Oct 06 Alaska's Begich battles midterm partisan undertow By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press For Democrats to maintain control of the Senate, they have to hope that the Senate race in Alaska is decided by issues that most voters elsewhere have never confronted, like genetically modified salmon or fishing quotas. Continue reading
Oct 06 U.S. teen arrested for trying to join Islamic State By Justin Scuiletti Authorities arrested a 19-year-old Saturday in Chicago, alleging that the teen was attempting to fly overseas to join the Islamic State group, also sometimes known as ISIL. Continue reading
Oct 06 What it's really like to be an Uber driver By Making Sen$e Editor You've heard about Uber taking business away from traditional taxicab drivers, and their ire toward the competition. But what is it like to drive an Uber, specifically your own car as an UberX? The drivers Making Sen$e spoke to gave… Continue reading
Oct 06 Supreme Court turns away appeals seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states. Couples in six other states should be able to get married in short order. Continue reading
Oct 06 Democrats pour money into 'firewall' states By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: N.C., Colo., Iowa tops in ad spending for final two months of campaign Democrats have edge on the air in all three Republicans spending more in Ark., Alaska, La. New polls show Roberts in… Continue reading
Oct 05 U.S. dedicates memorial honoring disabled veterans By Carey Reed President Obama honored the nation's wounded servicemen and servicewomen during the unveiling of a disabled veterans memorial in Washington on Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Viewers respond to report on mandated extra reading time at Florida grade schools By PBS News Hour Viewers respond to a recent NewsHour Weekend signature piece examining Florida’s new law requiring low-performing elementary schools to provide an extra hour of reading every day. Hari Sreenivasan reads your comments. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 4, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 4, one of America's top health experts talks to NewsHour Weekend about combating Ebola in the United States. Later, a report on the beheading of a British aid worker by ISIS militants. And, the… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Why adults are buzzing about YA literature By PBS News Hour Young adult literature has become a booming business and one of the fastest growing book categories for publishers in recent years, with more than 715 million books sold in 2013 -- mostly to adults. NewsHour Weekend's Tracy Wholf reports. Continue watching
Oct 04 U.S. heroin overdose deaths more than double in two years By Rialda Zukic The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that heroin-related overdoses more than doubled from 2010 to 2012. Continue reading