Dec 29 U.S. population to top 320 million at start of 2015, Census reports By Joshua Barajas The U.S. population is expected to reach 320.09 million people on Jan. 1, 2015, a 0.73 percent increase from the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a statement Monday. Continue reading
Dec 29 Facebook's inability to be 'human' results in messy 'Year in Review' By Colleen Shalby It’s had its criticism over the years, and most recently has been chastised for Facebook users’ Year in Review summary that weaves together your most popular posts from 2014. Popularity, however, is based not on circumstance, but engagement. Continue reading
Dec 29 Are more FICA taxes worth it? Social Security as longevity insurance By Laurence Kotlikoff Social Security benefits are inflation indexed and continue until you die. There is nothing like them that you can buy on the insurance market, says Larry Kotlikoff. That's why paying more FICA taxes, often by working longer, may pay off… Continue reading
Dec 29 Uninsured Americans face potential higher costs in 2015 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015. Continue reading
Dec 28 What will Obama's final two years as president bring? By Julie Pace, Nancy Benac, Associated Press The Yes-We-Can man is entering a twilight of maybes, his presidency still driven by high ambitions but his power to achieve them running out. Continue reading
Dec 28 Key decisions on drone rules likely to come from Congress in 2015 By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 11:46 Return of the debtors' prison? Many jailed for inability to pay fines By PBS News Hour Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Since NewsHour Weekend's first story on this… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 4:15 How can the U.S. join forces with the private sector to fight cyberextortion? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 8:43 One family moves on from its sharecropping past in Arkansas By PBS News Hour In the second installment of "Flying Coach," special correspondent John Larson's series on people he encounters while traveling to report on other stories, we meet Donna Hahn, whose family worked as sharecroppers in Arkansas until the Ku Klux Klan drove… Continue watching
Dec 27 Thousands gather for funeral of slain NYPD officer By Elisabeth Ponsot Tens of thousands of mourners gathered on Saturday for the funeral of New York City Police Department officer Rafael Ramos, who was killed along with his partner on Dec. 20 by a man targeting the police. Continue reading