• News Wrap: Trump hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un ‘very soon’

    News Wrap: Trump hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un ‘very soon’

    Apr 24, 2018 10:45 PM EDT

    ... could have been much worse. Today, James Shaw Jr. tearfully told state House members that he wasn't trying to be a hero when he intervened. James Shaw Jr.: I didn't actually do it to save people. I did it just to save my life. So, in me saving ...

  • Who controls the water supply? The answer involves a long history of political strife

    Who controls the water supply? The answer involves a long history of political strife

    Dec 17, 2017 08:31 PM EDT

    ... AB 685, known as California’s Human Right to Water Bill, which ensure the state’s commitment to affordable and clean water. Salceda called the bill’s passage “an incredible moment for California.” One of the bill’s biggest advancements was establishing a database of water systems that are not ...

  • Opioid education is now a college requirement in this state

    Opioid education is now a college requirement in this state

    Sep 12, 2017 07:47 PM EDT

    ... naloxone. To be fair, Maryland has also instituted measures beyond education to fight opioid misuse, including steps outlined in the CDC’s recommendations, and the bill introducing the education component at colleges does expand access to naloxone. Data Sorely Needed The classes at Maryland colleges might provide more data for ...

  • Latino men are much less likely to seek medical care. That worries doctors

    Latino men are much less likely to seek medical care. That worries doctors

    Apr 27, 2017 06:48 PM EDT

    ... the cost, didn’t seek medical care. “Some of my family warned me that if I went to the hospital and couldn’t pay the bill, I’d get a bad credit record,” said Uribe, 41, who made about $300 a week and had no health insurance. “I wanted to ...

  • How Obama left his mark on the criminal justice system

    How Obama left his mark on the criminal justice system

    Jan 11, 2017 12:58 AM EDT

    ... guidelines that put people like Brown behind bars for so long. STEVEN WASSERMAN, National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys: When you look at recidivism rates in this country, they range anywhere from 50 to 75 percent. The statistics would indicate that a large number of them will reoffend. And ...

  • Column: How to help workers laid low by trade -- and why we haven't

    Column: How to help workers laid low by trade -- and why we haven't

    Nov 16, 2016 03:46 PM EDT

    ... chief executive of Pepsi and the chairman of the Emergency Committee for American Trade, lead the fight in the early 1970s against the Burke-Hartke bill, a union-backed measure that would have imposed higher tariffs and rigid quotas on imports. “It is inexcusable that instead of a national program ...

  • Cigarettes still haunt these former smokers

    Cigarettes still haunt these former smokers

    May 12, 2016 03:20 PM EDT

    A national campaign from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention targets groups across the U.S. where smoking remains a prevalent habit.

  • An inside look at the Obama administration’s criminal justice reforms

    An inside look at the Obama administration’s criminal justice reforms

    Apr 28, 2016 11:37 PM EDT

    Top senators revealed a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill on Thursday that includes changes to sentencing guidelines for some offenders and the creation of reentry programs for newly released prisoners. The move comes as the Obama administration is pushing its own series of initiatives. Judy Woodruff talks to Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates for more...

  • Living with stress for too long may be giving kids asthma

    Living with stress for too long may be giving kids asthma

    Dec 10, 2015 12:44 AM EDT

    The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown dramatically, with high-crime cities being hit especially hard. In a joint report with The Detroit News, special correspondent Indira Lakshmanan examines emerging research that indicates stress, abuse and violence may play as big a role as physical factors in triggering both asthma attacks and the development...

  • What should replace No Child Left Behind?

    What should replace No Child Left Behind?

    Jul 10, 2015 12:06 AM EDT

    No Child Left Behind, an educational reform law with a controversial legacy, expired eight years ago and has yet to be replaced. This week, the Senate took up the first bipartisan effort to replace the law. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute and former Gov. Bob Wise, president of the...