Mar 22 Teen Opens Fire in Minnesota High School By PBS News Hour A high school student on an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota went on a shooting rampage Monday, killing nine people including five students, before turning the gun on himself in the worst U.S. school shooting since Columbine. Continue reading
Mar 22 U.S. Judge Refuses to Have Woman’s Feeding Tube Reinserted By PBS News Hour A federal judge in Florida refused Tuesday to resume tube feeding of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo. Her parents have said they would appeal the decision. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Teen Goes on Shooting Rampage at Minnesota High School A high school student on an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota went on a shooting rampage Monday, killing nine people including five students, before turning the gun on himself in the worst U.S. school shooting since Columbine. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Apple’s America R.W. Apple, a New York Times travel writer, discusses about some of his favorite cities in the United States with Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. Continue watching
Mar 21 Congress, President Intervene in Schiavo Case By PBS News Hour The U.S. Congress and President Bush intervened in the dispute over the life of Terri Schiavo early Monday, sending the case of the brain damaged Florida woman to federal court. Continue reading
Mar 14 California Judge Rules Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional By PBS News Hour San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer ruled Monday that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch Disney’s Troubled Kingdom For the first time in 21 years, a new chief executive will be running The Walt Disney Co. The company's Board of Directors selected president Robert Iger to succeed Michael Eisner, who announced last year his plans to resign this… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch Essay: What it Means to Be A Man An essay by Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune on what it means to be a man. Continue watching
Mar 01 Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that applying the death penalty to offenders under the age of 18 is unconstitutionally cruel, ending the practice nationwide. Continue reading
Feb 25 Anglican Leaders Ask U.S., Canada to Leave Council Over Homosexuality Issue By PBS News Hour Leaders of the global Anglican communion have asked the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to temporarily withdraw from a key council -- a move designed to avoid a schism over differences on homosexuality and same-sex unions. Continue reading