May 15 Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death By News Desk The jury has reached a verdict in the trial for suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, The Boston Globe reported. Continue reading
May 15 Legendary blues man B.B. King dies at 89 By Sarah McHaney The King of the Blues, B.B. King, died Thursday, May 14, at his home in Las Vegas after suffering from high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. He was 89 years old. King was one of the most influential blues… Continue reading
May 14 Watch 54:07 PBS NewsHour full episode May 14, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, lawmakers debate infrastructure funding after a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia. Also: President Obama and Arab leaders convene at Camp David, soldiers fight Boko Haram from crossing into Cameroon, why big business is backing the trade… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 6:18 Will the proposed Asia trade pact give U.S. companies more customers? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 14 Watch 5:34 Organic food pioneer shares her life's work, from farm to cafe table By PBS News Hour From a farm in the Austrian Alps, to the first certified organic restaurant in the United States, chef and natural food advocate Nora Pouillon tells her life story in a new book, "My Organic Life." Jeffrey Brown offers a taste… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 0:23 See the world's oldest-known parchment letter By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a business letter from 12th century Italy, written on parchment, goes in view in London. The high-resolution scan in this video is courtesy of Alberto Bolaffi. Continue watching
May 14 Watch 6:55 Do better-paid workers equal better business? By PBS News Hour Recently, insurance company Aetna voluntarily upped its minimum wage to $16 per hour, giving roughly 6,000 of its lowest-paid employees an average raise of 11 percent. Next year, the company also plans to offer lower-cost benefits to some workers. What’s… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 5:59 Did the Gulf nations summit fall short of U.S. hopes? By PBS News Hour Before leaders from the Persian Gulf arrived for a summit at Camp David, tensions with the United States were clear. President Obama tried to provide reassurance, discussing the pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, the fight against the Islamic… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 3:35 Philadelphia residents pitch in to help train crash victims By PBS News Hour While investigators pore over the evidence of the Amtrak train that crashed Tuesday, regional Red Cross officials and Philadelphia residents have turned out to help victims and their families by donating their time, effort and even technological know-how to the… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 7:15 Another fallout from rail accident: Debate over Amtrak's funding By PBS News Hour Shortly after the deadly Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia, a House committee voted to cut money for Amtrak’s capital investment program, sparking a debate over Amtrak’s funding and infrastructure. Gwen Ifill gets views from Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., and Rep. Continue watching