Jul 02 Watch 9:19 Two cities, two very different responses to rising sea levels By PBS News Hour While New York City is taking aggressive action to prevent future catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy, other vulnerable cities, such as Charleston, South Carolina, are not tackling the threat of rising sea level and climate change with the same urgency. Special… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a legal right for gay couples in the United States. Also, it was widely reported that police killed an escaped murderer in Northern New York state, three weeks… Continue watching
Jun 26 Second escaped prisoner reportedly shot near Canadian border By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins The surviving prisoner who escaped from a New York prison three weeks ago was shot by a state trooper near the Canadian border on Sunday. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 6:04 Two killers on the run after remarkable escape from maximum security By PBS News Hour In upstate New York, two prisoners from the state's largest maximum security prison were discovered missing Saturday. Since then, police have swept the town and countryside, searching for the two convicted murdered who cut through cement walls and steel gratings… Continue watching
Jun 08 Kalief Browder, teen who awaited trial for 3 years at Rikers, kills himself By Colleen Shalby Kalief Browder, who was arrested at 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack and who spent three years awaiting trial, committed suicide Saturday, two years after his release from Rikers Island. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 4:28 How to hook young people on math and science? Robots. By PBS News Hour In the United States, the number of college students pursuing degrees in math and science fields lags well behind dozens of industrialized countries. The numbers are even smaller for women and people of color. But one program is using robotics… Continue watching
Mar 26 12 injured after building collapses in New York City's East Village By Anna Sillers An explosion at a residential building in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood caused the building to collapse and started a fire a neighboring building Thursday afternoon. Continue reading
Mar 05 Video: Flight landing at LaGuardia skids off runway By Margaret Myers A Delta flight landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport skidded off the runway Thursday morning before coming to a rest against an embankment. No injuries have been reported. Continue reading
Mar 01 Upstate New York towns consider secession after state bans fracking By Carey Reed An initially playful remark by an upstate New York town official about seceding to Pennsylvania after New York State banned hydraulic fracturing in December has spurred community interest into the possibility. Continue reading
Feb 24 In her unromantic memoir, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon leaves her breakups behind By Joshua Barajas After their final show in Brazil in 2011, Sonic Youth was no more. And so was the 27-year marriage between the band's co-founders, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. Continue reading