Jul 02 Watch After a long legal fight, BP agrees to largest environmental settlement in U.S. history By PBS News Hour In the nation’s worst oil disaster, 134 million gallons of crude gushed into the Gulf of Mexico, coating beaches and barrier islands, killing thousands of animals and decimating fisheries. Now nearly five years later, oil giant British Petroleum is facing… Continue watching
Jul 02 Forget peas -- add crab and mango to your guacamole. Trust us. By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins After a week of debating contentious issues like gay marriage and the confederate flag, Americans have chosen a new topic to dispute: guacamole. Continue reading
Jul 02 Former Sen. Jim Webb announces his presidential run By Ken Thomas, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A look at former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, who announced Thursday he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Continue reading
Jul 02 Every summer, generations of my family gather around this Mississippi bottom feeder By Laura Santhanam Some sad souls, bless their hearts, dismiss the catfish as a bottom feeder. But this wondrous fish brought together roughly 200 people each year, signaling the start of what became the annual Turner family reunion. Continue reading
Jul 02 The great guacamole debate: to pea or not to pea? By Larisa Epatko Who knew people cared so much about what goes into their guacamole, to the point that the suggestion of adding an ingredient for “green” purposes would create such rancor?… Continue reading
Jul 02 BP to pay $18.7 billion to 5 states for Gulf of Mexico oil spill By News Desk BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with the federal government and five states, effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. Continue reading
Jul 02 All clear after D.C. Navy Yard lockdown By News Desk Authorities found no evidence of a shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard on Thursday. Someone had reported shots fired in the same building as a shooting rampage in 2013. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 54:33 PBS NewsHour full episode July 1, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Islamic State militants launched a coordinated attack on checkpoints in Egypt. Also: Greece heads towards a referendum, HHS Secretary Burwell on the future of health care, a look back at a historic term for the Supreme… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 7:20 The unfolding detective story of dwarf planet Ceres By PBS News Hour NASA’s Dawn spacecraft set out in 2007 to explore Ceres and Vesta, the two largest objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt. What has Dawn discovered so far? Judy Woodruff sits down with NewsHour’s senior online editor Jenny Marder, who… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 9:21 Despite some high-profile liberal wins, why the Supreme Court hasn't shifted By PBS News Hour From legalizing gay marriage to upholding the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court has just finished up a momentous term. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, Joan Biskupic of Reuters and Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.com… Continue watching