Twitter Rundown for Friday, July 20, 2012
12 Killed, 59 Wounded In Colo. Theater Shooting
Family members are showing up at a suburban Denver high school where witnesses to a mass shooting at a movie theater were taken.
AIDS Researchers Gather In Washington
Twenty five thousand AIDS experts and activists will descend on Washington DC this weekend for the International Aids Conference. We speak with Dr. Anthony Fauci about a possible cure, and to a 23-year-old American woman whose mother died of AIDS.
Aurora Theatergoer Tells Of Chaos, Trail Of Blood
Rebecca Fedeli was in the theater next door to where the fatal shooting occurred and describes the scene.
Do We Need To Rethink Our Relationship With Water?
More than half of the country is baking in drought conditions. Author Alex Prud’homme says Americans have to change how we use water.
Olympic Rower Got Her Start Helping Veterans
We speak with U.S. Olympic rower Natalie Dell, who trained in Boston, where she also worked helping veterans with PTSD.
President Obama delivers the commencement address this weekend at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black college. The school’s president discusses recent controversies and challenges.
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Failures in mental health care mean that often the only way to get help for a loved one is to call the police. We speak with a journalist about the tragic consequences for her family.
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