Apr 14 U.S. to tell some suspected terrorists if they are on the no-fly list By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press Under legal pressure, the Obama administration will begin telling some suspected terrorists if and why they are on a list of tens of thousands of people banned from flying to, from or within the United States. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch: Commemorating Abraham Lincoln's final hours with events at Ford's Theatre By Ariel Min It was less than a week after the end of the Civil War that John Wilkes Booth took the shot that would change America forever. One hundred and fifty years later, America celebrates the life of President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading
Apr 14 Ex-guards sentenced for Iraq shootings plan appeal By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defense lawyers are vowing to appeal the convictions of four former Blackwater security guards after a federal judge handed down lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 5:46 Is Jordan Spieth's Masters win the start of a great golf rivalry? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch 8:49 Are budget cuts and Obamacare confusion causing IRS bottleneck? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch 7:25 This cement alternative absorbs CO2 like a sponge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 13 Adnan Syed's case gets another look with launch of new podcast 'Undisclosed' By Eric Krupke A new podcast that features the story of Adnan Syed, a man serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend when he was a teenager, kicked off today with a 40-minute episode. “Undisclosed: The State… Continue reading
Apr 13 Günter Grass, German novelist who probed Nazi past while hiding his own, dies at 87 By Leah Nagy Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author and social critic who grappled with the moral dilemmas of postwar Germany both on and off the page, died in Luebeck, Germany on Wednesday, April 13. He was 87 years old. Continue reading
Apr 13 Ex-Blackwater guards receive lengthy prison sentences for Iraq shootings By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge sentenced former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten to life in prison and three others to 30-year terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others. Continue reading
Apr 13 New offshore drilling rules proposed as fifth anniversary of Deepwater Horizon disaster nears By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A week shy of the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Obama administration proposed new regulations Monday aimed at strengthening oversight of offshore oil drilling equipment and ensuring that out-of-control wells can be sealed in… Continue reading