Jan 29 Watch 2:15 Female cadet commands respect at her high school By PBS News Hour Shantell Gonzalez of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High in Miami refuses to let gender stereotypes get in the way of service to her country: she is the only female CO in her school’s Junior ROTC unit. Our Student Reporting… Continue watching
Jan 29 As standoff in Oregon continues, FBI releases video of occupier’s death By John Rosman and Conrad Wilson, OPB Four people remain inside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon, the FBI said during a press conference Thursday evening. The FBI also provided new details about the death of LaVoy Finicum, one of the armed occupiers who… Continue reading
Jan 29 U.S. placement program failed to protect child migrants from trafficking, Senate panel says By Mary Clare Jalonick and Garance Burke, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Migrant children in the government's care fell prey to human trafficking after the Health and Human Services Department failed to protect them, according to a bipartisan congressional investigation released Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 7:48 American released from Iran prison describes solitary confinement, constant surveillance By PBS News Hour Matthew Trevithick had been studying Farsi at Tehran University when he was arrested and held for 40 days in the notorious Evin prison, accused of trying to overthrow the government. Trevithick, one of the five Americans set free by Iran… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 3:01 WHO to consider declaring international emergency over Zika virus By PBS News Hour The World Health Organization offered a powerful new warning about the rapid spread of the Zika virus, which apparently causes birth defects such as microcephaly and neurological problems. Officials estimate that there could be 3 to 4 million cases in… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 7:09 Will ethanol fuel caucus voters in corn country Iowa? By PBS News Hour Ethanol took center stage in Iowa last week when Gov. Terry Branstad urged voters not to support Sen. Ted Cruz, who wants to repeal the mandate that ethanol be blended into most types of gasoline. Special correspondent David Biello of… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 2:36 How Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad turned childhood awkwardness into his job By PBS NewsHour Jad Abumrad says he grew up in a kind of in-between space, as an Arab kid in Nashville. Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 6:25 Remembering Challenger, a disaster that shook up the space program By PBS News Hour Thirty years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff, a tragedy that was broadcast on live television. Nationwide excitement for the mission turned to horror over the crew of seven who died on board. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien… Continue watching
Jan 28 The story of Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space By Justin Scuiletti Barbara Morgan first trained to go into space in the 1980s as part of the Teachers in Space Project. Continue reading