Dec 06 WATCH: Las Vegas shooting survivor, ATF head testify in Senate hearing on gun background checks By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Today's hearing will include testimony from Heather Gooze, who held a dying stranger in her arms amid the Las Vegas shooting in October. Watch the hearing here. Continue reading
Nov 25 Drilling reawakens sleeping faults in Texas, leads to earthquakes By Anna Kuchment, Scientific American For 300 million years faults showed no activity, and then wastewater injections from oil and gas wells came along. Continue reading
Nov 17 White House requests $44 billion in disaster aid By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The request, President Donald Trump’s third since hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria slammed the Gulf Coast and Caribbean, would bring the total appropriated for disaster relief this fall close to $100 billion — and that’s before most of the money… Continue reading
Nov 12 Texas governor wants to double state guard in wake of Harvey By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday called for doubling the state's unarmed guard forces, which were stretched thin by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch 2:07 How the Texas church massacre victims are being remembered By PBS News Hour The victims of a deadly church shooting included a grandmother who shielded her grandson from the attack, a cancer survivor and a couple who were visiting the church for the first time. We remember eight of the victims through the… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 7:31 News Wrap: Texas shooter passed background checks despite violent conviction By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Texas gunman who killed 26 people was able to pass background checks despite a past escape from a mental health facility and a conviction the Air Force failed to enter into a database that… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 2:25 Loved ones remember the Texas church victims By PBS News Hour Two days after the massacre in Texas, we continue to learn more about the lives of the 26 people who were murdered at a church on Sunday. We remember 18 of them, including one family that suffered a devastating series… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 12:48 Texas community that’s tight-knit ‘like family’ reels from church murders By PBS News Hour The First Baptist Church in the small town of Sutherland Springs was the site of the largest mass shooting in Texas history on Sunday. Twenty-six-year-old Devin Kelley opened fire during services, killing 26 people and wounding 20. John Yang speaks… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 8:13 How are mass killings and domestic violence linked? By PBS News Hour The man who shot and killed dozens at a Texas church had been convicted of assaulting his wife and a child, and he may have been motivated by a "domestic situation," say officials. The latest tragedy underscores a link between… Continue watching
Nov 06 AP Report: Air Force failed to submit Texas shooter’s criminal history to the FBI By Robert Burns, Associated Press Trump administration officials say the Air Force didn't submit the accused Texas church shooter's criminal history to the FBI, as required by Pentagon rules. Continue reading