Dec 19 Watch EPA decision not to classify coal ash as hazardous angers environmentalists By PBS News Hour Environmental groups have long pushed for coal ash, a by-product of coal burning energy production that contains toxic contaminants, to be classified as a hazardous material. While the EPA announced new standards for storage and disposal, the agency decided to… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 12:50 Shields and Brooks on reconciling with Cuba, Sony censorship By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the choice to censor a Hollywood film about the assassination of Kim Jong-un, President Obama’s move to renew U.S. ties… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Teens and elders bridge generation gap and digital divide By PBS News Hour There are fewer and fewer opportunities for senior citizens and millennials to encounter one another in daily life. The NewsHour’s Mary Jo Brooks reports from Denver on two organizations that pair adolescents to help elders with household tasks and digital… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 3:23 Obama closes 2014 with remarks on Cuba, North Korea By PBS News Hour In a year-end news conference, President Obama discussed reestablishing ties with Cuba, the North Korean cyber-attack against Sony Pictures and race relations in America. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch How should the U.S. government respond to North Korea's attack on Sony? By PBS News Hour President Obama told the White House Press Corps that Sony was wrong to withdraw its film, “The Interview,” and that the U.S. would react “proportionally” to the damaging cyber-attack by North Korea. Judy Woodruff turns to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Report finds FEMA disaster coordination lacking By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a new report by the Government Accountability Office concludes that the U.S. government is not ready for a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural disaster. Also, Turkey signaled it could start training Syrian opposition… Continue watching
Dec 19 St. Louis DA says he knew of lying witnesses in Ferguson grand jury trial By Colleen Shalby In an interview Friday afternoon with St. Louis radio station KTRS 550 AM, Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said he knew that some witnesses were lying to the St. Louis grand jury about the Michael Brown case. Continue reading
Dec 19 12 Days of NewsHour: Behind-the-scenes timelapse holiday greeting By Colleen Shalby On the twelfth day of 12 Days of NewsHour, we give to you: a timelapse behind-the-scenes holiday greeting. Continue reading
Dec 19 Celebrate 12 days of NewsHour with 12 unique gifts By Nora Daly To show our appreciation for our audience, PBS NewsHour will be unveiling 12 gifts over the next 12 days. Check back here each day, from Dec. 8-19, for a new gift that you can easily download or print out right… Continue reading
Dec 19 Nebraska, Oklahoma sue Colorado over legalized marijuana By Corinne Segal The two states say it is difficult for them to enforce a federal ban on marijuana with the drug entering their borders from neighboring Colorado. Continue reading