Health Dec 23 FDA plans to end prohibition on blood donation by gay men, with conditions The FDA is set to ease a 31-year ban on blood donations by gay men, put in place in the early days of the AIDS crisis. The policy revision will allow gay men to donate blood one year after their…
World Dec 23 Peru shields an ancient city of sand from strong storms In northern Peru, workers are fortifying the ancient site of Chan Chan, once the largest city in the Americas and the largest adobe city on the world. Earlier this year climatologists predicted strong El Nino weather effects in 2015, threatening…
Economy Dec 23 Can the U.S. economy sustain its surprising momentum in the new year? The U.S. economy’s summer surge was even stronger than first estimated, expanding at an annual rate of 5 percent from July to September -- the best performance since the summer of 2003. Judy Woodruff talks to Nariman Behravesh, chief economist…
Nation Dec 23 News Wrap: Protesters reject NYC mayor's plea to pause after police shootings In our news wrap Tuesday, protesters in New York rejected Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plea to suspend demonstrations against police use of force out of respect for the families of two murdered officers. Also, Obama administration officials reported nearly 6.4…
Episode Dec 22 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 22, 2014 Monday on the NewsHour, we examine the rising tensions in New York in the wake of the murder of two police officers. Also: what’s behind a massive Internet failure in North Korea, a simple children’s toy turns into new tool…
Nation Dec 22 StoryCorps gives America a microphone and the chance to tell a story Get two people together with a microphone and let them talk and listen to each other. That's the premise of the StoryCorps Project, which has recorded and archived more than 50,000 stories told by Americans so far. Now creator Dave…