World Apr 14 News Wrap: Deadly bomb explodes at bus station in Nigerian capital's worst terror attack
Episode Apr 13 Sunday, April 13, 2014 On tonight’s program, at least three are dead after shootings at a Jewish Community Center and a Jewish Assisted Living Facility near Kansas City on Sunday. Later, a look at an AIDS prevention program developed in British Columbia aimed at…
World Apr 13 Ukraine orders anti-terrorism action against separatist revolt On Sunday, the Ukrainian crisis escalated as government forces took on pro-Russian secessionists with reports of causalities on both sides. For more about this intensifying crisis, Peter Leonard of the Associated Press joined Hari Sreenivasan from Donetsk, Ukraine via Skype.
Science Apr 13 Solar-powered plane revealed in Switzerland Following 12 years of research and testing, designers and pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg debuted a huge solar-powered plane in Switzerland this week. The plane, which boasts a wingspan wider than a 747's, is covered in more than 17,000…
Episode Apr 12 Saturday, April 12, 2014 On Saturday’s program, armed pro-Russian separatists storm a police station in Ukraine. Later, we take you to Alabama, where civil rights advocates say hundreds of people are being jailed each month because they are unable to afford unpaid fines. And…
Nation Apr 12 Without funds to pay fines, minor incidents can mean jail time Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Special correspondent John Carlos Frey takes an…
Arts Apr 11 Remembering civil rights history, when 'words meant everything' U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and Jeffrey Brown recently traveled from Mississippi to Alabama on a pilgrimage to witness the historical struggles and sorrows people faced during the civil rights movement. On their 100-mile journey, they examine the role of…