Jan 15 Safety flaws at Army lab led to mistaken shipments of live anthrax By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A one-star general and 11 other people associated with an Army biodefense laboratory face potential punishment for leadership, management and technical failures that an Army report says contributed to the mistaken shipment of live anthrax to other labs… Continue reading
Jan 15 Trump-Cruz rivalry intensifies in rollicking GOP debate By Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press The rivalry between the Republican Party's two leading candidates for president intensified in Thursday's GOP debate, which featured the most rollicking action to date. Continue reading
Jan 14 Fact checking the 6th Republican debate By Robert Burns and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Goldman Sachs to pay $5.1 billion over mortgage practices By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Goldman Sachs agreed to settle long-running federal and state investigations regarding the company's mortgage practices leading up to the 20018 meltdown. Also, 10 more detainees, all from Yemen, have been released from the Guantanamo Bay… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 10:06 Can America come together to cure cancer? By PBS News Hour In his last State of the Union address, President Obama tapped Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort to boost and streamline national cancer research. What would such an initiative look like? Judy Woodruff gets insight from Dr. Francis… Continue watching
Jan 14 Carter announces new commander for Middle East By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Defense Secretary Ash Carter is announcing that the general who heads his special operations forces will be nominated as the next commander for the Middle East. Continue reading
Jan 14 Navy leader seeks new ways to support survivors of sexual assault By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Navy's new top officer is launching several initiatives targeting the problem of sexual assault in the ranks. Continue reading
Jan 14 Chicago releases video footage from 2013 of police killing unarmed teen By Kamaria Roberts A federal judge in Chicago ordered on Thursday to release footage from 2013 that shows Cedrick Chatman, an unarmed 17-year-old, being shot to death by police. Continue reading
Jan 14 Fewer teen moms could help slow U.S. population growth By Laura Santhanam More women are waiting longer to have kids, according to new analysis of a decades-long trend that could signal a slowdown in the U.S. population growth. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 7:31 Former NRA president weighs in on Obama's background check plan By PBS News Hour President Obama recently laid out an executive action to strengthen enforcement of background checks on firearms, in an attempt to address gun violence in America. Judy Woodruff talks to former NRA president David Keene about his reaction to the president’s… Continue watching