters die in wildfire ‘hellstorm’ in Washington state

    News Wrap: Three firefighters die in wildfire ‘hellstorm’ in Washington state

    Aug 20, 2015 11:10 PM EDT

    ... that everyone is at fault. JUDY WOODRUFF: Tensions have been running high since the police shooting of Michael Brown in the Saint Louis suburb of Ferguson one year ago this month. GWEN IFILL: Rising tensions between the two Koreas erupted into artillery fire today. The North fired several shells, and ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack

    News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack

    Apr 07, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

    ... forensic teams have begun exhuming bodies from mass graves found in Tikrit. The remains are believed to be soldiers massacred by Islamic State fighters last June. The city was recaptured last week. Relatives of the victims, along with Shiite militiamen, paid respects at one of the grave sites today. They ...

  • News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader

    News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader

    Mar 04, 2015 11:26 PM EDT

    ... at the time to provide subsidies to both federal and state exchanges. JUDY WOODRUFF: The high court is expected to decide the case in late June. We will look at today's arguments in detail after the news summary. GWEN IFILL: There's new confusion over same-sex marriage in ...

  • Obama goes on offense post-State of the Union

    Obama goes on offense post-State of the Union

    Jan 22, 2015 02:50 PM EDT

    Today in the Morning Line:   Obama hitting the road Today, he’s in Kansas (before talking to YouTube stars) House abortion bill falls apart Boehner invites Netanyahu; doesn’t tell White House Just one senator (and it’s not the one you might think) doesn’t believe climate change is real   President Obama’s travel tells us something:...

  • The reality of life and death intersect for students at two Oakland schools

    The reality of life and death intersect for students at two Oakland schools

    Jan 20, 2015 10:46 PM EDT

    Sometimes, the realities of life and death intersect at Life Academy, a health sciences-focused public school in Oakland, California.