Nation Dec 11 A little-known casualty of the Cold War? U.S. nuclear workers More than 33,000 men and women who worked at nuclear facilities have died from related illnesses, and more than 100,000 Americans were diagnosed with cancer and other diseases after helping build the country's nuclear stockpile. That toll had never fully…
Nation Dec 11 American Muslims feel singled out amid a climate of fear In the wake of recent terror attacks, American Muslims have been weathering a backlash. In Texas, a group has been protesting in front of an Islamic center, brandishing rifles. In Pittsburgh, a Moroccan immigrant taxi driver was shot by a…
Politics Dec 11 News Wrap: Congress buys time with short-term spending bill In our news wrap Friday, Congress sent President Obama a short-term spending bill to fund agencies through the middle of next week, buying more time to negotiate a $1.1 trillion long-term tax and spending bill. Also, chemical industry giants DuPont…
World Dec 11 UK accelerating pace of anti-ISIS missions, says defense secretary The United Kingdom determined last week it would join the U.S. and France in bombing the Islamic State in Syria. U.K. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, in Washington to meet with his American counterpart, said that British sorties have been aimed…
Episode Dec 10 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 10, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl breaks his silence just as the controversy of his release is reignited. Also: How a landmark No Child Left Behind rewrite could change public schools, Yazidi refugees risk danger for a European…
Arts Dec 10 Rita Moreno has the time of her life on stage and screen Actress and singer Rita Moreno fought typecasting and industry pressure to go on to be the first Latino to win an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and a Grammy. Moreno gives her Brief But Spectacular take on a lifetime in show business.
Economy Dec 10 Is this job-creating foreign investment project too good to be true? In northeastern Vermont, a half-billion dollar development is helping to transform a lagging economy into the state's job-creation leader. It seems like a win for tourists and for foreign investors, who put up the money in return for green cards…
Education Dec 10 New education law shifts federal influence over public schools After years of debate, President Obama and Congress have finally agreed on a new education law. The Every Student Succeeds Act, the successor of No Child Left Behind, still requires annual testing of some students, but it does not give…
World Dec 10 For Yazidis, the dangerous path to Europe seems safer than a return home The refugee's journey to Greece is perilous; so many have drowned trying to reach Europe's shores from Turkey. But more frightening for many Yazidis is the prospect of returning to Sinjar in Iraq, where the Islamic State captured their villages…