Nation Jan 03 Pot pioneer: More states, Native American tribes mimic Colorado's marijuana laws The movement to legalize marijuana is spreading rapidly as the legal sale of marijuana for recreational use begins its second year in Colorado. This past November, Oregon and Alaska voted to legalize the possession and sale of recreational marijuana. Last…
Episode Jan 02 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 2, 2015 Tonight on the program, we examine the increase in human smugglers abandoning refugees at sea and where to place the responsibility. Also: schools learning to cope with the influx of undocumented teens, random DNA mutation may be the primary blame…
Education Jan 02 Schools provide educational and mental health support to influx of undocumented teens
World Jan 02 Who is responsible when a ship is abandoned at sea? A ship filled with refugees heading toward Italy was abandoned by its crew before making it to shore, the most recent case in an uptick in human smuggling. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Daryl Grisgraber of Refugees International about why human…
World Jan 02 News Wrap: Obama announces new sanctions on North Korea In our news wrap Friday, President Obama announces new sanctions on three North Korean organizations and 10 individuals in response to the country’s cyber attack on Sony Pictures. Also, more than a dozen airstrikes from the U.S. and coalition warplanes…