Jul 25 Fiat Chrysler announces recall after hackers gain control of moving car By Daniel Costa-Roberts Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced a voluntary recall of roughly 1.4 million vehicles Friday in response to an incident earlier in the week in which hackers demonstrated that they could take control of one of the company's cars using the Internet… Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 3:58 Feeling electric: Inside Bob Dylan’s rock ’n’ roll breakthrough 50 years ago By PBS News Hour Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan stunned the crowd at the annual Newport, Rhode Island, folk festival by using an electric guitar. The influential singer-songwriter who made his mark singing with an acoustic guitar and harmonica was booed, but it was… Continue watching
Jul 25 Data breach may help Chinese government identify U.S. spies By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Several United States government and intelligence officials have expressed concern that a sweeping data breach of the Office of Personnel Management, first reported in early June, might have further ramifications. Continue reading
Jul 25 Democrats waver on Uber and the sharing economy By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The debate over ride-hailing firm Uber is laying bare divides in the Democratic Party and on the left about how to handle the new "sharing" economy. Republicans are hungry to exploit that ambivalence and make inroads into a wealthy sector… Continue reading
Jul 25 Planned Parenthood video puts progressives on the defensive By Alan Fram, Associated Press Republicans and anti-abortion groups are giving no signs of letting the Planned Parenthood issue fade quickly. A look at what's happened and what may be ahead. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 54:19 PBS NewsHour full episode July 24, 2015 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, a look at gun violence in America as a Louisiana movie theater became the site of another mass shooting. Also: The problem with for-profit school degrees and veterans, Shields and Brooks on the Iran nuclear deal,… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 12:10 Shields and Brooks on guns, Iran, and whether Clinton’s emails will turn into scandal By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week's news, including the recent wave of mass shootings, selling the Iran nuclear deal to Congress, and whether Hillary Clinton needs to worry… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 6:17 Aziz Ansari wants to help you find a mate. Seriously. By PBS News Hour In the modern world, romance is just a click away. Dating sites have sprung up, and the Internet and cell phones allow for quicker communication than ever before. This can make dating easier than ever, but also more awkward than… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 11:01 Are for-profit universities taking advantage of veterans? By PBS News Hour Since 2009, the G.I. Bill has paid up to $21,000 a year of college tuition for those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Much of that money, though, goes to for-profit schools, which award degrees some employers don’t recognize. Aaron… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 10:16 Why is it so difficult to stop mass shootings in the U.S.? By PBS News Hour Following recent mass shootings, NewsHour begins a series called “Guns in America” where we will talk with people intimately involved in the gun control debate. Tonight we speak to author and advocate Mark Kelly, husband of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who… Continue watching