Jun 02 China blames US for trade dispute, says it won’t back down By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press China issued a report Sunday blaming the United States for the countries' trade dispute and said it won't back down on "major issues of principle," but offered no clarification about what additional steps it might take to up the ante. Continue reading
Jun 02 Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain hidden from view during President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading
Jun 02 Famed New Orleans chef Leah Chase who fed civil rights leaders dies By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Leah Chase, who fed generations of New Orleanians and tourists alike at Dooky Chase’s restaurant, died Saturday. She was 96. Continue reading
Jun 02 Virginia Beach attacker notified boss of plans to leave job By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The gunman who opened fire inside a Virginia Beach government building, killing 12 people, had notified a superior of his intention to leave his job, officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 02 Cruise ship slams into tourist boat, dock in Venice By Cain Burdeau, Luca Bruno, Associated Press A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning, injuring four tourists and sparking new calls for placing restrictions on cruise ships in the famed but strained… Continue reading
Jun 02 White House: Trump ‘deadly serious” about Mexico tariffs By Lisa Mascaro, Hope Yen, Associated Press A top White House official said Sunday that President Donald Trump is "deadly serious" about slapping tariffs on imports from Mexico but acknowledged there are no concrete benchmarks being set to assess whether the U.S. ally was stemming the flow… Continue reading
Jun 02 Pompeo says US ready to talk to Iran with ‘no preconditions’ By Sharon Cohen, Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran in an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of conflict. But the United States will not relent in… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 3:16 In Virginia Beach, ‘the grieving begins’ after mass shooting By PBS NewsHour As authorities continue searching for clues into Friday's mass shooting inside the Virginia Beach Municipal Center that killed 12 people, many in the community are trying to make sense of the rampage. NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon joins Megan Thompson from… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 7:46 Artist examines ‘The Architecture of Slavery’ in new project By Duarte Geraldino, Laura Fong, Michael D. Regan In ‘We Have Made These Lands What They Are: The Architecture of Slavery,’ artist Keris Salmon examines the lives of enslaved people and the places they lived in the American South. Special correspondent Duarte Geraldino introduces us to the artist… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 7:12 The true story behind the ‘welfare queen’ stereotype By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo In his new book "The Queen," author Josh Levin tells the story of Linda Taylor, a woman who became infamous as a welfare cheat. She was a woman who went by many names, was accused of many crimes, and whose… Continue watching