May 20 Watch 8:15 Will your job get outsourced to a robot? By PBS News Hour It's not just basic tasks anymore: Computers can now do work once deemed possible only by humans. And in some cases, the computers are doing it better. In an economy driven increasingly by intelligent automation, which jobs will survive? Hari… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 5:01 New science shows Gulf spill is still killing dolphins By PBS News Hour More than 1,000 bottlenose dolphins have died off the Gulf Coast since 2010, the year a massive Deepwater Horizon spill spewed millions of gallons of oil and chemicals. A new study by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 6:34 Bin Laden bookshelf shows scholarship of American policy By PBS News Hour More than 100 papers and videos from Osama bin Laden were released by American officials today, offering new insight into what the terror leader read, wrote and envisioned for al-Qaida. Brian Fishman of the New America Foundation and Greg Miller… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 6:09 DOJ gets unprecedented guilty plea by five banks for rigging currency markets By PBS News Hour Five major banking institutions pleaded guilty to rigging currencies and manipulating the foreign exchange market in a case brought by the Department of Justice and other authorities. The banks were accused of manipulating the world's largest and least-regulated trading market,… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: Indonesia, Malaysia agree to shelter thousands adrift at sea By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed to accept thousands of refugees who have been stranded at sea in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said that the U.S. is willing to take more refugees and help… Continue watching
May 20 House panel approves $51B for NASA, Justice Dept. over Democratic protests By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A GOP-controlled House panel Wednesday approved a $51 billion measure providing the Justice Department and NASA with modest budget hikes, but the legislation falls well short of what's needed to win President Barack Obama's signature. Continue reading
May 20 Spotify's new platform to include video and podcasts By Corinne Segal Spotify announced a new platform that expands its music offering to include video, podcasts and interactive features at an event in New York today. New video offerings will include clips from partners like Comedy Central, VICE News and The Nerdist. Continue reading
May 20 Some see differences between perceptions of Waco, Baltimore By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press The firefight in Waco is raising questions about perceptions and portrayals of crime in America, considering the vehement reaction that the earlier protests got from police, politicians and some members of the public. Continue reading
May 20 Obama frames global warming as national security threat By Nancy Benac, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is framing the challenges of climate change as a matter of national security that threatens to aggravate poverty and political instability around the globe and jeopardize the readiness of U.S. forces. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 6:17 New book explores Jackson's dark choices for American expansion By PBS News Hour Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR's Morning Edition, explores a chapter of American history that isn't well known: how the United States expanded into the Deep South after the Revolutionary War. Inskeep joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his new book, "Jacksonland:… Continue watching