Jun 07 Watch 3:52 San Francisco may stop hiring cops with records of misconduct The demand to reform police departments is causing some local governments to look at new regulations and laws. In San Francisco, the board of supervisors is considering a resolution introduced last week that would urge the civil service commission there… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 3:34 Once homeless, a new college graduate looks to the future By Zachary Green When we last spoke with Jaime Waldron earlier in April, she was a homeless college student worried about completing her online studies before graduation. Now, Waldron has officially graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in criminal justice. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 4:18 Watching the end of The Beatles through the lens of a camera By Christopher Booker Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles "Let It Be" album, the last release by the famed British foursome. Ethan Russell was the photographer who took the album cover's images of the band members. Christopher… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 3:18 California priest puts his passion for technology to work By KCET The COVID-19 pandemic forced many to find ways to work remotely. And our partners at southern California station KCET found a priest in Santa Clarita who is putting his passion for technology to work. The story is part of their… Continue watching
Jun 07 Satellite images show ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural near the White House By News Desk On Saturday, satellite images captured the newly painted "Black Lives Matter" mural on 16th Street, near the White House in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Jun 07 George Floyd protests spread to smaller, mostly white towns By Grant Schulte, Associated Press While the rallies in major cities nationwide have grabbed headlines, people living in smaller and mid-sized cities have also raised their voices to call for change. Some of those protests have turned violent. Continue reading
Jun 07 How a break in the nation’s food supply caused regional food companies to soar By Melanie Saltzman, Laura Fong During the first months of the pandemic, as industrial meat plants closed and grocery stores experienced shortages, some mid-sized local food companies saw an unexpected boom in business. As people across the country sheltered in place, they turned to these… Continue reading
Jun 07 Officials urge Floyd protesters to get coronavirus tests By Brian Mahoney, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press As New York City prepared to reopen after a more than two-month coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew that was put in place amid protests of police brutality and racial injustice. But they also urged that demonstrators be… Continue reading
Jun 07 Duty to intervene: Floyd cops spoke up but didn’t step in By Bernard Condon, Todd Richmond, Associated Press Minneapolis was among several cities that had policies on the books requiring police officers to intervene to stop colleagues from using unreasonable force, but that didn't save George Floyd. Continue reading
Jun 07 Brazil govt yanks virus death toll as data befuddles experts By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation. Continue reading