Aug 03 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: Texas attorney general charged for securities fraud By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the attorney general of Texas was formally charged with securities fraud for allegedly encouraging people to invest in a tech startup without disclosing that he was being compensated. Also, the jury that convicted James Holmes… Continue watching
Aug 03 Centuries-old bonsai that survived atomic bomb gets honored 70 years later By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins At 390 years old, the Japanese white pine was already notable as the oldest specimen in the bonsai collection at Washington, D.C.'s National Arboretum. Continue reading
Aug 03 Photos: Northern California wild fire rages, burning 60,000 acres By Ariel Min A massive wild fire that started last Wednesday in Northern California grew quickly to 60,000 acres Monday, according to California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website. So far, it’s only 12 percent contained. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 25:24 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode August 2, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, August 2, 2015, President Obama pushes for deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, but industries vow to sue to block new regulations, in our signature segment, sowing seeds of diversity in the tech industry by… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 3:18 To stem addiction, recreational drug users tapped for clinical abuse trials By PBS News Hour Major pharmaceutical companies are reportedly recruiting thousands of recreational drug users to test a new generation of medicines that deter addiction, which could have a significant impact in the fight against prescription drug addiction. Financial Times reporter David Crow joins… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 3:41 Political battles simmer ahead of Obama's strict climate change plan By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama proposed the toughest regulations in U.S. history to combat climate change, with the most significant rule requiring existing power plants to cut emissions by 32 percent by 2030. But the rules face opposition from Congressional Republicans and… Continue watching
Aug 02 How Google is addressing the tech industry's diversity problem By News Desk To promote diversity in the tech industry, non-profit All Start Code has partnered with Google in an effort to address the opportunity gap for young men of color by training a new generation of coders. Continue reading
Aug 02 Empire State Building aglow with Cecil the lion and more to spotlight endangered animals By Andrew Mach Manhattan's concrete jungle was briefly taken over by a menagerie of real wildlife on Saturday night, as giant projections of endangered animals were ceremoniously splashed across the Empire State Building. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 9:11 Cracking the code to a more diverse tech workforce By PBS News Hour The giants of Silicon Valley -- Google, Twitter, Facebook -- report that just three to four percent of their workforce is black or Hispanic, and men outnumber women by more than two to one. Now, tech companies are investing hundreds… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 25:22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode August 1, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, August 1st, 2015, the Justice Department's stunning investigation of discrimination against black children in the St. Louis family court system, presidential candidates are collecting massive amounts of Facebook data on individual voters, and in our… Continue watching