Mar 23 Some State Department personnel in Brussels still unaccounted for By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. officials say a small number of State Department personnel in Brussels are unaccounted for since the deadly airport and subway attacks. Continue reading
Mar 23 WATCH: Clinton says she, not Trump, is the one to defeat Islamic State By Catherine Lucey and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Watch Hillary Clinton's remarks on counterterrorism at Stanford University today at 2:15 pm ET. Continue reading
Mar 23 State ‘fundamentally accountable’ for Flint water crisis, report says By Joshua Barajas A final report released today described a “story of government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction, and environmental injustice" for what happened in Flint, Michigan. Continue reading
Mar 23 Here’s what links the Brussels suspects to the Paris attack By Larisa Epatko Three men wheeling suitcases through the Brussels airport are suspected of setting off explosions on Tuesday at the airport and a subway station in coordinated attacks that left at least 34 people dead. Two of the suspects died in the… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 9:26 How the Pacific Northwest is preparing for a catastrophic tsunami By PBS News Hour It’s when, not if, the Pacific Northwest is due for a major seismic disaster; scientists say there’s a 37 percent chance one could strike in the next 50 years. FEMA estimates such an earthquake and resulting tsunami could kill thousands… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 50:19 PBS NewsHour full episode March 22, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Islamic State group claims responsibility for several bombings in Brussels. Also: What the Brussels attacks mean for the fight against terror, Obama calls on Congress to lift the Cuban embargo, help for foster kids who… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: Trump suggests torture as anti-terror tactic By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, following the morning’s bombings in Brussels, GOP front-runner Donald Trump proposed expanding laws to allow torture to disrupt future attacks. Also, federal prosecutors say an “outside party” showed the FBI how to access the encrypted… Continue watching
Mar 22 ‘Rosies’ given hero’s welcome in their first honor flight to D.C. By Mike Melia About 30 World War II "Rosie the Riveters" were greeted with a hero's welcome at Reagan National Airport. The women who helped America win the war more than 70 years ago were part of the honor flight program that, since… Continue reading
Mar 22 Can big data save these children? By Laura Santhanam “They are able to use data to anticipate where a problem might occur versus waiting for a problem to occur and then reviewing it. That’s the kind of work that can happen in child protection.”… Continue reading
Mar 22 Flint’s lead-laced water may not cause permanent brain damage in children By Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American The contamination of drinking water was a public health disaster, but children in Flint who were exposed can still be helped. Continue reading