Oct 16 First nurse to contract Ebola in Dallas being flown to Maryland By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The revelation that a second Dallas nurse who is ill with Ebola was cleared to fly the day before her diagnosis raised new alarms as leaders of the nation's public health system prepared to defend their efforts to… Continue reading
Oct 16 The two great fears driving the stock market By Doug Dachille Wall Street money manager Doug Dachille identifies two risk factors for market volatility and argues that unless the Fed has cooked up a new economic therapy to respond to the next bout of deflation, there may be more significant economic… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Shrinking U.S. deficit shows stability amid market jitters By PBS News Hour Worries about Ebola, Europe and the U.S. economy drove another dive on Wall Street. On the same day, the Obama administration announced the national deficit has declined to its lowest level since 2007. Gwen Ifill talks to Treasury Secretary Jack… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 7:25 Did air conditioning play a role in Reagan's election? Searching for ripple effects of history-making tech By PBS News Hour In the new book and PBS series “How We Got to Now,” Steven Johnson presents six game-changing innovations and how they shaped the modern world. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Johnson about surprising connections between invention and American society. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Uncovering secret chemical weapon victims of the Iraq war By PBS News Hour During the Iraq war, American soldiers were unknowingly exposed to old chemical weapons long abandoned by Saddam Hussein’s regime. The story of the troops who were injured trying dismantle the contaminated weapons has been kept secret until now. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Is the U.S. overly confident about Ebola control? By PBS News Hour Officials have been saying that the U.S. knows how to stop Ebola, but now another nurse has been infected. What's gone wrong? Judy Woodruff talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign Relations. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Obama meets with top health, security aides on Ebola after second U.S. nurse infected By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 15 EPA gives go ahead to new weed killer for genetically modified soy and corn By Megan Thompson The Environmental Protection Agency today gave the green light to an herbicide designed for use with new genetically modified corn and soybeans. Continue reading
Oct 15 Colorado's 'personhood' Amendment 67 more ambiguous than partisans say By Megan Verlee, Colorado Public Radio Both supporters and opponents of Amendment 67 call the measure on this year’s ballot “personhood.” But they disagree sharply on what it actually does. Continue reading
Oct 15 Pentagon names fight against Islamic State group 'Operation Inherent Resolve' By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — It may be less punchy than previous nicknames for U.S. conflicts in the Middle East -- remember Operation Desert Storm and its thunderous attacks on Saddam Hussein's occupation army -- but the Pentagon has finally named its fight… Continue reading