Jun 05 Watch 9:34 What's delaying some generic drugs from coming to market? By PBS News Hour The Federal Trade Commission's recent $1.2 billion settlement over the drug Provigil has brought so-called "pay for delay" deals for generic drugs back into the spotlight. Opponents say these deals delay generic medications to market, costing consumers billions. But drug… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 12:22 Shields and Brooks discuss Clinton on voting rights, Republicans on Islamic State 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 2016 candidacies of former Gov. Martin O’Malley, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, former Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Lindsey Graham, why… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 0:32 30 years ago, Ferris played hooky, led a parade and got saved By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, it’s been 30 years since Hollywood’s high schooler Ferris Bueller took a day off. Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Greek PM rejects creditors' conditions, calling for debt relief By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rejected conditions by creditors for supplying more bailout money. Yesterday Athens shook up financial markets when it opted to defer a payment to creditors. Also, U.S. weapons, including rifles and… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 6:01 Cyber thieves breach 'gold mine' of federal employee data By PBS News Hour The FBI is investigating a massive cybersecurity breach at the Office of Personnel Management’s files containing personal information on millions of government employees, including those with high-level security clearances. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and CTO of Crowdstrike,… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 3:16 Unemployment rate goes up for all the right reasons By PBS News Hour The May jobs report was surprisingly strong. Employers added 280,000 jobs, marking a rebound from the year's first quarter and stemming fears of an economic cool down. Judy Woodruff learns more from Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial. Continue watching
Jun 05 Massive cybersecurity breach may be first step in pursuit of bigger U.S. secrets By Ted Bridis, Ken Dilanian and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A giant hack of millions of government personnel files is being treated as the work of foreign spies who could use the information to fake their way into more-secure computers and plunder U.S. secrets. Continue reading
Jun 05 Why doesn't FIFA (or anyone) want you to know about the Women's World Cup? By PBS NewsHour Weekend The 1999 Women’s World Cup Final is still the highest rated soccer match on U.S. English language TV of all time, yet…… Continue reading
Jun 05 American Samoans don't have right to U.S. citizenship, court rules By Associated Press A federal appeals court ruled Friday that people from the South Pacific islands of American Samoa do not have a right to U.S. citizenship simply because they were born in the U.S. territory. Continue reading
Jun 05 8 things you didn't know about doughnuts By Corinne Segal June 5 marks one of America's sweetest holidays: National Doughnut Day. The day, which was created in 1938, commemorates the volunteers who brought doughnuts to soldiers on the front lines of World War I. We dove into the doughnut's origins, its surprising role in… Continue reading