Mar 16 Explosion, Fire at Nuclear Plant Trigger Radiation Fears in Quake’s Aftermath By News Desk 8:20 a.m. ET Damage to the second reactor is shown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in this image released by Digital Globe. Click to view larger. 6:15 p.m. ET Another fire has broken out at the Fukushima… Continue reading
Mar 16 In Denver, Mobile Clinic for the Homeless Returns By Lea Winerman Last year, the NewsHour profiled a mobile clinic for the homeless that was about to close due to budget cuts. Now, after months of searching for funding, the clinic is back on the streets. Continue reading
Mar 15 In Japan, Fears of Radiation Exposure Grow as Nuclear Crisis Worsens By Lea Winerman A doctor checks uses a geiger counter to check the level of radiation on a woman while a soldier in gas mask looks on at a radiation treatment centre in Nihonmatsu city in Fukushima prefecture on March 13, 2011. Photo… Continue reading
Mar 15 Mexico Drug Cartels Moving in on Guatemala Routes The security situation in northern Guatemala is deteriorating as Mexico-based drug cartels extend their reach into the neighboring country. Continue reading
Mar 14 Japan’s Nuclear Crisis: Does it Compare to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl? By Jenny Marder Even as Japanese officials try to sort out whether jolted nuclear reactors could slip into full meltdown after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, experts are weighing in on how events unfolding there compare to previous high-profile nuclear disasters. The… Continue reading
Mar 14 Responders Rush to Aid Japan Victims, Evacuees By Talea Miller Tens of thousands of rescue workers are descending on Japan's northeast coast following the devastating earthquake and tsunami Friday that killed at least 10,000, according to a recent Associated Press estimate. More than half a million people have been evacuated… Continue reading
Mar 14 Aid for Victims of Japan’s Disaster The Japan Red Cross is working around the clock to provide food, shelter and medical services to the many people injured and displaced by Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Continue reading
Mar 13 Death Toll Climbs in Japan as Nuclear Threat Grows By News Desk People evacuate by boat down a road flooded by tsunami waves in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, a day after a massive quake and tsunami hit the region. Photo by Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images The death… Continue reading
Mar 11 Obama Administration Grants Maine Health Reform Waiver In the news this week: Making health reform more flexible for states. On Wednesday, the federal government gave Maine a waiver good through 2013 that will exempt the state from enforcing part of the health reform law --… Continue reading
Mar 11 Young Athletes’ Deaths Put New Focus on Heart Defects Last Thursday, 16-year-old Wes Leonard died shortly after scoring the game-winning shot at his high school basketball game in Michigan. An autopsy found that he had an enlarged heart. Just two days later in Colorado, 17-year-old Matthew Hammerdorfer… Continue reading