Aug 06 Russia Wheat Export Ban Pushes Prices Near 2-Year High By Talea Miller Wheat prices retreated slightly but held near a two-year high Friday in reaction to a Russian announcement banning grain exports through the end of the year due to severe drought and wildfires. "We need to prevent a rise in domestic… Continue reading
Aug 06 In Louisiana, Journalists and Cleanup Crews Bake in the Heat By Tom Bearden If you're not used to it, the heat and humidity along the Gulf Coast can be devastating. I'm not used to it, despite having made eight trips to the Gulf since April 28. I live in Colorado, where the humidity… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch Examining Chemo Drugs' Potential Threats to Health Care Workers As a part of NewsHour Connect, which showcases some of the best public broadcasting reporting from around the country, Enrique Cerna of KCTS in Seattle reports on the dangers that chemotherapy drugs could pose to healthcare workers who handle them. Continue watching
Aug 04 Pelosi Calls House Back to Work Next Week for Funding Bill Updated 6:36pm EST Senate Democrats overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday to move legislation that would provide states with funding for Medicaid and education. The $26 billion package passed by Senate Democrats and two Republicans may require the House of Representatives… Continue reading
Aug 04 Slide Show: Pakistan Floodwaters Spread as Death Toll Grows By Talea Miller Floodwaters spread Wednesday into Pakistan's populous Punjab province, heightening a humanitarian crisis that has killed more than 1,500 people and left 3.2 million needing food aid and assistance. Heavy monsoon rains set off the worst flooding the nation has seen… Continue reading
Aug 03 Katrina 5 Years Later: Housing Concerns and 'Toxic Trailers' By News Desk A resident of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward mows his lawn in front of a FEMA trailer in 2006. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) On the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're looking back at some of our NewsHour coverage… Continue reading
Aug 02 New HealthCare.gov Site Aims to Teach Americans About Insurance Options With a contentious midterm election just around the corner, the Obama administration is continuing to tout what health reform will mean for Americans -- even turning the president into an online pitchman for the administration's new health coverage website,… Continue reading
Aug 02 Judge Allows Virginia Lawsuit Against Health Reform to Move Forward A federal judge on Monday declined the Justice Department's request to throw out Virginia Attorney General Ken Cucinelli's lawsuit challenging the new federal health care reform law, a decision that gave opponents of the law their first significant… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch Sebelius: Health Reform Misinformation Persists; Medicare Solvency Now Stronger With more measures from the health care reform law set to take effect, more states are filing legal challenges as well. Judy Woodruff talks to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for more on the latest health care reform… Continue watching
Jul 29 Keeping Disease at Bay in the Camps of Port-au-Prince By Talea Miller The tent camps of Port-au-Prince have all the makings of disease breeding grounds; thousands of people living in temporary shelters, in very close contact, completely reliant on aid for clean water and sanitation services. But as the disaster response from… Continue reading