Dec 10 Watch Is this job-creating foreign investment project too good to be true? By PBS News Hour In northeastern Vermont, a half-billion dollar development is helping to transform a lagging economy into the state's job-creation leader. It seems like a win for tourists and for foreign investors, who put up the money in return for green cards… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 9:04 House report questions legality of Bowe Bergdahl transfer By PBS News Hour Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have released a new report on the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for releasing five Taliban inmates at Guantanamo Bay. To discuss the findings, Gwen Ifill talks to Rep. Vicky… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Bowe Bergdahl debate reignites with 'Serial' season, House report By PBS News Hour For the first time, Bowe Bergdahl's version of his experience is being heard publicly. On the podcast "Serial," the Army sergeant explains why he left his post in Afghanistan without permission before being captured by the Taliban. A prisoner swap… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 3:23 News Wrap: Geneva on high alert over terror warnings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, officials say the search is on for two to four suspects with possible links to the Islamic State group, amid new warnings of possible terrorist attacks in Geneva. Also, the U.S. military is attempting to… Continue watching
Dec 10 Michelle Obama raps about going to college By Associated Press The first lady and "Saturday Night Live" actor Jay Pharoah rhyme on a new video to encourage students to "go to college" and "fill your head with knowledge."… Continue reading
Dec 10 Tracking down the elusive bitcoin founder By Rhana Natour For years, the identity of the inventor of Bitcoin remained a total mystery. But Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen of WIRED posited Tuesday that the creator is probably an unknown Australian genius named Craig Steven Wright. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. commandos say no to women in special operations jobs By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In blunt and, at times, profanity-laced answers to a voluntary survey conducted by the Rand Corp., a majority of more than 7,600 of America's special operations forces said allowing women to serve in Navy SEAL, Army Delta or other commando… Continue reading
Dec 10 Head of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announces resignation By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press The head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Thursday that he is resigning and will return to New Mexico as a law professor. Kevin Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, said issues confronting Indian Country,… Continue reading
Dec 10 Obama signs No Child Left Behind rewrite, shifting power to states By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Calling it a "Christmas miracle," President Barack Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law on Thursday, ushering in a new approach to accountability, teacher evaluations and the way the most poorly performing… Continue reading
Dec 10 Second season of 'Serial' is released, tells Bowe Bergdahl's story By Corinne Segal The second season of "Serial" is here, and its first episode confirms it: the team will address the story of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Continue reading