Apr 11 Lockdown lifted at U.S. Capitol after man fatally shoots himself By Kevin Freking, Associated Press A precautionary lockdown of the U.S. Capitol was lifted after about two hours Saturday following a suicide by a man carrying a protest sign. Continue reading
Apr 11 Break over, Congress faces fights over Medicare, Iran By Associated Press Racing the calendar, Senate leaders are pushing toward congressional approval of a bipartisan compromise that reshapes how Medicare pays physicians as lawmakers return from a spring break tangled up in domestic and foreign policy disputes. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 4:28 Photographer Gordon Parks' hunt for childhood friends reveals 1940s black life under segregation By PBS News Hour One of the most celebrated African-American artists of his time, Gordon Parks, is the subject of a photography exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that focuses on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s. WGBH's Jared… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 9:02 How San Francisco plans to 'get to zero' new infections of HIV By PBS News Hour An ambitious new plan in San Francisco aims to completely end the transmission of HIV, which infects about 50,000 people every year nationwide. In a city where huge strides have already been made in battling the epidemic, public health officials,… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 8:41 Gridlocked by the power grid: Why Hawaii's solar energy industry is at a crossroads By PBS News Hour In some parts of Hawaii, where many homeowners have installed rooftop panels to capitalize on federal and state tax credits for using solar energy, the local utility company has slowed down approvals of new solar systems, saying that abundant users… Continue watching
Apr 11 Tax day poses unique challenges for same-sex married couples By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Tax Day is an accounting nightmare for thousands of gay and lesbian couples as they wrestle with the uneven legal status of same-sex marriage in the United States. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 54:19 PBS NewsHour full episode April 10, 2015 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Republican contenders address the annual NRA convention. Also: Training citizens to shoot video evidence of crime and abuse, David Brooks and Ruth Marcus on the week’s news, why retailers are pulling some dietary supplements from the… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 6:13 Big Ears Festival breaks barriers for open-minded music lovers By PBS News Hour Big Ears is a small, personal and eclectic music festival that aims to showcase how diverse genres can stretch and influence one another. This year, acts like the Kronos Quartet and Rhiannon Giddens and musicians from Wilco and The National… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 12:38 Brooks and Marcus on recording the police, Clinton's campaign launch By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including whether cops should wear body cameras in the wake of the video of a police shooting in South Carolina,… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 9:05 Is the supplement industry doing enough for consumer safety? By PBS News Hour Some popular weight loss and workout supplements contain a chemical called BMPEA that includes an ingredient nearly identical to amphetamine, according to a new study. Dr. Pieter Cohen of Harvard Medical School and Daniel Fabricant of the Natural Products Association… Continue watching