16K views · 207 reactions | The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is set to begin soon. Chauvin is accused of murder in last May’s killing of George Floyd — a death that set off nationwide unrest. @newshourfred reports on the city's preparations for the trial. | PBS NewsHour | Facebook

16K views · 451 reactions | Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” has died at age 84. https://bit.ly/39jwXBW | PBS NewsHour | Facebook

42K views · 915 reactions | New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart joined PBS News' John Yang Friday to discuss the week in politics, including the political fallout of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump's total control over Washington and the state of American democracy on this Independence Day. | PBS NewsHour | Facebook