Jan 08 Cleveland police forced Tamir Rice's sister to the ground, footage reveals By Joshua Barajas According to new security footage released Thursday, Cleveland police handcuffed the 14-year-old sister of Tamir Rice and kept her nearby in a patrol car after a police officer shot the boy within seconds of arriving to the scene. Continue reading
Jan 08 This South Bronx kid would have failed the marshmallow test. So how did he get into Yale? By Simone Pathe The marshmallow test is famous: Give a kid a marshmallow and see if he or she can show enough self-control to hold off eating it and, as a reward, enjoy a second. Its results have often be viewed as fatalistic… Continue reading
Jan 08 Senate approves Keystone bill despite Obama's veto threat By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a key Senate committee Thursday, setting up a floor debate next week as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on President Barack Obama to rescind his veto threat. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 2:08 NewsHour Shares: Bill Gates drinks water purified from waste By PBS News Hour Human waste is being turned into drinkable water at a treatment plant in Washington state, with funding by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, we see how the pioneering idea could be… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 9:30 While the drone industry grows faster than the flick of a joystick, regulation lags By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 6:34 Why journalists face greater harm in an age of abundant and accessible media By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 07 Update: Gunman who killed doctor at Texas VA clinic was a retired soldier By News Desk The soldier was medically retired from the rank of specialist in 2007. Continue reading
Jan 07 What was is in that 219-year-old time capsule from Paul Revere and Sam Adams? By Colleen Shalby Last month, Museum of Fine Arts conservator Pam Hatchfield excavated a 219-year-old time capsule that Paul Revere and then-Governor Samuel Adams had buried under the Massachusetts State House. Continue reading
Jan 07 House passes bill to renew terror insurance program By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The House passed long-sought legislation Wednesday to renew the federal program that props up the private market for insurance against terrorist attacks. Continue reading
Jan 07 With number of English learners growing, school districts get federal guidance on honoring students' civil rights By Kyla Calvert Mason For the first time this year, non-white children make up a larger portion of the country’s public school students than white children. Within that growing racial diversity is an increasing linguistic diversity. There are about 5 million public school students… Continue reading