Jul 10 Watch Is Netflix the new TV? By PBS News Hour Netflix, an online streaming service, netted 31 Emmy nominations this year, while traditional over-the-air broadcast networks were shut out of the nominations for best drama almost entirely. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Meredith Blake of The Los Angeles Times about the… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Is Germany overreacting to allegations of U.S. espionage? By PBS News Hour Germany announced today that it is kicking America’s top spy out of the country after new reports of U.S. espionage. For debate on the expulsion request, Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Lowenthal, former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council… Continue watching
Jul 10 U.S. teens rank between Latvia and Russia on financial literacy, far below Shanghai By Simone Pathe American teens may work summer jobs and manage money on their smartphones, but their financial literacy places them between Latvia and Russia, and far below 15-year-olds in Shanghai, who achieved the highest average score on the largest youth financial literacy… Continue reading
Jul 10 Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost emails By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. Continue reading
Jul 10 The key to England’s economic growth: The rich outlived the poor By Gregory Clark England's economic success, beginning with the takeoff of the Industrial Revolution, can be explained by the "survival of the richest," argues economic historian Gregory Clark in the third installment of his never-before published interview with Paul Solman about his 2007… Continue reading
Jul 10 Parts of U.S. Capitol closed after incident By Alan Fram, Associated Press An accident involving asbestos forced a temporary closure of the House side of the Capitol on Thursday and prompted House leaders to delay the day's session for two hours. Continue reading
Jul 10 ‘Game of Thrones’ leads Emmy nominations; ‘Downton Abbey’ gets 6 By News Desk HBO's fantasy series "Game of Thrones" nabbed the most Emmy nominations at 19, including the coveted best drama category, where it contends with "Breaking Bad", "House of Cards", "Med Men", "True Detective", and the British period series "Downton Abbey" aired… Continue reading
Jul 10 Germany asks top U.S. intelligence official to leave country By Justin Scuiletti The top representative for United States intelligence at the U.S. embassy in Berlin has been asked to leave Germany. Continue reading
Jul 10 Twitter Chat: Trust and the Sharing Economy By Nora Daly On your next vacation you could sleep in a stranger’s house, ride in a different stranger’s car, and do it all while a person you’ve never met watches your dog. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Crisis centered on children affects tone of immigration debate on Capitol Hill By PBS News Hour Continue watching