Dec 11 Watch 6:06 Is economic reality wiping out the American dream? By PBS News Hour The U.S. economy has been showing signs of more robust recovery, but many Americans say they're not feeling it. A new poll by The New York Times found the public is more pessimistic than it was right after the financial… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 6:11 News Wrap: Police clear Hong Kong pro-democracy protest site By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 11 Sea of clouds cover the Grand Canyon in rare weather event By Lorna Baldwin Imagine showing up for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the Grand Canyon in Arizona only to find the deep ravine completely covered by clouds. If you went today, that’s what you saw — a rare total cloud inversion just below… Continue reading
Dec 11 How Social Security still discriminates against same-sex couples By Laurence Kotlikoff Even if a same-sex couple is married in a state where same-sex marriage is legal, if they live in a state where it's not, and one spouse tries to collect spousal or survivor benefits, he or she will not be… Continue reading
Dec 11 Read the full Senate report on CIA interrogation and the minority report in response By News Desk Senate investigators delivered a damning indictment of CIA practices Tuesday, accusing the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on prisoners beyond legal limits and deceiving the nation with narratives of life-saving interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records. Read… Continue reading
Dec 11 During a historic drought, storm batters California By Jordan Vesey Northern California is being hit with a massive storm that’s pounding the state with rain, snow and strong winds. The National Weather Service considers it the strongest storm the state has seen in five years and expects it to dump… Continue reading
Dec 11 Government may subsidize white potatoes for low-income women, children nutrition program By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press It's another political victory for the popular potato. For the first time, low-income women would be able to pay for white potatoes with government-subsidized vouchers issued by the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, known as WIC. The potato provision… Continue reading
Dec 11 CIA director: Some agency officers used 'abhorrent' interrogation tactics By News Desk Updated at 3:06 p.m. EST | CIA Director John Brennan said Thursday in response to the release of a Senate report on the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation tactics that some agency officers used "abhorrent" techniques and it was "unknowable" whether they… Continue reading
Dec 11 12 Days of NewsHour: A voicemail greeting from Gwen and Judy By Nora Daly There is no way to prevent the disappointment of those nearest and dearest to you when they call and you are not there to answer the phone, their feelings of disappointment may be assuaged ever so slightly by this unexpected… Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 47:10 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 10, 2014 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, we get debate on the effectiveness of harsh interrogation tactics on terror suspects. Also: Can Congress make a budget deal, how U.S. and Iraq can partner in combating the Islamic State group, giving people on Medicaid… Continue watching