Apr 22 Photo Essay: Drug Violence in Juarez By Talea Miller The city of Juárez, Mexico, across the border and a short drive from El Paso, has become known as Mexico's "murder capital," at the epicenter of drug violence that has plagued the country and escalated since 2008. Although… Continue reading
Apr 21 'Too Fat to Fight': Report Says School Lunches a Threat to National Security A new report says that 27 percent of all Americans ages 17 to 24 are too overweight to join the military. Now, the group of retired military officers that prepared the report is asking Congress to… Continue reading
Apr 20 Insurers to Act Early to Fill Coverage Gap for Young Adults Thousands of college graduates won't have to worry about getting dropped from their parents' health insurance after they get their diplomas this spring. Several major insurance companies announced late yesterday they would act early on a key… Continue reading
Apr 20 Government Should Set Limits on Salt in Food, Report Says Americans consume unhealthy amounts of salt, and in order to help them cut back the government needs to begin regulating sodium levels in processed food, according to a new report by the National Academies of Science's… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch News Wrap: FDA May Require Food Companies to Cut Sodium In other news Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration may consider new regulations to cut sodium content in food products to help stem the growing health consequences. Also, a military group told Congress that school lunches are to blame for… Continue watching
Apr 16 Marc Ambinder's Personal Journey in the 'Fat Nation' By Hari Sreenivasan Marc Ambinder and I worked together at ABC News for a few years. He was one of the rising stars in their political unit, and has since moved through National Journal's Hotline and now is planted firmly at… Continue reading
Apr 16 Gwen's Take: Debating the Debate By Gwen Ifill I got a lot of mail this week, almost all of it online, and much of it angry. The reason? I tried to tell both sides of a story. The occasion was our PBS NewsHour "Spotlight Series" in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading
Apr 16 Friday: Europe's Travel Delays Worsen; Same-sex Partners Get Hospital Rights A woman at Erfurt Airport in Germany reads about the volcano that is disrupting travel across Europe. (Photo by Jens-Ulrich Koch/AFP/Getty Images.) The wide-scale disruption of air travel across much of Europe only got worse on Friday as… Continue reading
Apr 15 Full Video: Fla. Residents, Politicians Talk Taxes and Debt at Town Hall By News Desk TAMPA, Fla. | At a town hall meeting hosted by the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, residents of West Central Florida asked federal, state and local government officials about the recession, partisanship, government spending and more. You can now watch the full… Continue reading
Apr 14 Spotlight City: Tax Day Town Hall in Tampa All week in Tampa, we've been exploring what Americans think about their government, including reactions to the foreclosure crisis, health care reform, federal spending and more. A pivotal part of our coverage: a town hall meeting where local residents were… Continue reading