Jan 03 Watch 3:14 Financial incentives prompt rural hospitals to perform more surgeries—but at a greater risk By PBS News Hour An investigation by The Wall Street Journal found that surgeries performed at so-called critical access hospitals in mostly rural areas carry a greater risk of complications than those at general hospitals. And financial incentives lead the small facilities to perform… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 8:47 How Oregon is investing in the next generation of blue collar workers By PBS News Hour Over the next decade, economists and business leaders say America faces a shortage of millions of skilled workers for blue collar jobs as Baby Boomers retire. Now, Oregon is planning ahead by ramping up efforts to train Generation X'ers and… Continue watching
Jan 03 Campaign trail heats up as candidates begin sprint to Iowa caucuses By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press The race for the White House starts in earnest this week as voters begin to tune in and the candidates try to win them over during a four-week sprint to the leadoff Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. It's then that… Continue reading
Jan 03 U.S. repeals meat labeling law after trade rulings against it By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press After more than a decade of wrangling, Congress repealed a labeling law last month that required retailers to include the animal's country of origin on packages of red meat. Continue reading
Jan 03 Trump brushes off militant recruiting video that used his words By Associated Press Donald Trump won't be dissuaded from saying what he thinks simply because Islamic extremists use his words to recruit Muslims to their cause. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 25:04 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Hundreds are urged to evacuate from the dangers of Midwest flooding, the Congressional agenda for 2016, as Washington gets back to work, and why some of the millions of owners of manufactured homes are facing financial… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 10:41 Bad bargain? Manufactured-home owners feel the financial strain By PBS News Hour Twenty million Americans live in mobile, or manufactured, homes that offer affordable housing, particularly in rural parts of the country. Typically older and poorer than traditional homeowners, manufactured homeowners often face serious, unique financial difficulties that make it a bad… Continue watching
Jan 02 Islamist militant group al Shabab uses Trump clip in recruitment video By Michael D. Regan As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to face criticism for calling for a ban on Muslims entering the United States less than a month ago, a group with links to the Islamic militant group al-Shabab has released a recruitment… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 3:50 What’s in store for Congress in 2016? By PBS News Hour As President Obama enters the last full year of his presidency, he'll have to contend with a sixth straight year of working with a Republican-led Congress over key conflict points, such as Obamacare, the war on Islamic terrorism, Guantanamo Bay,… Continue watching
Jan 02 Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and U.S. Senator, dies at 90 By Associated Press Dale Bumpers, a former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator who earned the nickname "giant killer" for taking down incumbents, and who gave a passionate speech defending Bill Clinton during the president's impeachment trial, has died. He was 90. Continue reading