Oct 19 Could comet Siding Spring's tail hit one of NASA's Mars orbiters? By News Desk Miles O'brien spoke with Rich Zurek, chief scientist of Mars Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory, about particles in Comet Siding Spring's tail that could collide with NASA's Mars orbiters. The tiny tail particles, about a millimeter in size,… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 18, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 18, President Obama appeals for calm in the face of the Ebola scare, an expert weighs in on plunging gas prices, and in our signature segment, trying to bring new jobs to coal-mining communities… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 8:38 Will Promise Zone initiative lift Eastern Kentucky's coal country out of poverty? By PBS News Hour Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson visited Kentucky and declared the War on Poverty, the area of Eastern Kentucky continues to struggle with high unemployment rates, poverty, and the loss of thousands of coal-industry jobs. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports… Continue watching
Oct 18 National poverty rate drops slightly, but suburban poverty still bleak By Megan Thompson The poverty rate in the U.S. registered its first drop in the U.S. since 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau reported, falling from 15 percent in 2012 to 14.5 percent in 2013, but the situation remains bleak in American suburbs. Continue reading
Oct 18 Supreme Court OKs Texas voter ID law for November election By Sam Hananel, Associated Press The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 'Breaking In' explores Sotomayor's Supreme Court disruptions and breakthroughs By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi PM urges Sunni tribal leaders to defend Ramadi from Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met with Sunni tribal leaders to urge them to defend the city of Ramadi from Islamic State forces. Also, the prime minister of Nepal pledged to establish an early… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch As public anxiety grows, coordinator named to corral Ebola efforts - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 8 things you didn't know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor By Nora Daly In spite of all that is known about Justice Sotomayor, judicial biographer and Reuters legal affairs editor Joan Biskupic believed there was more to discover. She discussed her new book, “Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the… Continue reading