Sep 18 Home Depot says 56 million credit and debit cards leaked in security breach By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Between April and September of this year, 56 million payment cards used at Home Depot were leaked in a security breach, the company confirmed today. The home-improvement retailer announced that the malware responsible for the breach has been removed from… Continue reading
Sep 18 White House orders government plan to combat antibiotic resistance By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Signaling the seriousness of the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant germs, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the government to create a national plan to fight them by early 2015. Continue reading
Sep 18 San Diego nearing 1,000 days of drought By Susan Murphy, KPBS Despite Tuesday's thunderstorms, San Diego is nearing a grim milestone of 1,000 days of drought. The conditions are taking a toll across the state. Continue reading
Sep 18 'So help me God' now optional for Air Force oaths By Ariel Min Effective immediately, the United States Air Force will not require enlisted members and officers to say “So help me God” in appointment oaths. Continue reading
Sep 18 UPDATE: Arson suspect charged as California firefighters rush to contain growing King Fire By Adelyn Baxter As 10 major wildfires rage across regions of drought-stricken California, firefighters are rushing to contain a fire threatening more than 2,000 homes and 1,505 smaller structures in and around the Northern California town of Pollock Pines on Thursday, according to… Continue reading
Sep 18 Blacks, Hispanics doubtful about media accuracy By Ruth Tam A new study by the American Press Institute reveals that African-Americans and Hispanics are using the same digital tools at the same rate as the American population overall. But the majority of these Americans don’t rely on new technology to… Continue reading
Sep 18 Dustbusters, pacemakers and seven other inventions NASA science made possible By Laura Santhanam NASA announced this week that the agency would partner with the private sector to send astronauts to the International Space Station. The space agency awarded contracts to aerospace companies, Boeing and SpaceX. Together, they will send commercial crews into… Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 4:47 Preserving the ancient ruins of Utah's Nine Mile Canyon By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Why sell your mansion for less than $1M? By Making Sen$e Editor Mansions, especially in New York City and New Jersey, are often worth more than $1 million. But they're not always being sold for that much. Economists from the National Bureau of Economic Research explain why. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Ken Burns captures complicated portraits of 'high-voltage' Roosevelts By PBS News Hour Continue watching