Nation Dec 30 What we're watching Monday A second bomb in 24 hours killed at least 14 people on a Russian trolley in Volgograd on Monday. Video by Associated Press. Suicide bomber kills 14 and wounds 28 people on electric bus in the Russian city of Volgograd…
World Dec 29 Web only: A conversation with the author of 'A Deadly Mix in Benghazi' // A lengthy investigation by The New York Times published on December 28 finds no evidence that al Qaeda was involved in the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. The report also finds that the attack on the mission was fueled…
Nation Dec 26 Can the crystal blue waters of Lake Tahoe be saved? Photo by Flickr user Steve Dunleavy Development, climate change and runoff threaten to soil the waters of pristine Lake Tahoe. The largest, clearest lake of its kind in North America, Tahoe draws 3 million visitors to Nevada and California…
Nation Dec 19 Data from 40 million credit and debit cards used at Target may be compromised Shoppers wait in line at Target on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Burbank, California, November 22, 2012. Photo by Photo by Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters Between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 data from 40 million credit and debit cards might…
Health Dec 17 Tinnitus discovery may lead to new treatment NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the science behind tinnitus and the search for a cure. Fifty million Americans experience chronic ringing in the ears, a condition known as tinnitus. But new research from the University of Michigan…
Nation Dec 17 Winners announced for PBS NewsHour Extra's #MyZeitgeist competition NewsHour Extra, the NewsHour's educational resource site, challenged students to create a their own summary of 2013's most powerful and memorable events, inspired by Google's annual Zeitgeist year-in-review. We dubbed our contest the #MyZeitgeist competition. Using…
World Dec 16 Two Guantanamo detainees released to Saudi Arabia The Defense Department announced Monday that it released two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the government of Saudi Arabia -- part of its ongoing effort to process detainees and eventually close the U.S. facility in Cuba.
Health Dec 16 Heavy marijuana use may cause poor memory and abnormal brain structure, study says Daily marijuana use has a measurable effect on the brain, a new study finds. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT via Getty Images. Teenagers who smoked marijuana daily for three years performed poorly on memory tasks and showed…
Economy Dec 15 Calculating a living wage across the United States Workers chant outside a McDonald's restaurant in Harlem in April, 2013. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images In "Life in the cash economy for 'underbanked' Americans" and "One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary," PBS…
World Dec 14 Watch Mandela's memorial service South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5. Updated Dec. 16 | Nelson Mandela was buried in his hometown of Qunu in southeastern South Africa on Sunday in a ceremony that was a mixture of tribal traditions…