Aug 27 ‘Mic drop’ and ‘awesomesauce’: Oxford Dictionaries adds 1,000 new slang terms By Larisa Epatko Oxford Dictionaries added 1,000 new words to its informal language collection on Thursday, including slang expressions “mic drop,” “cakeage” and “cat café.”… Continue reading
Aug 27 Obama says New Orleans is ‘moving forward’ after hurricane By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says New Orleans is "moving forward" a decade after Hurricane Katrina dealt it a devastating blow, and has become an example of what can happen when people rally around each other to build a better… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode August 26, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, what China’s market meltdown signals for its economic future. Also: Ten years after Katrina, improving access to health care for all patients, Republicans campaign to defund Planned Parenthood, a high-tech innovation to help the visually impaired… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 6:49 Planned Parenthood funding fight fires up the campaign trail By PBS News Hour Undercover videos by anti-abortion activists have ignited a campaign among Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates to defund the women's health organization Planned Parenthood. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 9:02 Will reimagined New Orleans hospital meet the needs of its most vulnerable? By Jackie Judd, Jason Kane Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 7:49 Why New Orleans recovery is a continuation, not a celebration By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson dead at 104 By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Amelia Boynton Robinson, a noted civil rights activist who helped lead the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march in Selma, Alabama, has died at the age of 104. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: Two journalists murdered during live newscast By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Virginia TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead by a former co-worker during an interview Wednesday morning. The gunman, Vester Lee Flanagan, shot himself after a highway chase. Also, James Holmes… Continue watching
Aug 26 Walmart to stop selling assault rifles By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Walmart will stop selling assault rifles within the next few weeks. The store claims that falling consumer demand -- not politics -- prompted the decision. Continue reading
Aug 26 Smaller of two panda cubs at National Zoo has died By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Mei Xiang had refused to allow zoo keepers to swap out the cubs since Monday afternoon. Continue reading