Economy Feb 13 Comcast set to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45 billion Comcast announced Thursday its plans to acquire Time Warner Cable in a $45.2 billion deal that would merge the top two U.S. cable operators.
World Feb 07 Russian state television airs a false flawless opening ceremony State television aired a version of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia with no glitches Friday, despite earlier reports of a malfunction that marred a display of all five Olympic rings, the Associated Press…
Education Feb 05 President Obama pledges $750 million in commitments to outfit classrooms with better technology President Obama announced Tuesday that several U.S. companies have pledged more than $750 million in contributions to equip American students with access to better technology, such as high-speed Internet, in the classroom. “In a country where we expect free…
World Feb 04 Scotland becomes latest country to legalize marriage equality Scotland legalized marriage equality on Tuesday. The first same-sex weddings are to take place this fall.
Nation Feb 04 Satya Nadella named new Microsoft CEO; Bill Gates steps down as chairman Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday named 47-year-old Satya Nadella, the company's enterprise and cloud chief, as the new chief executive, ending a five-month search to replace Steve Ballmer, who has been serving as CEO since 2000. The company's first CEO, Bill…
Politics Jan 31 Former Port Authority official says he has evidence that Christie knew about bridge closures A former Port Authority official said Friday that he had evidence that proved that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knew about the lane closings that ensnarled traffic on the George Washington Bridge over a four-day period in September, the New…
Nation Jan 24 Help us translate President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address If you read or write in a language other than English, the PBS NewsHour needs your help. Join our all-volunteer captioning and translation team to help us translate President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address and the Republican…
Science Jan 09 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a study Monday on how best to keep the invasive species Asian carp from overwhelming the Great Lakes and threatening the area’s multi-billion dollar fishing industry. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago…
Nation Jan 01 Quiz: Test your knowledge of the new laws of 2014 In which state can you now go on a bar crawl using a "pedal pub"? Photo by Flickr user Sonja Stark More than 40,000 new laws were enacted in 2013, thousands of which took effect at the stroke of midnight,…
World Sep 09 Three Syrian-Americans reflect on the war .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }PBS Newshour talked to three Americans…