May 22 Asking for help at 80 -- America's new faces of hunger By Ariel Min The warm sands and tony neighborhoods in Naples, Florida, give it the name “Paradise Coast.” But for seniors struggling to keep food on the table, it’s far from a paradise. Continue reading
May 22 Photos: Capturing the slick from California's oil spill By Ariel Min, Joshua Barajas For most of the week, hundreds of clean-up workers have collected globs of black goo and scrubbed rocks coated with the sticky substance to restore a California beach that was contaminated with oil. Continue reading
May 22 Clinton received now-classified Benghazi info on private email By Lisa Lerer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that has now been classified. Continue reading
May 22 DOT issues new rules to minimize disaster when oil trains derail By Stephen Fee Russell Gold, the author of the book, The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, and an energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins the NewsHour's Stephen Fee via Google Hangout to discuss the… Continue reading
May 22 Michigan driver's license policy violates transgender rights, ACLU says By Colleen Shalby As it stands, people who want to change their gender on a Michigan license must show proof of a change on their birth certificate. But a birth certificate is only amended if the person undergoes a gender reassignment surgery. Continue reading
May 22 LGBT youth home welcomes population accustomed to insecurity By Eric Krupke It’s hard to say how many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth are homeless in the U.S. A townhouse in Washington, D.C., decorated with rainbow pinwheels and inspirational messages, is one place where the teens can go to stay… Continue reading
May 22 8 things you didn't know about Pac-Man By Corinne Segal Today marks 35 years since Pac-Man debuted at a movie theater in the Shibuya area of Tokyo. Since then, the game has become one of the most popular of all time, producing more than eight other versions, a television series and… Continue reading
May 22 3 white collar jobs that robots are already mastering By Joanne Elgart Jennings Over the past 20 years, we've seen plenty of blue collar jobs outsourced to machines -- from auto assembly to customer service. Now, as computers, equipped with artificial intelligence, increasingly take over "information jobs," tasks that were once reserved for… Continue reading
May 22 VA must find millions to finish troubled Denver hospital By Dan Elliott, Associated Press DENVER — Construction crews are returning to work at the veterans hospital outside Denver after a last-minute deal with congressional leaders avoided a shutdown of the half-finished project. Continue reading
May 22 Senate expected to act on NSA collection of phone records By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The fate of the bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency is now before the Senate, in what is increasingly looking like a game of legislative chicken. Continue reading