Dec 17 Watch 6:27 Making body cameras part of a police officer's uniform By PBS News Hour Dozens of American police departments have adopted the use of body cameras for officers to record interactions while they're on the street, and President Obama has called for $75 million to purchase more. Hari Sreenivasan reports from New Jersey on… Continue watching
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Dec 17 Watch 6:29 Sony cancels release of movie at the center of security worries By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 8:18 Is it in America's interest to have closer Cuban connection? - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 4:48 U.S. and Cuba restore diplomatic ties, swap prisoners - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Sony Pictures pulls the plug on release of 'The Interview' By Colleen Shalby Sony Pictures cancelled their planned Dec. 25 release of the film “The Interview" Wednesday, after four major theaters -- AMC, Regal, Cinemark and Carmike -- pulled screenings following threats of attacks on movie-goers and theaters that showed the film. Continue reading
Dec 17 Why the middle class is not feeling a recovery By Simone Pathe The wealth gap between upper-income Americans and the rest of the country has reached a new high. According to a Pew Research Center analysis, the gap actually widened during the recovery as only upper-income families recouped some of the wealth… Continue reading
Dec 17 After release from Cuba, Alan Gross voices support for new diplomatic relations By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Alan Gross emerged Wednesday from five years of captivity in Cuba praising the Cuban people and offering a lesson he said he learned: Freedom is not free. Continue reading
Dec 17 Obama's plan to open relations with Cuba in 13 points By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. is making historic changes in its dealings with Cuba, because decades of U.S. isolation of the communist nation have had little effect. Continue reading
Dec 17 Can you avoid falling into the Medicare donut hole? By Philip Moeller When you enter the "donut hole," prescriptions can become prohibitively expensive. But changing insurers won't help; the hole comes from Medicare, and although the Affordable Care Act will eventually do away with it, boomers are stuck with it until 2020. Continue reading