Sep 07 Agrarian roots? Think again. Debunking the myth of summer vacation's origins By Saskia de Melker, Sam Weber Where did the concept of summer vacation originate? Despite a long-standing myth linking a summer break to the nation's "agrarian past," historians offer a different explanation. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 9:14 'Always ready to go back': Could students benefit from year-round school? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch From obedience to agility: A day in the life of a service dog-in-training By PBS News Hour At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia, service dogs go through a rigorous training course, including search and rescue, obedience and agility drills in order to eventually fill a variety of jobs helping people. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 5, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tonight on the program, we take a look at a tentative deal reached between Ukraine and Russian separatists. Also: the new jobs report doesn't indicate a strong labor market, Mark Shields and David Brooks analyze the week's political news, how… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch After fatal gun accidents, children can find comfort in poetry By PBS News Hour In a shocking accident, a nine-year-old girl shot and killed her instructor last week at an Arizona gun range. When children are involved in fatal incidents, what helps? Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Gregory Orr, who accidentally killed his younger… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Shields and Brooks on Ukraine cease-fire, Gov. McDonnell's guilty verdict By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including the Ukrainian cease-fire, ex- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s guilty verdict and the shifting Kansas Senate election. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch New job growth doesn't indicate a strong labor market By PBS News Hour Though economists predicted a month of strong hiring, only 142,000 positions were added to the market in August. Paul Solman explains why the growth disappointed many. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch News Wrap: Head of African terror group, Al Shabaab is dead By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Friday, the Pentagon confirmed the death of the leader of the African terror group, Al Shabaab. Also, flash floods and landslides have killed at least 116 in eastern Pakistan and Kashmir. And the third American aid… Continue watching
Sep 05 Republican support for over-the-counter birth control roils Colorado Senate race By Associated Press Democratic Sen. Mark Udall is going after his opponent's proposal to make birth control an over-the-counter drug. Udall brought Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the national president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund to a suburban Denver battleground where female… Continue reading
Sep 05 IRS can't find emails for 5 more employees in congressional probe By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press On Friday, the IRS issued a report to Congress saying the agency also lost emails from five other employees related to the probe, including two agents who worked in a Cincinnati office processing applications for tax-exempt status. Continue reading