Aug 12 Clinton campaign seeks to calm supporters about emails By Ken Dilanian and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press A day after Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her personal email server over to the Justice Department, her campaign assured supporters that the Democratic presidential candidate did not send classified information over her private account. Continue reading
Aug 12 Uggie, dynamic dog star of ‘The Artist,’ dies at age 13 By News Desk Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who starred as the lovable sidekick to a fading silent movie star in “The Artist,” was euthanized in Los Angeles on Friday after a battle with prostate cancer, TMZ first reported this week. Continue reading
Aug 12 Keystone XL review drags on 5 times longer than average By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — For six and a half years, the White House has had a quick comeback to questions about its yet-to-be-announced decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline: Talk to the State Department. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 54:21 PBS NewsHour full episode August 11, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, what does a weaker Chinese yuan mean for the global economy? Also: Google announces it is restructuring under a new company called Alphabet, a group in South Africa fights to stop illegal poaching, a resurgence of… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 6:10 Why school districts like Michael Brown’s have suffered ‘rapid resegregation’ By PBS News Hour Since 1988, American schools have grown more segregated. Jeffrey Brown talks to New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones -- who recently wrote about school segregation in Ferguson, Missouri -- and Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University Law Center. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 5:24 Not Trending: Using drones for search and rescue By PBS News Hour When we only pay attention to the things that are trending in our social networks, we may be missing some compelling stories. Carlos Watson, CEO of website Ozy, joins Gwen Ifill to share a few overlooked items, including search and… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Strangers step inside this portal to make global connections By PBS News Hour Imagine a piece of art that connects you instantly in conversation to a stranger living around the world. Artist and former television news producer Amar Bakshi created an installation called "Portals" that invites people to come together for chit chat… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 5:26 From Google to Alphabet, what does the change mean? By PBS News Hour Tech giant Google is restructuring. A newly created holding company called Alphabet will now be the umbrella for its core business of Internet searching -- still called Google -- as well as other divisions like home automation and X Labs. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 4:12 News Wrap: Nine charged for Wall Street hacking scheme By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, federal prosecutors say hackers in Ukraine stole corporate news releases before news went public, then traders in the U.S. allegedly used that information to engage in insider trading. Also, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy apologized for… Continue watching
Aug 11 EPA ‘taking full responsibility’ for mine waste spill, administrator says By Associated Press The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday her department takes full responsibility for spilling 3 million gallons of mining waste that turned a southwest Colorado river an unnatural shade of orange, adding it "pains me to no… Continue reading