Health Jul 16 CDC under scrutiny for safety lapses Safety and security problems put the head of the Centers for Disease Control under the microscope at a House hearing. Lawmakers questioned Dr. Thomas Frieden over concerns such as workers being exposed to live strains of anthrax and avian flu…
Nation Jul 16 California's 'water cop' urges residents to take drought seriously with mandatory restrictions
Episode Jul 15 Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Federal Reserve Bank discusses the state of the U.S. economy in semi-annual testimony. Also: the impact of small, specialized and local businesses on the overall economy, the challenges of brokering a cease-fire with Hamas, efforts…
Arts Jul 15 Meet the new U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Wright Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Wright was recently named the U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. In this NewsHour encore piece, we traveled to the author’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2011 to listen to Wright read his work…
Nation Jul 15 How an unlikely group changed the face of the FBI, retold in 'The Burglary' In “The Burglary,” author Betty Medsger tells the story of a group of burglars in 1971 who stole files from a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania -- a theft that provided evidence of wide scale surveillance of U.S. citizens.
World Jul 15 In Vietnam, new hospital equipment gives more infants a breath of life Hospitals in Vietnam used to rely on imported equipment that often broke down. Now, cheaper, more usable neonatal machines are made within the country and are tailored to local conditions. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Hanoi on…