Arts Sep 19 What’s your favorite Ken Burns film? As "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" wraps tonight on PBS, we were wondering, out of the 25 films Ken Burns has created, which would you recommend if you could only pick one?…
Education Sep 19 Should our sports heroes also be our role models? We asked students from around the country: should our sports heroes also be our heroes in real life?…
World Sep 16 Israeli military says mortar from Gaza hit Israel BREAKING: Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza hits southern Israel, first time since war's end.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2014 According to the Associated Press, the Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza exploded…
World Sep 13 Video purports to show beheading of British aid worker by Islamic State Islamic State militants released a video on Saturday which purports to show the beheading of British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines, the Associated Press reports.
Politics Sep 12 Bill Clinton: Putin’s media control enables him to hang on to power President Bill Clinton thinks that Vladimir Putin won’t be able to deny the hit that U.S. and European sanctions will have on Russia, but his control of the media will enable him to hang on. In an interview with PBS…
Nation Sep 12 Clinton: I’m not sure that we’ll ever eliminate domestic violence, but America is making headway Domestic violence affects a "staggering" number of women around the world, President Clinton said when asked about the national reaction to the Ray Rice video in an interview with PBS NewsHour on Friday. "The reaction to the Rice incident show's…
World Sep 12 Clinton: Islamic State can be destroyed, but only with help from Iraqis In an interview with the PBS NewsHour on Friday, President Clinton signaled that he is in full support of President Obama’s plan to degrade and destroy the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but he cautioned, “Essentially it’s an…
World Sep 11 Pistorius can’t be convicted of murder, judge says in South African trial The judge in the trial of double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius said Thursday that he couldn’t receive a murder conviction in the shooting death of his girlfriend.
Nation Sep 09 What is the future of the Great Lakes? Detroit Public Television will live stream sessions from the Great Lakes Restoration Conference this week. Watch a live stream from 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday. All times EDT.
World Sep 05 Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels sign cease-fire deal Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have signed a cease-fire deal aimed at ending five months of fighting. It was set to begin at 11 a.m. EDT Friday.