Jul 02 Watch World Cup is a win for American soccer despite U.S. loss By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 02 Goalie Briana Scurry is on a mission to educate youth soccer players on concussions By Murrey Jacobson There’s been so much excitement surrounding the World Cup — and it has been an amazing tournament so far — that one almost feels like “Debbie Downer” to talk about some of the problems facing the sport of soccer. But… Continue reading
Jul 02 Former U.S. goalkeeper: ‘Tim Howard was a warrior’ By Ariel Min “I’m sure every minute seemed like eternity. Tim had a fantastic game yesterday. You couldn’t have asked more from him. Being a goalkeeper myself, I understand what it feels like – can we get to the end of the game… Continue reading
Jul 02 Ruth Bader Ginsburg is emerging as an Internet sensation By Nora Daly Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg garnered a lot of media attention this week for her scathing dissent on the Court’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling, and it has not all come from the usual sources. Outside the pages of… Continue reading
Jul 02 Target tells customers to leave their guns at home By William Brangham Following a campaign by gun-control groups, retailing giant Target changed its position on letting armed customers into its stores. Continue reading
Jul 02 What are your best summer hacks? By Nora Daly Share your creative summer shortcuts. Continue reading
Jul 02 The new new thing: Negative interest rates — but will they work? By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker Last month, the European Central Bank became the first central bank to charge banks for depositing their extra reserves with them. The idea is to encourage banks to lend privately instead. But as the Council on Foreign Relations' Benn Steil… Continue reading
Jul 02 Federal highway fund at risk of running out of gas By Joan Lowy, Associated Press States will begin to feel the pain of cutbacks in federal aid as soon as the first week in August if lawmakers don't act, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a letter to states. That's because the balance in the… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 53:17 Tuesday, July 1, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Iraqi lawmakers walk out of parliament in a standoff over their leadership and demonstrators flood Hong Kong demanding democracy. Fred de Sam Lazaro travels to Vietnam to investigate human trafficking, Jeffrey Brown uncovers Facebook’s massive user… Continue watching