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.
Nation Feb 14 Here’s the latest Olympics medals count The latest medals table from #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/dmamnAzYZK — AFP news agency (@AFP) February 14, 2014…
Arts Feb 02 Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead at 46 Oscar award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday. He was 46.
Nation Jan 30 U.S. to seek death penalty for Boston Marathon bomb suspect Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they will seek the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should a jury convict him on charges related to the April attack. Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed…
Politics Jan 29 Tell us: How did Obama address the issues most important to you? In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama vowed to use his executive action to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers and make it easier for millions of low-income Americans to save for retirement. What…