Nation Feb 27 Attorney General Holder admitted to hospital Attorney General Eric Holder was admitted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington Thursday morning after experiencing faintness and shortness of breath. Brian Fallon, the director of public affairs for the Department of Justice, said that Holder began experiencing…
Science Feb 27 LIVE: Climate change, explained; Miles O'Brien hosts discussion The US National Academy of Sciences and the UK's Royal Society have jointly released a report that uses simple language, pictures and accessible graphics to show that climate change is altering the planet and that the…
Science Feb 26 Regarding Miles O'Brien's 'new reality' Like everyone else, we are amazed by Miles’ determination to soldier on, in spite of his life-changing accident. We are prepared to assist him every way we can, so our viewers will continue to benefit from his great intelligence and…
World Feb 24 Violent anti-government protests in Venezuela leave 13 dead The worst violence in a decade has lead to 13 deaths Monday as anti-government demonstrators in the Venezuelan capital Caracas protested scarcity, crime and other issues the country faces.
Nation Feb 24 'Men's Day' celebrated in Russia, several former Soviet Republics During a competition to celebrate the Defenders of the Fatherland Day, also known as Men's Day, a Belarusian soldier takes a severe blow. Also known as "Men's Day" -- somewhat similar to Father's Day -- the Russian holiday is celebrated…
Health Feb 21 Editor's note: Remembering Martha Monsson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbqixL8Ubaw Last November, the PBS NewsHour ran a series of reports exploring how the Affordable Care Act was affecting the lives of Americans. On November 13, we aired our report about Martha Monsson, a Colorado woman with cancer…
Nation Feb 21 Former NBC foreign correspondent Garrick Utley dies at 74 Garrick Utley, a former foreign correspondent and anchor for NBC News, died on Thursday night from prostate cancer.
Nation Feb 17 Photo: Washington's false teeth https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/435447570140106752 Historian Michael Beschloss shares this photo of one set of President Washington's false teeth. Mount Vernon has a wonderful writeup of the first president's complete dental history, noting that "When Washington was inaugurated President in 1789, only one…
World Feb 15 Social entrepreneurs use mobile technology to take on challenges of developing world From products that help small businesses track their finances to a text message-based app that helps workers in India’s informal workforce find better jobs, cell phone technology is being used across the developing world to solve serious problems and respond…
Nation Feb 14 Hunters track killer tiger in India Over the last seven weeks, 9 people have been killed by a Tiger roaming the fringes of one of India's last protected tiger habitats.