Dec 10 Watch 3:23 News Wrap: Geneva on high alert over terror warnings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, officials say the search is on for two to four suspects with possible links to the Islamic State group, amid new warnings of possible terrorist attacks in Geneva. Also, the U.S. military is attempting to… Continue watching
Dec 10 Michelle Obama raps about going to college By Associated Press The first lady and "Saturday Night Live" actor Jay Pharoah rhyme on a new video to encourage students to "go to college" and "fill your head with knowledge."… Continue reading
Dec 10 Tracking down the elusive bitcoin founder By Rhana Natour For years, the identity of the inventor of Bitcoin remained a total mystery. But Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen of WIRED posited Tuesday that the creator is probably an unknown Australian genius named Craig Steven Wright. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. commandos say no to women in special operations jobs By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In blunt and, at times, profanity-laced answers to a voluntary survey conducted by the Rand Corp., a majority of more than 7,600 of America's special operations forces said allowing women to serve in Navy SEAL, Army Delta or other commando… Continue reading
Dec 10 Head of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announces resignation By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press The head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Thursday that he is resigning and will return to New Mexico as a law professor. Kevin Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, said issues confronting Indian Country,… Continue reading
Dec 10 Obama signs No Child Left Behind rewrite, shifting power to states By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Calling it a "Christmas miracle," President Barack Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law on Thursday, ushering in a new approach to accountability, teacher evaluations and the way the most poorly performing… Continue reading
Dec 10 Second season of ‘Serial’ is released, tells Bowe Bergdahl’s story By Corinne Segal The second season of "Serial" is here, and its first episode confirms it: the team will address the story of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 53:44 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 9, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, a look at how Republican leaders are distancing themselves from party frontrunner Donald Trump. Also: Affirmative Action returns to the Supreme Court, a look at the accuracy of polls and what we should read into them,… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 10:06 What’s different about the latest challenge to affirmative action? By PBS News Hour Should race be a consideration in college admissions? For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court justices are considering the constitutionality of that question. Gwen Ifill examines the opposing viewpoints with Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation and… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch News Wrap: Planned Parenthood attacker shouts ‘I’m guilty’ in court By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Robert Lewis Dear, the man accused of attacking a Planned Parenthood clinic, blurted out that he's guilty during a court hearing. Also, the San Bernardino shooters talked of violence as far back as 2013, according… Continue watching