Jul 18 Rally on anniversary of Eric Garner’s death held in NYC By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Crowds gathered in New York City Friday and Saturday to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Eric Garner, and to demand police reforms in several cases of police brutality. Continue reading
Jul 18 Photos: Tracing the escape route of Mexico’s most notorious drug lord By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Cathy Zhao See photos of the mile-long escape tunnel, which began in the floor of an abandoned building and ended in a small hole in the floor of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's shower. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 1:52 Viewers sound off on plot twist in Harper Lee’s new novel By PBS News Hour Viewers weigh in on the recent revelation that Harper Lee's beloved character from "To Kill A Mockingbird," Atticus Finch, holds racist views. Hari Sreenivasan reads your comments. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Report: At least 70k rape kits remain untested in U.S. police depts By PBS News Hour A new investigation by the USA Today Media Network has found that at least 70,000 rape kits are lying untested in 1,000 U.S. police departments. The report also discovered police departments in 34 states have never taken an inventory of… Continue watching
Jul 18 Report: ISIS may have manufactured and fired chemical mortars By Daniel Costa-Roberts The Islamic State appears to have manufactured rudimentary chemical weapons and used them to attack Kurdish positions in Syria and Iraq. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 3:09 Can an all-star karate class help bridge the Arab-Israeli divide? By PBS News Hour There’s an effort underway in Israel to bridge the divide between Jews and Arabs with a more disciplined form of fighting: the martial arts. NewsHour’s Martin Fletcher has the story. Continue watching
Jul 18 Photos: Eid al-Fitr is celebrated around the world By Cathy Zhao The three-day celebration of Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a holy fasting month. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 9:53 How U.S. regulation may keep remittances from some Somali families By Elisabeth Ponsot According to community leaders in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 80 percent of the Somali-Americans there send money back to East Africa. Aid groups say 40 percent of Somalia’s population relies on those dollars -- known as remittances -- to survive. But recently,… Continue watching
Jul 12 Deported Uighurs intended to join Mideast jihad, China claims By Daniel Costa-Roberts The Chinese government claims that members of the Uighur ethnic group who were deported from Thailand Thursday were extremists on their way to wage holy war in Iraq, Syria or Turkey… Continue reading
Jul 12 Clinton to focus on raising middle class incomes By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton will make boosting middle class incomes and wages the focus of her economic agenda, pointing to stagnant paychecks as the central challenge facing the U.S. economy. Continue reading