Aug 11 Comedian-actor Robin Williams dies at 63 By Larisa Epatko Comedian and actor Robin Williams was found dead Monday morning at his Northern California home from an apparent suicide, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office. He was 63. Continue reading
Aug 11 What’s the deal with the ALS ice bucket challenge? By Anna Christiansen Scores of people are filming themselves dumping buckets of ice on their heads, posting the video to Facebook or Twitter, then challenging their friends to do so, too. The chilly action is intended to raise awareness of ALS, or Lou… Continue reading
Aug 11 Secret Service brings down decade-old counterfeit ring By Dave Sloan An Israeli-based counterfeiting ring produced and circulated over $77 million of mostly fake $100 bills for more than a decade without being discovered, until now. Continue reading
Aug 11 California considering universal consent standards to combat sexual assault By Charles Pulliam-Moore The California State Assembly is set to review legislation that would require schools receiving public funding to adopt an “affirmative consent standard,” clearly defining when sex is consensual and when it is not. Continue reading
Aug 11 Police shoot and kill unarmed teen, sparking riots in Ferguson, Missouri By Colleen Shalby Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden said her her son was shot eight times following an altercation with an unidentified officer. Continue reading
Aug 11 Social Security and Viagra: A case of accidental death and widows benefits By Laurence Kotlikoff There are countless rules governing Social Security benefits, and just as many exceptions to those rules, including one for "accidental death," which allows widow(er)s to receive survivor benefits even after having been married less than the requisite nine months. Larry… Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Sunday, August 10, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition, new American efforts to save tens of thousands of Iraqis who fled from islamic jihadists, the burden of college debt and new statistics about how much it weighs on graduates and for how long, and from Boston,… Continue watching
Aug 10 Study: Past trauma increases risk of suicide among U.S. military members By Carey Reed Three studies presented at the American Psychological Associations 122nd Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. this week suggest that military members who experience trauma prior to enlisting are more at risk for suicide than those who have not. Continue reading
Aug 10 Amid pressure, New York releases half of Common Core test questions By Carey Reed In response to requests by educators and parent-teacher associations, the New York State Department of Education released 50 percent of the Common Core-based English Language Arts and Math test questions for exams taken by students in the third through eighth… Continue reading