Nov 17 Ebola-striken surgeon dies at Nebraska hospital By Joshua Barajas An Ebola-stricken surgeon who was working in West Africa and was transported to a Nebraska hospital for treatment died early Monday, a hospital official confirmed. Continue reading
Nov 17 Wind energy firm sues to block bird death data release By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press The AP sought the information from the Interior Department in March 2013 under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. It is part of the AP's investigation into bird deaths at wind farms. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 16, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 16, another American hostage is beheaded by ISIS. Later, in our signature segment, despite loud protests, this town in Massachusetts might become the first in the nation to ban all tobacco sales. And, the… Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch Viewers respond to report on varied compensation for the wrongfully convicted By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads comments from viewers about a recent report involving compensation -- or lack thereof -- for people who've been wrongfully convicted of crimes. Continue watching
Nov 16 State Department shuts down email system after suspected hacker attack By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack. Continue reading
Nov 16 Fate of Keystone XL may rest with obscure Nebraska panel By Associated Press Congress is suddenly scrambling to vote on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but the fate of the oft-delayed $5.4 billion project could still wind up in the hands of an obscure commission in Nebraska that regulates telephones, taxi cabs and… Continue reading
Nov 16 POLL: Would you support a ban on the sale of tobacco products? By News Desk The town of Westminster, Mass., could become the first in the nation to entirely ban the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes. What if a similar ban was proposed where you live?… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Massachusetts town mulls nation's first total tobacco ban By PBS News Hour The town of Westminster, Mass., could become the first in the nation to ban the sale of tobacco products if a proposal from the city's board of health passes in December. The unprecedented pitch would ban the sale cigarettes, chewing… Continue watching
Nov 15 AT&T will no longer use 'supercookies' to track mobile behavior By Carey Reed AT&T said Friday that it will no longer use hidden, undeletable codes to track mobile users' online behaviors for marketing purposes, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 15, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, Vladimir Putin is accused of aggression at a contentious meeting in Australia and an expert speaks on whether there is a new cold war on the horizon. In our signature segment from… Continue watching