Mar 04 Watch 2:26 Islamic State blunted by U.S. efforts, says Pentagon By PBS News Hour On Monday, Iraq launched an operation to retake Tikrit, its biggest offensive yet against the Islamic State militants who have controlled portions of Syria and Iraq since last summer. A dozen nations have launched thousands of airstrikes against the group,… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 11:05 Health care of 8 million on the line as Supreme Court hears ACA case By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court will decide whether a phrase in the Affordable Care Act was meant to exclude people who bought health insurance on the federal exchange from receiving tax credits. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal offers a look… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Mexican forces capture Zetas cartel leader By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Mexican authorities arrested Omar Trevino Morales, the head of the notorious Zetas cartel, during an early morning raid. Known as “Z-42,” Morales was wanted in both the U.S. and Mexico for drug trafficking, kidnapping and… Continue watching
Mar 04 Senate fails to override Obama's veto of Keystone pipeline bill By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday failed to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill to construct the Keystone XL pipeline, the first of many confrontations between the Republican-controlled Congress and the White House this year over energy policy. Continue reading
Mar 04 Boston marathon bombing caused rise in religious hostilities, study says By Corinne Segal As the trial begins this week for Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Pew Research Center study shows that the bombing contributed to a rise in religious hostilities in the U.S. between 2012 and 2013. Continue reading
Mar 04 U.S. clears officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson case -- read the full report By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department won't prosecute former a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias. Continue reading
Mar 04 Why this is only the beginning of the fight over the Fed By Simone Pathe Observers on both sides of the aisle agree that partisan bickering, especially over the Federal Reserve, is at an all-time high. Look for the debate over the Fed to play a key role in upcoming presidential nominating contests, says former… Continue reading
Mar 04 Quick! What the heck is Purim? By Wendy Thomas Russell I always think of the Bible as sort of dry reading — difficult to understand, weighted down by archaic language and vague descriptions, full of stories that just kind of go on and on. But, of course, that's not always… Continue reading
Mar 04 Why are my health insurance premiums going up and up? By Philip Moeller A reader's insurance agent says that everyone's premiums are going up. But the reader wonders if he could be spending less. Making Sen$e Medicare Maven Phil Moeller tells him what to look for. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 6:57 Filmmakers who exposed military sexual assaults turn camera to colleges By PBS News Hour A new film called "The Hunting Ground" offers a disturbing look at sexual assault at colleges around the country. Producer Amy Ziering and director Kirby Dick previously examined the widespread crisis of sexual assault in the U.S. military in their… Continue watching