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The Pacifica Evening News is a collaboration of KPFA and KPFK in Los Angeles and KFCF in Fresno. The hour-long newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6:00 PM. KPFA News broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5:55, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and 4:00. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
The Justice Department says the F.B.I. will have to sort through thousands of newly discovered emails in its renewed examination of the practices of Hillary Clinton. A United Nations committee calls for negotiations to open on a treaty to ban all nuclear weapons. State lawmakers hold a hearing on the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs … Continued
F.B.I. Director James Comey with a bombshell. He says the agency is investigating whether new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server may contain classified information. Current and former gay and lesbian lawmakers are among LGBT leaders rallying support for Supervisor Jane Kim in her race against gay Supervisor Scott Wiener for the … Continued
Hundreds of armed state and local North Dakota police and national guardmembers wearing riot gear and firing bean bags filled with lead shot and pepper spray attack oust a Native American encampment in the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign together for the first time — in the battleground … Continued
For the first time, the United States apparently won’t be voting against a U.N. resolution that criticizes the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. Diplomats say the U.S. delegation is expected to abstain. Donald Trump receives rare good news after a third day of campaigning in the state of Florida. A new Bloomberg poll shows him with … Continued
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaign in the battleground state of Florida — winning the state’s 29 electoral votes is key for Trump if he is to have any path to victory. A federal judge approves a 15 billion dollar court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen for its emissions cheating scandal. Housing and gentrification … Continued
Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren campaigns with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, promising that “nasty women” will go to the polls on their “nasty feet” to vote Trump “out of our lives forever.” Longtime political, peace, and social justice activist Tom Hayden dies at the age of 76. BART riders sound off on … Continued
The Islamic State launches a surprise counter-attack on the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, about 90 miles from Mosul. Government and Kurdish forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State this week. The family of Jessica Williams has filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court, who was unarmed when she was shot dead … Continued
The day after Donald Trump refused to say whether he’d accept the result of the presidential election, he tells an Ohio rally he wants to reserve his right to file a legal challenge “in the case of a questionable result.” President Obama promotes his health overhaul by saying that never in U.S. history has the … Continued
President Obama turns aside Republican nominee Donald Trump’s charges that the U.S. elections are rigged. Obama says Trump should quit whining. U.C. Berkeley faculty and staff hold what they call the nation’s first “Trump Teach-in” The International Red Cross asks that the massive military campaign to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State not … Continued
Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces launch a military offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State. Humanitarian aid officials warn that up to 1.5 million Iraqi civilians remain in the city. Donald Trump takes his message that the presidential election is being rigged to a new level — warning that the election is being … Continued
