Nation Aug 15 Remembering Julia Child Through Tributes, Song and a Quiz Wednesday would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday (she died in 2004 at age 91), and remembrances for the cooking icon saturate the Internet this week like one of her rum-soaked desserts.
World Aug 15 Using Satellite Imagery to Document Destruction in Syria Add Syria to the list of places where human rights organizations are using commercially available satellite imagery to document destruction during conflict.
World Aug 15 Satellite Images from Aleppo, Syria, from July-August 2012 Amnesty International is using satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe to track the destruction from fighting between rebels and government forces in and around Aleppo, Syria.
Politics Aug 13 PBS NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer: Moderating Presidential Debate ‘Was an Offer I Could Not Refuse’ PBS NewsHour co-founder and executive editor Jim Lehrer will moderate the first national presidential debate on Oct. 3 in Denver, Colo.
World Aug 03 Syrian Conflict Takes a Toll on Refugees — and the Military While fighting rages between government and rebel forces in Syria, and the international community debates what to do about the conflict, Syrian refugees are just trying to survive and make their lives as normal as possible away from home.
World Jul 26 Hey, Isn’t That… Kim Jong Un’s Wife? Spotted: Smartly dressed woman on the arm of North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un, strolling through an amusement park and attending official events.
World Jul 26 In Syria, Rebels Celebrate Successes, But Sectarian Violence Grows Kelly McEvers, NPR's foreign correspondent in Beirut, Lebanon, spent a week in rebel-held areas along the Turkish-Syrian border. She filed a week's worth of reports for NPR, and on Thursday she's coming to the NewsHour to talk about what she…
Nation Jul 24 Anaheim Protests Reveal ‘Climate of Anger’ at Police Saturday's fatal shooting by police of an unarmed man in Anaheim, Calif., prompted days of protests against a police department that some residents say is biased against Hispanics. Video of the police reaction to the protests -- posted on online…
World Jul 19 Three Questions About Syria The whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are unknown. He hasn't made a public or televised appearance since rebels attacked a government building in the capital Damascus on Wednesday, killing three top officials including the defense minister.
World Jul 18 Cracks in Syria’s Regime? Syrian rebels made headway this week, pushing into the capital Damascus and killing at least three top government officials. The infiltration, coupled with continued defections of members of the Syrian military, show the regime might be starting to crumble, some…