Jul 27 Using telegrams and love letters to teach World War II By Mike Fritz, April Brown They found love letters, pictures, death-notice telegrams, and even insurance settlement claims that have survived for decades. Cpl. Henry Bernard Van Hyfte with his father in Minnesota before World War II. The discoveries are a result of a… Continue reading
Jul 27 Former Indian president, father of country’s missile program, dies By Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, known as the father of the country's military missile program, died Monday after collapsing while delivering a lecture, a top state official said. He was 83. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 25:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 26, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, July 26th, 2015, President Obama vows to stand by Kenya in its fight against terrorism, Tunisian fisherman are saving the lives of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea, and altered images and the dilemma for… Continue watching
Jul 26 Boy Scouts to repeal ban on gay leaders, with limitations By Daniel Costa-Roberts The Boy Scouts of America is expected to end its ban on openly gay leaders in a limited manner Monday, a historic decision for one of the nation's largest youth organizations, whose decades-long struggle over whether to include gays in… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 1:51 U.S. energy firms slash jobs as crude oil prices drop By PBS News Hour The recent 20 percent drop in crude oil prices might be saving you money at the gas pump, but it's now prompting job layoffs by U.S. energy companies. The Wall Street Journal's Lynn Cook joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the… Continue watching
Jul 26 GOP hopefuls vie to boost visibility as first debate looms By Associated Press With the first debate of the Republican presidential campaign approaching, White House hopefuls are trying everything they can to improve their polling position. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 4:26 What happens when Photoshop goes too far? By PBS News Hour A New York exhibit chronicles prominent cases of images altered by journalists and asks: If seeing is believing, how often are you, the viewer or reader, being misled? Saskia de Melker reports. Continue watching
Jul 26 Trump: Walker ‘undeserving’ after mishandling Wisconsin’s budget By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump opened up a line of attack Saturday on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, accusing the leader in recent polls in Iowa of running his neighboring state into financial trouble. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 25:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 25, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, July 25th, 2015, Turkey begins airstrikes against ISIS, what the so-called sharing economy means for its workers, and the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan going electric. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch 9:34 Should UberX drivers, Instacart shoppers be independent contractors? By PBS News Hour Unlike traditional employees, the country's many independent contractors, such as UberX drivers and TaskRabbit assistants who pick up work when they want it, have no guarantee of hourly wages or other benefits. But recent class-action lawsuits have alleged that many… Continue watching