Mar 15 When it comes to saving e-mails, Congress makes its own rules By Erica Werner, Associated Press Members of Congress who are demanding Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails are largely exempt from such scrutiny themselves. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 22:40 PBS NewsHour Weekend full program March 14, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 14, 2015, the funeral for an unarmed teen shot and killed by police in Madison, Wisc., ongoing tensions in Ferguson, Mo., as the manhunt continues after the shooting of two police officers, the Iraqi… Continue watching
Mar 14 USDA: Strain of highly contagious bird flu detected in Kansas By Daniel Costa-Roberts The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that a strain of highly contagious bird flu was detected in a poultry flock in Leavenworth County, Kansas, the latest flare-up in a multistate outbreak threatening U.S. poultry producers. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 3:19 Ferguson under fire: After municipal shakeup, who's accountable now? By PBS News Hour Following the Justice Department's scathing report about racism within the Ferguson Police Department this week, the city's manager, police chief and municipal judge were all forced out of their jobs. But so far, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles refuses to step… Continue watching
Mar 14 Hundreds expected for funeral of 19-year-old man fatally shot by police By Andrew Mach Hundreds of mourners in Madison, Wisc., were expected to attend a visitation and funeral Saturday for a 19-year-old biracial man shot and killed by a white police officer last Friday. Continue reading
Mar 14 Report: Social security numbers active for 6.5 million people aged 112 By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Nearly 67,000 of the Social Security numbers were used to report more than $3 billion in wages, tips and self-employment income from 2006 to 2011, according to the report. One Social Security number was used 613 different times. Continue reading
Mar 14 New sign-up window under health care law opens tomorrow By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting Sunday, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured. But as the enrollment window… Continue reading
Mar 14 US to abandon plan for troop reduction in Afghanistan By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops, including many into the 2016 fighting season, U.S. officials say. Continue reading
Mar 14 Clinton server access key to Benghazi probe, GOP lawmaker says By Matthew Daly, Associated Press A member of the House committee investigating the deadly attacks against Americans in Benghazi, Libya, says Hillary Rodham Clinton's email server could help lawmakers answer vital questions. Among them: Why was security at the U.S. diplomatic compound inadequate?… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 8:30 Online after death: Facebook now lets you name an heir to your profile By PBS News Hour Social media, email and bank accounts often remain active even after their owner dies, meaning valuable information can become vulnerable -- especially when estate managers can't access these accounts. While digital estate planning has its own set of complications, the… Continue watching